Manual Memorizer Pillows

Mike had learnt by heart the whole training manual, apart from the most important bit.

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

Where was I?

'Of course he can do tricks...it's just he's got a bad memory.'

"We have a song, but neither of us can remember it."

"I don't know who you are!"

'I recognize the face ... I just can't pin down the name.'

"My service animal for Alzheimer's, sonny!"

'Yeah, I don't have trouble remembering my times tables, but I stink at algebra...'

"I take it you got the lead in the school play."

'You see doctor I've been increasingly Forgetful.'

"It's just a jogger!" "It's just a car!" "There's nothing out there now!" "I was thinking of the squirrel I saw last week"

"How can anyone remember Cheech and not remember Chong?"

"Better to have had ice cream and lost it than never to have had ice cream at all."

Mu-ther!! Pu-lease! I already have cleaned my room. I vant to be left alone! So when are the drama club auditions? Everyday.

'I couldn't remember your exact age.'

"I get it! I get it! Elephants never forget. Now quit bragging about it!"

Mafia Short-Term Memory Clinic. 'Fuhgettaboutit.'

"Gracie, I'm so proud that you made the academic decathlon team! Here...have some of my special green tea! Ithelps you concentrate and improves your memory!"

Pi fight!

"There's a wonderful book on memory tricks here, but I can't remember what I did with it!"

'The problem seems to be in the memory bank.'

The Robotics Department. It says here that these guys completely replace all the cells in their bodies every seven years! Wow! What a slow upgrade cycle! If we don't replace all our parts every six months we become obsolete! It makes you wonder why they're in charge! Yeah, like they expect us to remember thousands of gigabytes of data while they forget their passwords! (Published originally on April 19, 2006)

'I have the MRI scan of your brain. The right hemisphere is clogged with computer passwords.'

'Don't worry about this meeting. I got everything we need right up here.'

Animal and Human Memory

'Before you go, introduce yourself, so that I know who you were...'

"So you packed everything everything but the tent!"

Felix suddenly remembers what the string on his finger is a reminder of.

"Wow, I cannot remember what I was saying."

"Let's see if I understand: your brain can't be upgraded with additional memory, and to make matters even worse, untold thousands of those brain cells die each day?"

"I seem to have forgotten what I was saying...please...hold the applause!"

"I know - it takes skill to sneak a peek at their tiny tags when you can't remember their names."

"… and a big shout-out to my hippocampus, without which I wouldn’t be standing here saying words."