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Absent-mindedness

1. "Jack's getting terribly absent-minded of late. Why just the other day he kissed a woman by mistake,"

"Thought it was his wife, eh?"

"No, that's just it. It was his wife,"

2. An absent-minded man tied a string around his finger in the early afternoon to remind him when he got home that there was something he wanted to be sure to do. After dinner, while reading his paper, he noticed the string but couldn't remember why he put it there. He decided if he sat up long enough, the reason for the string would come to him. And surely enough, around two o'clock in the morning it did-he wanted to go to bed early that night.

Accuracy

3. A stranger entered the building and asked a boy standing in the lobby, "Can you tell me where Mr. Smith lives?"

The lad smiled and replied pleasantly, "Yes, sir. I'll show you."

Six flights up the boy pointed out a room as that belonging to Mr. Smith. The man pounded on the door repeatedly and, after no response, commented, "He's not here," ACHIEVEMENT * 2

"Oh, no, sir," replied the boy, "Mr, Smith was downstairs waiting in the lobby,"