1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments: Of Which We Could Remember Only 246No, you're not losing your mind. And you're definitely not alone. There's Jimmy Carter, forgetting the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. Rod Stewart fumbling for the name of the intense first love who inspired ÒMaggie Mae.Ó G. K. Chesterton writing a long letter to hismother announcing the good news about his engagementÑwhile his mother is in the room with him. Marilyn Monroe blowing the same line through 52 takes during the filming of Some Like It Hot. Celebrating history's greatest mental lapses, is a perfect impulse book in the fine gift format of Famous Last Words. Not just outlandishly funny, it's also a book of great comfortÑafter all, having a senior moment puts you in the company of Einstein, Lincoln, Beethoven, Newton, Toscanini, and a whole assortment of presidents, poets, philosophers, popes, and Nobel PrizeÐwinners. Talk about gaffes. Here are best men forgetting to show up at the wedding. Judges staggered by the incompetence of their previous decisions. Senators frozen in front of TV cameras. Olympic officials gazing absently while bewildered runners continue through the finish line. Bono losing the only copy of his lyrics to a new album. Forget to pick up your copy today! |
Contents
1000 Unforgettable Senior Moments | 1 |
Bibliographic Note | 158 |
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My Senior Moment Entry Form | 165 |
About the Author | 166 |
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