My Forgetter's Getting Better

[SeaBreeze]

My forgetter's getting better
But my rememberer is broke.
To you that may seem funny
But, to me, that is no joke,

For when I'm "here" I'm wondering
If I really should be "there"
And, when I try to think it through,
I haven't got a prayer!

Oft times I walk into a room,
Say "what am I here for?"
I wrack my brain, but all in vain
A zero is my score.

At times I put something away
Where it is safe, but, Gee!
The person it is safest from
Generally, is me!

When shopping I may see someone,
Say "Hi" and have a chat,
Then, when the person walks away
I ask myself, "who's that?"

Yes, my forgetter's getting better
While my rememberer is broke,
And it's driving me plumb crazy
And that isn't any joke.

 

[Jillaroo]

I could swear that's about me

 

[SifuPhil]

Mine was factory faulty. I've been chatting to people for years who's names I've never remembered and am now too embarrassed to ask.
I've always been like that, even kids I played with got hey you. I don't do names or numbers but can remember a line from a novel I read 50 years ago or some snippet of trivia heard in passing on a bus but never remember a birthday. You don't have to be old to be forgetful.

This is scarier and scarier ... I'm the exact same way.

I can't remember birthdays or anniversaries. I don't know the girl's name that works at the convenience store, although she's been there a year and I could pick her cleavage out of a line-up at 30 paces. It took me three years of my four-year high-school curriculum to learn my classmate's names.

But I can recite instantly from memory any Bugs Bunny cartoon verbatim, start to finish, along with all the sound effects.

This is also why I tend to use screen names in forums, even when I know your real name - because I forgot it the moment you told it to me.

 

[That Guy]

 

[Casper]

That soooo sounds like me......maybe I wrote it.....
:dunno:

 

[Pappy]

I sometimes ah, oh crap......forgot what I was going to say.