Time out for a funny

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When I read this I realized it was meant as a old age joke. The more

I read it I notice it was like a Methotrexate or Neuroton Day.

Subject: A.A.A.D.D.

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 my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is 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 down 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 cheque book off the table, and see that there is only one

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 that I had 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. I see that the

Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should 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 to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I 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 I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the

kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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 down 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 one cheque in my

cheque 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 long, 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, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know,

because I don't remember to whom it has been sent. Don't laugh -- if

this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.

GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL

LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!