Improve Your Memory!
*Two elderly couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men
asked the other, "Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?"
"Outstanding," Fred replied. "They taught us all the latest
psychological techniques
- visualization, association - it has made a big difference for me."
"That's great! What was the name of that clinic?"
Fred went blank. He thought and thought but couldn't remember. Then a smile
broke across his face and he asked, "What do you call that flower with the
long stem and thorns?"
"You mean a rose?" "Yes, that's it!"
Then he turned to his wife and asked, "Rose, what was the name of that
clinic?"*
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Word Meanings
****conversation : * oral exchange of sentiments, observations, opinions, or
ideas, *
*an informal discussion of an issue
*
**outstanding* : marked by eminence and distinction
*psychological :* of, pertaining to, dealing with, or affecting the mind,
esp. as a function of awareness, feeling, or motivation
* went blank :* to become dazed, confounded, or nonplussed
*stem : *** the main trunk of a plant
*
**thorns :* ** a short, indurated, sharp-pointed, and leafless modified
branch
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