Memory Recording Gifts

"Mind if I journal?"

'Nothing beats seeing your favourite band play live.'

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

Historical memory is on life support.

"Those are the names of your children? I went a different route...I memorized my kids' names."

"10th Anniversary Woodstock Reunion'

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

"Remember back in the day when I was a real heartbreaker?" "Riiight... now the only thing you break is wind."

'Let's have some fun... give Eve extra memory.'

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

Fenton G. Gonklemeyer, Computer Scientist - Booted Up 1928 and Crashed 2009.

It is a lesser known historical fact that Sir Edmund Hillary was also the first person to climb Mount Everest and forget to take the lens cap off.

"Someday, Sweetheart, you’ll look back on this day and think to yourself, ‘Covid ruined my college experience.’"

"I love that you still call me 'honey'."

"Why mum, I didn't know that you had written a book."

"I remember that game of Spin-the-Bottle like it was yesterday. It was love at firstspin."

"Remember, history was easier back in your day. There's so much more of it now."

'That's a picture of my granddad with shoulder length hair and a beard. That's why mom calls these albums hair looms.'

"I cross the road to forget."

"I think I'll keep a diary..."

"The new computer is great, but we can't get rid of the old one. It knows too much."

Cut out and keep your own Marcel Proust.

'You're always living in the past.'

"Welcome back to the We Were Bored and Had Nothing Else To Do podcast."

"We fell for this last time remember..."

'Remember when we caught small fish by the bucket full?' 'Oh, yeah! Those were the dace!'

Man reads note, which reads: Have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, I don't know where your dinner is.

'You did remember the condoms didn't you?'

Wall of Office Memories

'Lost Diary'

"Once again, I simply don't recall."

"No, I'm still getting too much banjo."

"I found an old photo of us, when we were punk rockers... Didn't we look ridiculous?"

"I'm taking detailed notes of everything, so I can tell my kids what things were really like when I was their age."

Origins of a family tradition.