I bought ice cream for the first time in a while yesterday. I’ve already put it into the fridge instead of the freezer twice already.― mh, Sunday, 5 November 2017 23:35 (three months ago) Permalink
You're not alone. Did that last night, found it this morning. Au revoir, pumpkin spice ice cream.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 2 March 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
drove all the way across town to return a library bookhalfway there i realized i had left the library book at home
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 March 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
Yesterday I was texting my partner, except I didn't notice that she wasn't answering, and had a conversation with myself instead:
Me: I'm leaving work now, I'll be back hoe in thirty minutes!
[Waits five minutes, looks at phone]
Me: Oh, you're back in thirty minutes - me too! See you then xxx
[Partner continues not to respond]
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 17 March 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
Uh-oh, Chuck.
https://i.imgur.com/gmtjR5J.jpg
"Sorry. I'm late. Got here as fast as I could."
― pplains, Saturday, 17 March 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
That feeling when you go to work every day and nothing ever changes should totally be named Sixth Sense Syndrome
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 18 March 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
misplaced a teabag in my house this morning--put the kettle on, went to my room to get something, realized I didn't remember what I was going to get, then returned to the kitchen, but the teabag magically disappeared. my girlfriend is going to dig it up in a very strange place, i'm sure of it.
― guardians of the gums: i am tooth (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 August 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
years ago i unlocked our driveway gate to take out the garbage & couldnt find the padlock when i went back to close the gate. never did find it, god knows what i did with it :/
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 24 August 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
Once I asked B "who was it in that movie... you know, the one about the cop who is a robot?"
"...you mean Robocop?" he said with that familiar, exasperated patient look.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 24 August 2018 07:24 (five years ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGU1NGM5ZjEtN2MyZC00MGM1LWExYTQtMzA5ZGZkNDQ3OGMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTY2MDA5ODI@._V1_.jpg
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 24 August 2018 07:26 (five years ago) link
Inspector gadget?
― Stevolende, Friday, 24 August 2018 08:50 (five years ago) link
You can sing 'he's a robot. he's a cop. he's a robot cop' to the Robocop music too.This is the most reliable indicator of a great movie
― kinder, Friday, 24 August 2018 11:45 (five years ago) link
Bought a takeaway coffee this morning, put it down on my desk and forgot to drink it. It's gone cold now :(
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 11:05 (five years ago) link
;_;
― niels, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 11:39 (five years ago) link
to the microwave!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:42 (five years ago) link
walked out of my apartment this morning with my zipper down and two different shoes on
― brownie, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
I always wear two different shoes - my feet won't fit into just one.
― pplains, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
But I KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT.
I think my little brother used to do that intentionally for a while in the mid 80s.Fickle fashion etc.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
& odd shoes can mean odd shoe heights which makes it harder to walk at the best of times. I think shoe heels even on men's shoes vary quite a bit.But apparently it looked 'different' enough to be worthwhile for him.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
kinda surprised this has never been a thing
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
look at her, she MATCHES
― kinder, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
Just tried to plug my headphones into my (phone shaped) calculator.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
gleep glorp
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 03:33 (five years ago) link
question: what are you doing with a calculator
― Dan S, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 03:38 (five years ago) link
never you mind
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 03:42 (five years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
I bought Prince Tronic at my daughter's school jumble sale about 12 years ago for $2, and for whatever reason I think it's a beautiful object. I work in science and have a semi regular need to divide this by that, etc., and to me it's a lot more satisfying to tap the buttons than do yet another thing on my phone. Also being early 80s tech, whenever you ask it to do something challenging like calculate a square root or a log, there is a pause of several seconds and I swear I can hear small noises of effort.https://i.imgur.com/lD1uaGn.jpg
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 06:14 (five years ago) link
we were watching breaking bad today and a scene with skylar and baby was on screen. B lit up a smoke and i very nearly shouted “don’t smoke in front of the baby!”
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 06:35 (five years ago) link
That calculator is lovely, yes. Is there a general calculator thread? If not, there should be.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
I still use calculators. They're like an app that I can hold in my hand!
Even my son, Sr. Fortnite de la iPad, likes to play on the calculator. Adding 12345678 + 87654321 and getting 99999999 never gets old, I guess.
― pplains, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
1-2 times a week, I'll set something aside to bring to work (a book or beverage), get distracted, and be halfway on the commute before I remember it's still on the kitchen counter. When I get home today, there will be a blueberry Odwalla nicely warmed by the sun waiting for me.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
was doing calc homework the other day and getting frustrated. answered a call on my celular. used phone as a bookmark after aforementioned call and couldn't find my phone for 2 days. i use calculators frequently these days btw
― lâche pas la patate (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe I just sat through my first parent-interview of the morning still wearing my Toronto Maple Leafs hat.
― clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
Don’t know if it has been mentioned on this thread yet that source memory is the first thing to go, or so they say.
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
Was trying to unlock my rental car but the clicker wasn't working
Then I realised I was pushing my thumb on a tube of chewing gum
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 November 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
Talk of what's 'the first thing to go' = automatic expulsion from this thread imo
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 16 November 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
agree
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
Lol, sorry, will return to lurking
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Three times a day I wander around my classroom for four or five minutes trying to locate something I've set down--my clipboard, student work, my coffee, a red pen, etc. Yesterday I left the coffee cup in the supply cupboard. As I look for these things, usually muttering to myself, five students will come up to me in the interim with a question about something; "Hang on," I'll say tersely, as I wave them away before continuing my search.
― clemenza, Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:08 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Spent three minutes a few days ago walking around the class and muttering to myself as I looked for a cup of coffee I had just poured; found it in the supply cupboard with all the paper, pencils, and erasers. Class got a good laugh out of it.
― clemenza, Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:37 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If you do something and post about it here, and then do exactly the same thing and basically write exactly the same post a year later, would that be an example of absent-mindedness?
― clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
(I believe that's called "meta-absent-mindedness.")
― clemenza, Friday, 16 November 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
I have been absent-minded since I can remember, it's ADHD, not senility.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
(I would attempt to comment on clemenza’s post, except that I have no opinion about it)
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
I find random words and phrases pop out of my head way more often lately (I'm 40).
Last week I was talking to my therapist about eye doctors, and I was like "What's the proper name for the balls in your eyes?" and he was like, "Uh, eyeballs?"
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 November 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Oh, now you're making it sound gross.
"Haha, you've got a pair of balls stuck in your face."
― pplains, Friday, 16 November 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
O_o
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 November 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
The ocular orbis, iirc
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 17 November 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
oops, sorry, that should have been orbis ocularis
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 17 November 2018 04:22 (five years ago) link
I had a bag of peanuts next to my tobacco pouch, so I scattered peanuts on the rolling paper. My mind just kind of froze, trying to figure out what was wrong.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 8 December 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
haha :D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
https://g.redditmedia.com/V62zR1bDHg-4VTQN4436rO92VwCyqCNimxX1bWn3p2s.gif?w=320&s=5dcee96c2bbee0aeef6072c1485093a8
― wmlynch, Saturday, 8 December 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link