Who says us older males aren't organised!

A.A.A.D.D.

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS

PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better,even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my cheque book off the table,
and see that there is only one cheque left.

My extra cheques are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my new cheque book,
but first I need to push the Coke aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Coke is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

the car isn't washed

the bills aren't paid

there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter

the flowers don't have enough water,

there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my glasses,

and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,
and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail....

Do me a favour.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

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I will have to think about this Colin

Tue, 2008-04-08 14:51

I will get back to you next week, maybe, if I remember.

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I just sent that to my

Tue, 2008-04-08 14:56

I just sent that to my parents asking if it sounded familiar haha

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LMAO Colin

Tue, 2008-04-08 15:08

...or you don't get distracted Colin Tongue out

You're  brave vans, my mother gives me enough sh#t without giving her MORE ammo  Yell Innocent

 

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Sorry Colin

Tue, 2008-04-08 15:16

what were we talking about, I have been looking for my keyboard. Oh, here is is, under my fingers.

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LOL! Went like this Colin?

Tue, 2008-04-08 15:22

Let me guess, you discovered it whilst looking for your hands, because you realised your coffee hadn't been picked up, because it was sitting on some work, that you'd intended keying in, but you couldn't find your keyboard, cause your hand was in the way after you finally picked up the phone that you hadn't answered because you were distracted by the girl who was looking at your screen, wondering what A.A.A.D.D. meant Tongue out

Colin

 

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Good one chaps

Tue, 2008-04-08 15:42

You young ones have to watch out - IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU ONE DAY - what day that is I can't remember, I think it was here yesterday, but I... sorry what was I talking about,

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Ow Ow Ow!

Tue, 2008-04-08 15:58

Actually our young fella had his goolies (training wheels / jibbly bits) whipped off (not literally!) yesterday - soon as I got him home, he was running all over the place - but don't worry - it was one of our cats (not the kids). 

Colin

 

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You had me worried there Colin

Tue, 2008-04-08 16:00

I was starting to regret my decision that I would like to catch up with you one day for a beer and a fish.

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Your safe Colin

Tue, 2008-04-08 16:05

Relax Colin - just make sure you're Nuetered and you'll be OK.

 

Tongue out 

Colin

 

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