“There are several theories to explain the memory
problems of advancing age. One is that the brain is full: it simply has too
much data to compute. This is easy to understand if we realize that the name of
your third grade teacher is still occupying space, not to mention the lyrics to
‘Volare.’ One solution for older men is to take all the superfluous data swirling
around in the brain and download it into the newly large stomach, where there
is plenty of room. This frees the brain to house more relevant information, like
the particularly troublesome ‘days of the week.’"—Comic actor-writer Steve Martin, “Changes in the Memory After
Fifty,“ in Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from “The New Yorker,”
edited by David Remnick and Henry Finder (2001)
None of this has ever happened to me. Nope. Can’t
say it has. Nosirreebob!!!!
(Photo of
Steve Martin taken by David Shankbone at the premiere of Baby Mama in New York City at the 2008 Tribeca Film
Festival, Apr. 23, 2008.)
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