Memory Manipulator Gifts

The End. Great movie! Let's erase our memories and watch it again!

"You will now open your eyes and have no memory of me charging you twice for this session!"

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

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

'There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. We're looking for someone who can make all three of these work for us.'

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

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

"I've edited your Wikipedia entry again, Sadie. You're about to be inundated with phone calls from the press." "Whatever, geek-boy." "You're now the world's foremost authority on Turkey leprosy, the disease that's threatening to ruin the holidays." "No one'll believe that." "Oh yeah? I wrote a Wikipedia page for Turkey leprosy, too, along with examples of all the historical figures it's killed, such as the Archduke of Crushistan." "There is no 'Crushistan.'" "I've written a Wikipedia entry for C

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

"I lost some intellectual property here last night. Anybody remember what the hell I was talking about?"

"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"

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

Mafia Short-Term Memory Clinic. 'Fuhgettaboutit.'

Senior PGA Moment.

'Tell them there'll be no retaliation, then check with the chiefs of staff, the media and our major allies what leeway we have in the adapted dissuasion department.'

"How a cartoonist's mind works #3 in a series" "Cartoons you think of during the day and draw" "Cartoons you think of in the middle of the night and forget"

"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!"

'It's a sad case -- amnesia AND identity theft.'

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)

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

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

London map drawn from memory.

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

Animal and Human Memory

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

"He thinks he learned a new trick - I don't have the heart to tell him it's just an old trick he forgot he knew."

'I don't remember ever having a good memory.'

"Oh dear, how embarrassing!"

"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 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."

Amnesia Clinic: "Take one of these pills whenever you remember to."

'Do you have anything for absent-mindedness?'

How to Improve Your Memory Seminar.

'When I asked how much memory you had left I was asking about your computer, not you.'