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"AAADD"

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Know the Symptoms

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Funny Observations on Human Behavior 

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Editor's Note: One of this website's programming consultants received the following as an email circulating around the world wide web and felt it warranted publication. As I read this message I found myself visually identifying with the description although, maybe not to this extreme. Still, there's a ring of truth in this humorous exagerration, isn't there?

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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 check book off the table,
And see that there is only one check left.
 
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
So I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.
 
I'm going to look for my checks,
But first I need to push the Pepsi aside
So that I don't accidentally knock it over.
 
The Pepsi is getting warm,
And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
 
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
A vase of flowers on the counter
Catches my eye - they need water.
 
I put the Pepsi 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 Pepsi sitting on the counter
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
And I don't remember what I did with the car key s.
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 favor.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
Because I don't remember who the heck I've sent it to.
 
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!--

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