BIMD!

Back in my days!

My son usually makes some cute and great jokes with this!


“you call those text back in my day we just talk”

“you call that flash light back in my day we call that portable super nova!”

“you call that a microphone nah back in my day we called those portable cave echoes”

Of course all those are creative jokes but this is one of the most scary beginning of speech for any youngster!

If these words scare you then rest assured you are young! Or at least younger that the person starting with the words, Back in my Day!

Why do people start the back in my days prologue!?

Well; when everything is gone the only thing that remains is the memory!

Memory is like that sweet smell of incense stick or the smell of charcoal after a puja or a yagna which lingers days after the event giving you a sweet nascent reminder of the event!

Every generation gets the Back in my days lecture from the previous generation! The new generation has now made it a MEME!

With all the happening in the world there comes a time when you realize that you have done this and done that but there is no one to listen!

Many old timers only need a listening ear! All you have to do is nod along and listen. Maybe put a smile and in between act surprised or pleased as the case may be!

I had a patient the other day and his by stander was his father who was an intelligent and accomplished person. Unfortunately it was peak time and time is, well most precious! I knew that after the preliminary introduction and treatment of the patient, he would start the BACK IN MY DAY or BIMD soon!

So the patient explained his issues in less than a minute and my examination was done in less than five! As predicted though, the BIMD began! It was long and frankly if I had time, very interesting! Since I like history, I do not mind listening to historical stuff! The issue here is that once the movie begins, it is very difficult to stop! A fine balancing act has to be made!

The person delivering the BIMD must be content that his BIMD has been delivered at least to some extent while the person getting the BIMD must balance the time! One way you know that the time is over is when the BIMD incidents get repeated! The moment he or she starts telling the same thing you know that you can put a pause to the delivery! Even putting a pause or even end is a tricky thing which takes experience and patience! You have to use all your composure and talent to slowly stop the BIMD! It is like driving a car on the Highway! You cannot stop suddenly! It will topple or skid or hit some other vehicle! You have to slowly decelerate and then stop!

The deceleration is by slowly turning the attention to another person or to the time or the fact that there are other people waiting for the BIMD delivery! You must also remember that you cannot simply nod! You must repeat some stuff from the BIMD delivery so that the person delivering the BIMD is satisfied to at least pause the delivery for now!

Most importantly though the chief reason why you must accept the BIMD delivery once in a while is because at some point in the future you may be the one doing the delivery!

For surgeons and clinicians and I guess in most profession, the BIMD is routine! Of course when it becomes too much or too long, it becomes a pain! Still when someone is giving his or her BIMD; just hope that it is good and short!

Short and stout but extremely talented though was Shail Chaturvedi  ji! Not much of BIMD there!

Now Back in my days we used to sleep on time! Do that when you wish!

Shubh Ratri!