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 hismother 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!

1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments: Of Which We Could Remember Only 246

Humor & Entertainment

Friedman, Tom

Humor

Workman Publishing Company

"Dahling, I don't remember anyone's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?"―Zsa Zsa Gabor Adapted from the hilarious bestselling book, 389 Unforgettable Senior Moments is a new calendar celebrating history’s greatest mental lapses. Like Albert Einstein getting lost and calling his office because he’d forgotten his home address. Or Jimmy Carter leaving the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. Plus absentminded criminals, including the burglar who brought his daughter along on a job―and left her there. Oops

389* Unforgettable Senior Moments 2015 Page-A-Day Calendar

“Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”—A. A. Milne
Celebrate senior slip-ups, middle-aged misfires, and more in 389 Unforgettable Senior Moments, the calendar adapted from the hilarious bestselling book. Sir Isaac Newton’s failed experiment to determine how long it takes to boil an egg: When he went to check the time, he discovered that he was boiling his watch. Or two-time world heavyweight champion George Foreman’s strategy to avoid forgetting his children’s names: naming all five of his sons George—and one of his daughters Georgetta!

389 Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day Calendar 2016

In tennis, I now prefer doubles to singles because there’s another chance that somebody on the court will remember the score. —author Richard Lederer
A hilarious year of extreme absentmindedness, mental lapses, and quotes, adapted from the bestselling book with over 400,000 copies in print. There’s composer André Previn, who served a guest hamster food, thinking it was cereal. President Gerald Ford, who once said, If Lincoln were alive today, he’d roll over in his grave. Plus, the English minister who forgot about his wedding to the Bishop of London’s daughter and went fishing instead.

389* Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day Calendar 2017: *Of which we can only remember 365!

The president who left the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. The novelist who put the orange juice outside and the kitten in the refrigerator. The Russian general who left home in full military dress . . . minus his pants. The famous sex goddess who blew the same line through 52 takes. And the rock star who no longer remembers 1975. Filled with classic lapses, gaffes, and mental bloopers, 1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments is a fabulous and witty gift for anyone of a certain age. And now it is updated, revised with more than 20 percent new stories, and repackaged in two color, making it an even more vibrant, visually appealing, fresh, and compellingly readable book. Anyone who’s ever had a mental lapse will empathize with relative spring chicken Nicki Minaj, who, while accepting a BET Viewers’ Choice Award, forgot why she was receiving the statuette (on live national television, no less). Or the team of astrophysicists who believed they had discovered proof of alien life—only to discover the signals were coming from the lunchroom microwave. Here’s a best man forgetting to show up at the wedding, a musician leaving his priceless cello in a cab, the bank robber who wrote a holdup note on a paycheck stub that had his name and address printed on it, and the Fox studio chief who, when pressed by his leading lady to remember her name, offered “. . . Cleopatra?”

1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments: Of Which We Could Remember Only 254

Acute absentmindedness, fuzzy thinking, head-scratching confusion: those are just a few symptoms of the dreaded senior moment! Fortunately, the Senior Moments Memory Workout is here to keep them at bay! Created by world-renowned “senior momentologist” Tom Friedman—author of 1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments—it features a collection of engaging quizzes, puzzles, brainteasers, and memory challenges, as well as sound advice and historical anecdotes to reassure sufferers they’re not alone. And you don’t have to be a senior to use it: people of all ages can benefit from these brain-strengthening techniques. 
Just a few minutes a day gives that memory a complete tune-up!

The Senior Moments Memory Workout: Improve Your Memory & Brain Fitness Before You Forget!

Union Square & Co.

Adapted from the hilarious bestselling book, 389 Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day Calendar is a year of absentminded gaffes by people of a certain age—presidents, poets, philosophers, and more. There’s actress Doris Day, who didn’t recognize her second husband when she passed him on the street. And painter John Singer Sargent, who spent several minutes admiring a portrait...before realizing that it was one of his own.  

389* Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day Calendar 2018: *Of which we can remember only 365

A humorous daily calendar of quintessential senior moments, bouts of forgetfulness, and absentminded anecdotes that anyone can relate to. Adapted from the bestselling book, it’s a playful gift for parents, grandparents, and spouses featuring all manner of mental lapses: The astronomers using Australia’s most famous radio telescope who, picking up a distinctive signal at about the same time each day, were sure they’d discovered alien life—forgetting that the microwave they used to heat up lunch emitted exactly the same radiowaves. Funny-because-they’re-true quotes: Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.—Terry Pratchett. And tips on getting older! Exercise increases the number of capillaries in the brain, which improves blood flow to your brain neurons. Now, if you could only remember where you left your walking shoes. . . .

389* Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day Calendar 2019: *Of which we can remember only 365

An entertaining, relatable ode to aging—full of hilarious mental bloopers of poets, presidents, and Nobel Prize winners. 365 days of humorous quotes, jokes, and facts on the upsides of aging: It’s good to have a short memory because it keeps life fresh. —journalist Mark Bittman. And the downsides: After 30, a body has a mind of its own. —actor Bette Midler. With anecdotes: Sir Isaac Newton’s maid once found him in the kitchen, standing in front of a pot of boiling water that contained his watch, while his hand held an egg. And facts: The rate of cognitive decline is slower among lifelong readers (another good reason to find those glasses). The perfect gift for what’s-his-name!

389* Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day Calendar 2020

389 Unforgettable Senior Moments Page-A-Day Calendar 2021

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