Hunter Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Not looking forward to getting old ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. *As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the table that I collected from the letter 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 rubbish bin under the table, and notice that it is full. *So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first. *But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post-box when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only 1 cheque left. My extra cheques 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 cheques, 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 fridge to keep it cold. *As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - they need water. I put the Coke on the worktop 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 the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realise that tonight when we watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote control, 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 control 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 worktop the flowers don't have enough water there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book I can't find the remote control 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 realise 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 favour. *Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to. Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claypop Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Not looking forward to getting old ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. *As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the table that I collected from the letter 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 rubbish bin under the table, and notice that it is full. *So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first. *But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post-box when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only 1 cheque left. My extra cheques 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 cheques, 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 fridge to keep it cold. *As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - they need water. I put the Coke on the worktop 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 the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realise that tonight when we watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote control, 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 control 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 worktop the flowers don't have enough water there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book I can't find the remote control 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 realise 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 favour. *Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to. Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!! Now I,m worried..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I would PM Highlander, NTTF and LB they all have it as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 STOP IT YOUR SCARING ME B) Now what was I doing....................... D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 i do that now and im only 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Have you been stalking me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundodger Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 You have got me worried I am doing most of those thing. and I am only 52! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conygree Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 There is only one cure - locally we have a special nursing home for this condition - don't be put off by the fact they are always looking for staff - most only finish 1-week before being addmitted themselves. Or as my brother said after visiting a relative in there," I have seen the future - and its smells of *$%£" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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