1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments: Of Which We Could Remember Only 246
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $9.95
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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Description
No, 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 “Maggie Mae.” G. K. Chesterton writing a long letter to his mother announcing the good news about his engagement—while 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 comfort—after 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 Prize–winners. 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!
Reviews
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-01-27
Summary: "1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments: Of Which We Could Remember Only 246"
This book is stupid. I thought it was going to be funny stories about things that have happened to seniors.... you know, good for a laugh. But it's not funny-it's stupid!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-01-05
Summary: "Great!"
The book was delivered in great condition and in a very timely manner. No complaints! Thanks for the no fuss hassle!! : ) Blessings!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-04-13
Summary: "worthwhile"
I enjoyed this book. It reminds me of all the things that may be forgotten and then later laughed about. Good read for the young and the young at heart.
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2008-01-26
Summary: "Christmas Gift"
This was a Christmas gift. I glanced through the book and it was one of those books you would place on the coffee table or perhaps the bathroom. It had tidbits of information that were interesting.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2007-09-18
Summary: "Don't forget to buy this one!"
Tom Friedman's humorous and well-researched collection of outrageous moments of forgetfulness in business, theater, politics, and every day life is sure to be a favorite. At least, it will make you feel somewhat better about yourself when you forget the keys, a name, or an appointment.
We are in the immortal company of the forgetful Albert Einstein, Doris Day, and Mark Twain, who claimed to be so deteriorated in his faculties that he "cannot remember any but the things that never happened."
This one's a keeper and you'll find yourself quoting from it often!
