SO APART FROM THAT, MRS LINCOLN, HOW DID YOU ENJOY THE PLAY?

OK - a nice bit of irony there making light of a horrible event.

This of course is like reading one of Richard's posts where the horrible event - his post usually - is made light of by him with some kind of Wainuiomata joke. It would be a stretch to call it irony over there as that would normally be what someone named Ronald says when introducing himself.

Transient global amnesia is a temporary short term memory loss that occurs suddenly and is not caused by another neurological event such as a stroke or epilepsy. During an episode, the person becomes suddenly confused about where they are and what they are doing there. They may ask the same questions over and over because they cannot remember the answers they were just given. Otherwise, they are alert and seem to be thinking normally - well, as normal as someone like Richard of RBB thinks. Here's what the old TGA joker wrote on his blog this morning:

"I've decided that today is New Year's Day.


Happy New Year!
Why have I done this?
Well, why not? It's just a date.

These four dates represent the four
days I got rid of.

So, this year, 27/12/25 was New Year's Eve."

Yes, I know - transient global amnesia.

The odd thing - well, odder thing - about this is that he's not forgetting days after they happen, he's eliminating them before they happen. This requires study and I'm sure that some eminent scientists would love to check out what's going on inside his head.