Memory Specialist Gifts

"Doctor, doctor! I'm losing my thingummybob!"

Historical memory is on life support.

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

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

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

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

Where was I?

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

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

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

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

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

"I cross the road to forget."

'I couldn't remember your exact age.'

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

"Man, these closed book exams suck! Who could possibly remember all this crap?"

"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.'

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

"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!"

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

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.'

'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.

"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."

"I'm having trouble with my long-term memory -- I can't remember my earlier reincarnations."

Remember when?... When was that?

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

"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?"

"Oh dear, how embarrassing!"