A.A.A.D.D

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder, somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!


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 it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice 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 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 Pepsi I'd
been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques,
But first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally
knock it over.

The Pepsi is getting warm,
And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
A vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye - they need water.
I put the Pepsi on the counter and 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 spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll 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 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 Pepsi 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 damn day, 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 favour
Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

Funny read saphfire, i think your 3000 post gets you lifer status matt, your almost there

Edited by Redshirt Theory - 12 February 2009 at 4:03pm

heh, that could be my wife on alot of days. but she suffers from

A.A.A.A.A.D.D.

Aggrivated Alcoholic Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

It basically is the same symptoms but in the end they are all blamed on you, to which there is no recourse but find a room in the house where she is not

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/mba0907l.jpg

I have similar notes dotted around the house...:)

I make lots of lists then proceed to lose them.

Funny post though, Saph.  I have to add though, that having read Mark's post, I thoroughly believe this to be a predominately female illness because my wife is exactly the same as Mark reports his to be.

Hmmmmmmmmm.