Boomerang
Definition: A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower, invented by the Egyptians or other civilization, made famous in Australia.
The boomerang I’m referring to here is the other kind. The one that goes like this when your pissed at someone “ What goes around, comes around” no one said it and meant it better than Justin. So if we were to shed some light on a delicate subject like this we would try and make it as easy as possible, how? examples!
You know you’ve been boomeranged if;
The girl thought she was all that, he was lucky to have a hottie like her, you know the kind. She plays him, day in day out, she has him by the neck, she makes him her constant. He knows nothing, for he is a lover, too much focused on her to notice her doings. She leaves traces of bad girl everywhere, he picks up the scent like a hound dog( she wasn’t really paying attention to his needs, so he had some spare time to kill), the scents start to scream, he hits the suspicion road big time.
Days start to race, he finds out more about her than she could imagine, he studies her motives wisely, yet impatiently . Her best friend feels sorry for him and comes in with a thread, he pulls the ship in and sinks it, marries the friend, and confronts her one day, not about her playful sinful self, only about the marriage, and they live happily afterwards.
You see a little angel in the street begging for some change, regardless of the truth, you push her away in front of all the other drivers in the street. You look at them and shrug your head in disgust about how these pests disturb your driving pleasure. You are too busy with yourself and your anger towards the poor beggar that you run a red light, smash into a trucks under carriage, cause a chain reaction through the air, cars crash, damage increases, you just barely made it alive, let that be a lesson you pest someone whispers through your head, never belittle Allah’s creations.
At work you managed to rise up the ranks one way or the other, let’s focus on your other, you managed to outsmart, outshine, undermine everyones chances for success all for your own victory. Backstabbing was second nature to you, you manage to cover facts, steal other peoples efforts and money, rise to the top young executive, rise!
Your years of success are many, but your base is weak, so you tremble at the thought of your evident failure, for you cannot rise to the top after burning so many bridges and lives. Then you forget, and when you least expect it, you choose a new candidate to train at a junior level in your company, he was your need to rise some more, he does make you rise, a super star with your backing.
The young manager, strikes a home run in the company and becomes a threat, you change your point of view of your choice, you decide to destroy him for your survival, he knows too much fool! He takes you down, and comes back for more, he ruins you, eats you alive, shreds you to pieces, he reminds you of the people you destroyed, his father was one of them, he died from your doings! check mate.
That little kid at school you always picked on for his weight or looks, you were young, so no harm you think. The other kid had a rough time managing school because of you and your friends, you made him cried they say, no problem, kids play. The only problem is how do you convince the other child it was child’s play? he never got it? well he’s back now, he’s actually your new manager in your new company, he told the interviewers you were a good choice, no need for the CEO to interview him, have him report to me personally on monday.
The things we think do not matter seem to really matter when the jokes on us. Somehow, somewhere out there, someone is keeping score for our good & bad buckets, let’s hope we focus on the good stuff and try to throw it all in the ocean not expecting anything in return.
There’s nothing like a good laugh, sometimes the best laughter is caused when we joke about ourself, trust me on this.
p.s. did you see how I used a boomerang effect on you?
mamdooh.alradadi being himself on some idle friday, Jeddah, KSA 21 may 2010
14 things to ask yourself How we see things
Very interesting and very true! BUt, No, i didn’t get how u used the boomerang effect on me, the reader, in the end??
“The things we think do not matter seem to really matter when the jokes on us. Somehow, somewhere out there, someone is keeping score for our good & bad buckets, let’s hope we focus on the good stuff and try to throw it all in the ocean not expecting anything in return.” (kallam gamed khaless, khaless)
“There’s nothing like a good laugh, sometimes the best laughter is caused when we joke about OURSELVES, trust me on this.”
I second the notion , your Honor!
You actually make me read my stuff again, something I don’t usually do, but thank you for your highlights, always a delight to hear from you :-)