Just had an illness diagnosed

[Bill Prawn]

Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D.

 

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

 

This is how it develops:

 

I decide to water my garden.

 

As I turn on the hose, 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 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 rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the bin 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 postbox, when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

 

I take my chequebook 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 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 realise 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 lounge 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 1 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

P.S I just remembered.... I LEFT THE WATER RUNNING IN THE DRIVEWAY!

[Pete]

I think I'm developing this. Is there a cure?

[Bill Prawn]

I think I'm developing this. Is there a cure?

 

A cure to what? I've forgotten what it was we were talking about!!!

[garethr]

P.S I just remembered.... I LEFT THE WATER RUNNING IN THE DRIVEWAY!

Si it was you!

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