Pro Tip for #6 - That's what empty plastic milk jugs are for. When full you just drop them off at the next brake check area for your state highway worker to deal with, you pig.
BTW, 20 comes after 19, not 10. I know that because I are a public school graduate.
#14. I saw a video with audio clips of that scene. It was pretty clear that Tommy Lee Jones has dementia. He kept asking the woman next to him who she was (they had just been in a movie together). She was extremely gracious each time, pretending it was a normal question and that it was the first time he had asked it. In the afe of self centered narcissists, it was refreshing to find a kind young person.
My father-in-law's dementia is showing itself more and more. He'll tell me the same story word for word 3-4 times in a 2 hour stretch. I do the same thing the young lady you mentioned did - I just act like it's the first time I'd heard it. It's just about the only thing you can do.
My grandmother progressed to a point where she couldn't remember what happened 30 seconds ago and would only occasionally recognize family. Every time I visited I told her I just got promoted, married, expecting twins, won the lottery, yaddah yaddah yaddah.
For anyone living with or visiting someone with dementia try music. Play a song they knew well especially if it has some meaning to them. You may be surprised with a few minutes of near normalcy.
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Pro Tip for #6 - That's what empty plastic milk jugs are for. When full you just drop them off at the next brake check area for your state highway worker to deal with, you pig.
ReplyDeleteBTW, 20 comes after 19, not 10. I know that because I are a public school graduate.
You're smarter than I am, but then again I got kicked out of public high school.
DeleteSnapple bottles are better, especially if you can save the cap ring.
Delete@Elmo: 20 does in fact come after 10.
DeleteHey Elmo, I'd like to see you shit in a milk jug. That's what the meme looks like to me.
DeleteTry a Pringles can sometime….
Delete# 14. If her dress was any shorter there would be a full moon out and on display
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Back in the 70's, we called them "Pilot's Dresses" because they ended 2" below the cockpit.
Delete#8 - UN - f*ckin' - BELIEVABLE!!!
ReplyDelete#14. I saw a video with audio clips of that scene. It was pretty clear that Tommy Lee Jones has dementia. He kept asking the woman next to him who she was (they had just been in a movie together). She was extremely gracious each time, pretending it was a normal question and that it was the first time he had asked it. In the afe of self centered narcissists, it was refreshing to find a kind young person.
ReplyDeleteMy father-in-law's dementia is showing itself more and more. He'll tell me the same story word for word 3-4 times in a 2 hour stretch. I do the same thing the young lady you mentioned did - I just act like it's the first time I'd heard it. It's just about the only thing you can do.
DeleteYou're a good man WC. I have lived that with my hero (father) and you sometimes laugh to keep from crying. I miss him every day
DeleteMy grandmother progressed to a point where she couldn't remember what happened 30 seconds ago and would only occasionally recognize family. Every time I visited I told her I just got promoted, married, expecting twins, won the lottery, yaddah yaddah yaddah.
DeleteFor anyone living with or visiting someone with dementia try music. Play a song they knew well especially if it has some meaning to them. You may be surprised with a few minutes of near normalcy.
DeleteThanks.
Delete#12 I gave up on WebMD after an article I looked up referenced "person assigned male at birth." I'm never going back.
ReplyDelete#16- For God’s Sake, what’s happened to English grammar….
ReplyDeleteIt’s possessive case for personal pronouns prior to gerunds…
But I admit, everyone is using nominative these days…
You noticed that too, huh?
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