ABCD - YOUR DAY IS COMING

When I found this pathetic message, it occurred to me that this was going to happen to a lot of people, and that such important information needed to be passed along in this blog.


"Recently, I was diagnosed with ABCD - Aging Brain Cells Dysfunction. Let me illustrate what can happen when you suffer from ABCD:

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose by the driveway, I see my car in the garage and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mailbox 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 checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk back in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking earlier. It was still half full.

I'm going to look for my checks, 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 and I notice the flowers need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter where 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 my reading glasses back down on the counter and fill a container with water. Suddenly, I spot the TV remote control. Someone had 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 flower vase, 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 hallway 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 half-full can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only one check left in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my reading 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 I have a serious problem with ABCD and I'll try to get some help for it. But first I'll e-mail all my correspondents and notify them of my problem. Oh, oh - please do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know because I can't remember who to send it to. AND DON'T LAUGH - IF THIS ISN'T YOU YET, YOUR DAY IS COMING!"