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2008-05-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 well, this does agree with one thing I've seen as I get older:

I dont make mistakes near as fast as I used to.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-21 01:40|| 2008-05-21 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 That's because their are so many more mistakes to recall before you can determine if any of them apply to the immediate situation.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-21 06:52|| 2008-05-21 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 I feel like a large old white Cobra asleep in an ancient abandoned city treasury. Young people are like inquisitive chittering monkeys who sometimes come in through a hole in the roof. They are curious mostly. But they dont stay long.

I dont care if they have names. As I get older evil becomes very understandable.

My memory and imagination are excellent. I dont have to be fast if you dont see me until its too late. When you are young you are all potential. When you are old you are all actuality.
Its all in the single touch.

Posted by Angleton 9 2008-05-21 08:28|| 2008-05-21 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 We tend to remember the good stuff and each time we bring it to mind, it appears to be moved to the front of the filing system. The bad stuff, while not entirely forgotten, seems to get pushed to the back of the system. That's the way with me anyway. I wouldn't want to change it, mother natures filing process... that is.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-05-21 08:33|| 2008-05-21 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't care, the older I get (and I'm not getting any younger, day by day), the less I use my brain, and th emore I rely on simple stimuli to keep me going from one automated task/response to an another. Basically, I'm a large chunk of low quality meat, animated by chemical stimuli, I don't quite have a need for an higher brain, kinda like Mike the headless chicken (with whom I feel a strong sense of kindship) - but, on the bright side, I'm mostly harmless.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-21 08:50|| 2008-05-21 08:50|| Front Page Top

#6 As long as the proper quantity of pr0n enters your thoughts, right A5089 ?

Posted by wxjames 2008-05-21 15:03|| 2008-05-21 15:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't forget junk food, too. Just don't forget junk food.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-21 15:28|| 2008-05-21 15:28|| Front Page Top

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