Anyone else have the memory of a gold fish?

harmless_little_f***

I don't know why but over the past few months I have had a piss poor short-term memory, even worse than normal. Today's case in point:

Mum: Would you like some crisps?
Me: Yeah, why not?
Mum: Salt n Vinegar or Black Pepper?
Me: Salt n Vinegar.
Mum: No problem.

I go to my room with my crisps/chips.. I taste them. Something's not right.

Me: Mum these are Salt n Vinegar, not Ready Salted. I don't even like Salt n Vinegar.
Mum: Well you asked for Salt n Vinegar.
Me: No I didn't.
Mum: Yes you did.
Me: No I didn't.
Mum: Yes you did. We haven't even got any Ready Salted. You can have Black Pepper if you'd rather, I can always change them.

Ffuuuuuuuuuuccck I'm a moron with the memory of a goldfish.

catefrances

i get very vague at times. it helps to have visual and sonic aides. or maybe just give me a little time to retrieve whatever it is.

Jeremy1012

I've always had a terrible short-term memory. I can remember shit that happened in 1992 like it was yesterday but I can't remember the time immediately after I put my phone back in my pocket after checking.

harmless_little_f***

Jeremy1012 wrote:

I've always had a terrible short-term memory. I can remember shit that happened in 1992 like it was yesterday but I can't remember the time immediately after I put my phone back in my pocket after checking.

Yeah. I'm always checking my pockets a million times a day to see if my keys haven't disappeared since the last time I looked... 5 minutes ago.

acoustic guy

Go easy on the pot bro.

harmless_little_f***

acoustic guy wrote:

Go easy on the pot bro.

If only I had that excuse to fall back on...

Slip Kid

sometimes.. not really though

eMMI

Jeremy1012 wrote:

I've always had a terrible short-term memory. I can remember shit that happened in 1992 like it was yesterday but I can't remember the time immediately after I put my phone back in my pocket after checking.

that happens to me too. with my phone and wristwatch.

I can remember some ridiculous things from ages and ages ago too.

usually my short term memory is pretty good aswell but there are times when for a day or few I keep forgetting all kinds of things.

harmless_little_f**** wrote:

Yeah. I'm always checking my pockets a million times a day to see if my keys haven't disappeared since the last time I looked... 5 minutes ago.

I keep checking different things during the day too. but it has nothing to do with my memory, I'm just obsessive/paranoid like that. lol.

when I was travelling in March, before I left home I checked that I got my passport at least a dozen times and I checked for it over and over again when in the car when my dad was giving me a lift. and after a few "regular" checks, I actually had to check that it was indeed my passport! there's no way it could be anyone else's since I'm living on my own but I convinced myself it might have somehow changed.

FinsburyParkCarrots

I had near-photographic recall of everything, until I got hit on the head by a 70lb rock rolling down the verge of a bank into a ditch. Yes, I was in the ditch, earning a little extra Christmas money, attending to maintenance of watercourses. It was the sort of occupational hazard where, if you'd attended to health and safety procedure to the letter, you'd never get any work done at all.


Needless to say, I still get headaches now, and can't remember from the start of a sentence to the finish on some occasions. (I try and keep my sentences shorter, these days. )

tybird

What was the question???

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i have great memory of useless shit (i'm a champ at trivial pursuit), but i always forget important things. and i forgot my celphone at home yet again. now i cant play pacman at work today. :(

MattCameronKicksButt

That's really funny. I wish there were a smilie of an old man with a walking stick on here.

Heineken Helen

Jeremy1012 wrote:

I've always had a terrible short-term memory. I can remember shit that happened in 1992 like it was yesterday but I can't remember the time immediately after I put my phone back in my pocket after checking.

I do that all the time... I'll be staring at the watch for ages and then put it away but I've no idea what time it is or sometimes I'll have to read a sentence about ten times before ANY of the words register

but yep, there's plenty of useless bullshit that I know but can't back up cos I've no idea how I know it or where I know it from so if someone disagrees I just have to say 'ok' :rolleyes:

HOOKER

I was about to post a memory of my late gold fish squishy.

harmless_little_f***

HOOKER wrote:

I was about to post a memory of my late gold fish squishy.

I'm sure there should be a joke about Dory the memory-impaired fish here, but I can't remember it.

catefrances

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I'm sure there should be a joke about Dory the memory-impaired fish here, but I can't remember it.

boy, bet ya that's annoying.

harmless_little_f***

catefrances wrote:

boy, bet ya that's annoying.

Hahahahaha there, ya got it.

HOOKER

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I'm sure there should be a joke about Dory the memory-impaired fish here, but I can't remember it.

Ha. Isnt dory from the movie 'Finding Elmo'?

markymark550

Yeah, sometimes I have piss poor short term memory. For instance, my wife called me at work yesterday 5 minutes before it was time for me to go asking me to pick up something for dinner at the grocery store on my way home. 20 minutes later I walk into the house empty handed and she asked me where dinner was....:o

But I can remember things from ages ago in such vivid detail it's scary sometimes.

Stone Is God

HOOKER wrote:

Ha. Isnt dory from the movie 'Finding Elmo'?

P. Sherman
42 Wallaby Way
Sydney.

I think I've seen that movie 900 times.

The reason why I can't remember shit is because 90% I'm not listening.

harmless_little_f***

Stone Is God wrote:

P. Sherman
42 Wallaby Way
Sydney

Ahahahaha that movie cannot fail to make me laugh like a mofo.