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23 Jun 08 - 09:22 PM (#2372925) Subject: BS: Memory slums From: Joe_F There are a lot of pairs of names (mostly names of people -- I'm weak on people) that seem to have only one slot in my mind. When I mean to mention one, I often have to think, or even look it up, to avoid coming up with the other. Here is a list I have collected over the years. I invite you to comfort me by confessing to your own mental fogs. Amazon, Ebay Barry Finn, Shay Walker Bill Staines, Stan Rogers butane, propane Ceylon, Madagascar Cole Porter, Noel Coward Cyprus, Malta Edna St Vincent Millay, Elinor Wylie Figaro, Tivoli From Here to Eternity, The Naked and the Dead George Gershwin, Irving Berlin Iraq, Pakistan Jack London, John Reed J. D. Salinger, John Updike Jean Ritchie, Margaret MacArthur John Betjeman, Philip Larkin Max Eastman, Max Lerner Peter Drucker, Peter Viereck Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton Saskatchewan, Manitoba Steve Allen, Woody Allen Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn |
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23 Jun 08 - 09:25 PM (#2372927) Subject: RE: BS: Memory slums From: Peace Shania Twain, Ethel Merman |
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23 Jun 08 - 09:39 PM (#2372935) Subject: RE: BS: Memory slums From: Sorcha Chuck/Eric Some people just do NOT look like their name at all, so I tend to give them a 'new' one....look, I know who I'm talking about! LOL |
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23 Jun 08 - 09:45 PM (#2372937) Subject: RE: BS: Memory slums From: katlaughing Haha! The four year old granddaughter of my friend insisted on calling my Morgan "Daniel" when first met him last week. He told me about it. MY friend asked her why. She said he looked like a Daniel. She doesn't know anyone by that name. Art Thieme - John Hartford and Bruce Utah Phillips |
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23 Jun 08 - 10:34 PM (#2372960) Subject: RE: BS: Memory slums From: Bee-dubya-ell Fruits and vegetables are a particular problem for my lazy mind. I may say "onion" when I'm plainly thinking "tomato", or "lemon" when I mean "onion", or "pomegranate" instead of "nectarine" etc. |
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23 Jun 08 - 10:44 PM (#2372965) Subject: RE: BS: Memory slums From: Janie A**hole/ex-boss |