Moment Memory Master Gifts

"You've got to be kidding! Our camera is already full, and we weren't even on the scenic route?"

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

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

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

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

'Ms Simpson, I believe I've finally done it. I've written the Great American Memo.'

'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...'

'A few messages came in during your lunch break.'

"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"

'Here we go again...'

Man with post it note

"Most people forget they've had amnesia."

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

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

Mafia Short-Term Memory Clinic. 'Fuhgettaboutit.'

'I apologize for sending out the meeting memo late. Let me summarize by saying that the entire board is being replaced starting tomorrow.'

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

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)

"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!"

'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.

'It's another office memo from that Mr. Tolstoy.'

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

Let's try some word disassociation

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

Study more to pass more tests.

"Remember when they just used to write the train numbers down?"

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

"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!"

"The key is to keep the momentum going when you're establishing the base of the snowman..."