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| AAADD [message #91536] |
Tue, 16 October 2007 20:16  |
excelav
Messages: 2130
Registered: July 2005
Location: Metro Detroit
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An email from a friend:
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one che ck left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the Coke aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Coke is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.
I put the Coke on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
the car isn't washed
the bills aren't paid
there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
the flowers don't have enough water,
there is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because
I know I was busy all day,
and I'm really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail....
Do me a favor.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't remember who I've sent it to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming
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| Re: AAADD [message #91550 is a reply to message #91536] |
Wed, 17 October 2007 05:40  |
Don Nafe
Messages: 1206
Registered: July 2005
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Believe it or not, that was me yesterday
Am I in trouble or what
D
"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:47157e8d$1@linux...
>
> An email from a friend:
>
> Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
> This is how it manifests:
>
> I decide to water my garden.
>
> As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
> I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
>
> As I start toward the garage,
> I notice mail on the porch table that
> I brought up from the mail box earlier.
>
> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
>
> I lay my car keys on the table,
> put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
> and notice that the can is full.
>
> So, I decide to put the bills back
> on the table and take out the garbage first.
>
> But then I think,
> since I'm going to be near the mailbox
> when I take out the garbage anyway,
> I may as well pay the bills first.
>
> I take my check book off the table,
> and see that there is only one che ck left.
>
> My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
> so I go inside the house to my desk where
> I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.
>
> I'm going to look for my checks,
> but first I need to push the Coke aside
> so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
>
> The Coke is getting warm,
> and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
>
> As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,
> a vase of flowers on the counter
> catches my eye--they need water.
>
> I put the Coke on the counter and
> discover my reading glasses that
> I've been searching for all morning.
>
> I decide I better put them back on my desk,
> but first I'm going to water the flowers.
>
> I set the glasses back down on the counter,
> fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
> Someone left it on the kitchen table.
>
> I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
> I'll be looking for the remote,
> but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
> so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
> but first I'll water the flowers.
>
> I pour some water in the flowers,
> but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
>
> So, I set the remote back on the table,
> get some towels and wipe up the spill.
>
> Then, I head down the hall trying to
> remember what I was planning to do.
>
> At the end of the day:
>
> the car isn't washed
> the bills aren't paid
>
> there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
>
> the flowers don't have enough water,
>
> there is still only 1 check in my check book,
>
> I can't find the remote,
>
> I can't find my glasses,
>
> and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>
> Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
> I'm really baffled because
>
> I know I was busy all day,
> and I'm really tired.
>
> I realize this is a serious problem,
> and I'll try to get some help for it,
> but first I'll check my e-mail....
>
> Do me a favor.
> Forward this message to everyone you know,
> because I don't remember who I've sent it to.
>
> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming
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| Re: AAADD [message #91552 is a reply to message #91536] |
Wed, 17 October 2007 06:08 |
Bill L
Messages: 766
Registered: August 2006
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Senior Member |
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Don't worry, James, the psychiatric drug pushers will invent a special
disease name just for you and the pharmaceutical drug lords will make a
pill to make you not care about it (or anything else).
James McCloskey wrote:
> An email from a friend:
>
> Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
> This is how it manifests:
>
> I decide to water my garden.
>
> As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
> I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
>
> As I start toward the garage,
> I notice mail on the porch table that
> I brought up from the mail box earlier.
>
> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
>
> I lay my car keys on the table,
> put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
> and notice that the can is full.
>
> So, I decide to put the bills back
> on the table and take out the garbage first.
>
> But then I think,
> since I'm going to be near the mailbox
> when I take out the garbage anyway,
> I may as well pay the bills first.
>
> I take my check book off the table,
> and see that there is only one che ck left.
>
> My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
> so I go inside the house to my desk where
> I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.
>
> I'm going to look for my checks,
> but first I need to push the Coke aside
> so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
>
> The Coke is getting warm,
> and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
>
> As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,
> a vase of flowers on the counter
> catches my eye--they need water.
>
> I put the Coke on the counter and
> discover my reading glasses that
> I've been searching for all morning.
>
> I decide I better put them back on my desk,
> but first I'm going to water the flowers.
>
> I set the glasses back down on the counter,
> fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
> Someone left it on the kitchen table.
>
> I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
> I'll be looking for the remote,
> but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
> so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
> but first I'll water the flowers.
>
> I pour some water in the flowers,
> but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
>
> So, I set the remote back on the table,
> get some towels and wipe up the spill.
>
> Then, I head down the hall trying to
> remember what I was planning to do.
>
> At the end of the day:
>
> the car isn't washed
> the bills aren't paid
>
> there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
>
> the flowers don't have enough water,
>
> there is still only 1 check in my check book,
>
> I can't find the remote,
>
> I can't find my glasses,
>
> and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>
> Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
> I'm really baffled because
>
> I know I was busy all day,
> and I'm really tired.
>
> I realize this is a serious problem,
> and I'll try to get some help for it,
> but first I'll check my e-mail....
>
> Do me a favor.
> Forward this message to everyone you know,
> because I don't remember who I've sent it to.
>
> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming
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| Re: AAADD [message #91554 is a reply to message #91550] |
Wed, 17 October 2007 06:56 |
pauln[2]
Messages: 28
Registered: September 2007
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Junior Member |
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That sounds like me everyday. I'm definitely in trouble.
"Don Nafe" <dnafe@magma.ca> wrote:
>Believe it or not, that was me yesterday
>
>Am I in trouble or what
>
>D
>
>
>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:47157e8d$1@linux...
>>
>> An email from a friend:
>>
>> Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
>> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
>> This is how it manifests:
>>
>> I decide to water my garden.
>>
>> As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
>> I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
>>
>> As I start toward the garage,
>> I notice mail on the porch table that
>> I brought up from the mail box earlier.
>>
>> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
>>
>> I lay my car keys on the table,
>> put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
>> and notice that the can is full.
>>
>> So, I decide to put the bills back
>> on the table and take out the garbage first.
>>
>> But then I think,
>> since I'm going to be near the mailbox
>> when I take out the garbage anyway,
>> I may as well pay the bills first.
>>
>> I take my check book off the table,
>> and see that there is only one che ck left.
>>
>> My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
>> so I go inside the house to my desk where
>> I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.
>>
>> I'm going to look for my checks,
>> but first I need to push the Coke aside
>> so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
>>
>> The Coke is getting warm,
>> and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
>>
>> As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,
>> a vase of flowers on the counter
>> catches my eye--they need water.
>>
>> I put the Coke on the counter and
>> discover my reading glasses that
>> I've been searching for all morning.
>>
>> I decide I better put them back on my desk,
>> but first I'm going to water the flowers.
>>
>> I set the glasses back down on the counter,
>> fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
>> Someone left it on the kitchen table.
>>
>> I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
>> I'll be looking for the remote,
>> but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
>> so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
>> but first I'll water the flowers.
>>
>> I pour some water in the flowers,
>> but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
>>
>> So, I set the remote back on the table,
>> get some towels and wipe up the spill.
>>
>> Then, I head down the hall trying to
>> remember what I was planning to do.
>>
>> At the end of the day:
>>
>> the car isn't washed
>> the bills aren't paid
>>
>> there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
>>
>> the flowers don't have enough water,
>>
>> there is still only 1 check in my check book,
>>
>> I can't find the remote,
>>
>> I can't find my glasses,
>>
>> and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
>>
>> Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
>> I'm really baffled because
>>
>> I know I was busy all day,
>> and I'm really tired.
>>
>> I realize this is a serious problem,
>> and I'll try to get some help for it,
>> but first I'll check my e-mail....
>>
>> Do me a favor.
>> Forward this message to everyone you know,
>> because I don't remember who I've sent it to.
>>
>> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming
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