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Remember to forget

These days I am forgetting to remember important things I ought not to. They say it is a sign of aging when you begin to forget. I’m not old enough yet, but I’m not that young either. I cannot do anything about getting older, but getting forgetful is something I cannot ignore.

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They say forgetful people remember one thing for sure – they remember to forget! Some suggest that you should recite ten times, something you wish to remember. That way, you shall never forget, they claim. But either I forget what I recite as I count or I loose count of the times I recite something I wish to remember.

It’s not such a complex problem, a close friend of mine sympathised. Just wear a pendant around your neck when you wish to remember something in particular. Now the trouble is, if I remember to wear the pendant, I forget why it hangs there in the first place.

I now take solace by remembering others who are equally forgetful like me. Like Chatterboxes who promise to come over for tea and thankfully forget to. Or party decorators who do a messy job and then forget to send in the bill.

In times like these, there is this hilarious joke about forgetting that I must share with you all. It was told by a person of repute, whose name I fail to remember now. But then, what’s in a name anyway. After all, it’s the joke that really matters.

Now there, if I can only remember the joke…….. Damnit!

By Felix Foo


In advertising not to be different is virtually suicidal.
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