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DUMBO OF THE DAY

pansyfacepansyface Posts: 22,333
edited February 2022 in The potting shed
OK, here’s a thread for everyone who has had a facepalm moment today.🤦🏼‍♀️

I had one of my quarterly fireside chats with the hospital today.

It’s usually just a five minute “how are you?” session with a chance for me to make a note of my latest blood test results.

The only thing I had to do differently today was to remember to ask if I qualified for a fourth Covid jab. I had stuck a big pink sticky note on the table beside the phone.

What did I forget to do?
Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Join the club pansyface. I'm pretty good at doing similar things to the point that I sometimes think I've lost the plot altogether. I can just imagine my teacher saying now pay attention Uff.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,200
    I walked into the same room 3 times in the space of 15 minutes to get the same thing. Fourth time lucky...
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,016
    My speciality is leaving the shopping list behind when I have to go to the ruddy supermarket.
    Even when it's sitting right beside the car keys... :|

    Just the 3 times @Topbird.... ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Mine is losing the flipping trolley. Yesterday I parked my car in a different place in Tesco car park. You can guess the confusion when I came out. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,200
    Just the 3 today @fairygirl😁

    Two surplus visits to the freezer this morning as well. Just stood there with the door open peering at the drawers thinking "What, why....?" 

    I do the shopping list thing too. On the plus side it's a good way to keep the old grey matter ticking over. I give myself marks out of ten for the percentage of the original list remembered and deduct points for duplicate purchases.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,016
    I find that, at least because I'm the one that's written it, there's a reasonable chance I'll remember it. That's the theory anyway...
    I usually forget the thing that's most important though  ;)

    I don't give myself points though. You need to get out more... :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 14,378
    You have all made me feel so much better, maybe I am not developing dementia.......yet.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Talking about dementia. I had my annual MOT with the nurse at my practice and as I was leaving she said, 'oh just remind me, what dosage of Thyroxine do you take?' I told her 75 micrograms. She replied oh yes, I see here. I swear she was testing my mental acuity.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 6,912
    Hostafan1 said:
    amI the only person person who remembers what I wanted to check online IMMEDIATELY  after I've switched off the laptop?
    Nope
    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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