“The Memory Trick”
Two elderly men were sitting on a park bench, feeding pigeons.
One of them, George, said proudly:
“I started going to a memory clinic last month.”
His friend, Bill, raised an eyebrow:
“Oh yeah? Does it actually work?”
George nodded confidently:
“Absolutely. They taught me this amazing trick—word association. It’s changed everything.”
Bill leaned in:
“Really? Like what?”
“Well,” George said, “you connect things. For example, if you want to remember someone’s name, you link it to something familiar.”
Bill looked impressed:
“That actually sounds useful. So… what’s the name of the clinic?”
George paused.
Then frowned.
“Hmm… give me a second…”
He scratched his head.
“What’s the name of that thing… you write with… has ink…?”
Bill said:
“A pen?”
George snapped his fingers:
“Yes! That’s it!”
Then he turned to his wife across the bench and shouted:
“Pen! What’s the name of that clinic I go to?!”
