ET Awful
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Wed Nov-01-06 11:44 AM
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When you're driving down the road and come up with the PERFECT idea for a Christmas present, and you even plan on ordering it as soon as you get to the office . . . but somehow it slips your mind by the time you get there, and the idea is gone. . . .
sigh . . . back to the drawing board.
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Nov-01-06 11:50 AM
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1. Stopping thinking and driving. |
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You'll get in an accident trying to multi-task that way. :P
Decades ago when he was doing stand-up Bill Cosby had a routine where he proved that one's brain is in one's butt using a similar story. The set-up was sitting in the living room and getting the idea to go fix himself a cool drink in the kitchen but by the time he gets there he forgets..
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Wed Nov-01-06 11:53 AM
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It's called age. I find myself forgetting lots of stuff lately. I'm only 45, but I'm convinced that I'm in the (very) early stages of dementia.
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Wed Nov-01-06 11:54 AM
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make sure I put one of those portable tape recorders on my Clausmas list. One of those would be great for recording the ideas I get while driving before I fu$%ing forget them.
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Wed Nov-01-06 02:32 PM
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4. I keep saying that . . . |
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then I forget to buy one or put it on my list :P
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Wed Nov-01-06 02:45 PM
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5. Yes. Similar things happen to me often. |
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