I do this all the time – repeat over and over what I’m going into another room for. And yet, sometimes I still forget, because once I get in the other room, I see something else I wanted to find or there’s something else I wanted to do in that room. Then I forget my original reason for going in that room.
He just came into a room. There is the doorway phenomenon. Often when you walk through a doorway you can lose track of what you were doing. Sometimes the same thing happens if you get distracted when someone says something unexpected… Like “Why were you saying spatula?”
I use my phone’s timer but, unfortunately, it doesn’t say anything useful about what it was timing. I need one that says, “Time to get cookies out of the oven.”, instead of “beep, beep, beep”.
Ratkin Premium Member 10 months ago
He needs to putty a dent in the sheetrock, of course.
MichaelAxelFleming 10 months ago
I blame Weird Al.
cracker65 10 months ago
Shoot
oldthang 10 months ago
Yep—that’s me!
Yakety Sax 10 months ago
If you had not asked, he would have remembered…………
eced52 10 months ago
Dang Opal, you derail the train of my thought.
The dude from FL Premium Member 10 months ago
A little dementia, Earl…say not!
carlsonbob 10 months ago
As long as it isn’t the scoop for the cat’s litter box!
Blu Bunny 10 months ago
And what he was going to do probably didn’t require a spatula, was after something else.
Dirty Dragon 10 months ago
You know, if this had happened all those years ago at the town of Marathon, Greece – the emperor would have had his head lopped right off.
ckcsmum Premium Member 10 months ago
I came here to write a comment but forgot what it was….
laughingkitty 10 months ago
I do this all the time – repeat over and over what I’m going into another room for. And yet, sometimes I still forget, because once I get in the other room, I see something else I wanted to find or there’s something else I wanted to do in that room. Then I forget my original reason for going in that room.
The Reader Premium Member 10 months ago
She broke his spatula of thought.
iggyman 10 months ago
I decide to look something up online, see an article that distracts me, and forgot what my original search was about!
iggyman 10 months ago
His mind did a “flip” flop! Spatula, get it?!
WaitingMan 10 months ago
Why do you need a spatula? To lick the cake batter off of. Ah, childhood memories.
win.45mag 10 months ago
Because Roscoes huevos are froze to the front porch
markkahler52 10 months ago
Needs it for that burning smell coming from the KITCHEN!!
phritzg Premium Member 10 months ago
I imagine he’s pronouncing it Spat-tool-ah, because he’s can’t quite remember the name of Sean Penn’s character in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 10 months ago
Needs a trip to Spatula City!
PraiseofFolly 10 months ago
When a person gets older, there are usually more wrinkles on the face, but often fewer wrinkles on the brain.
dbrucepm 10 months ago
Spatula Clark- go Downtown
jagedlo 10 months ago
Remembering the what and forgetting the why?
ANIMAL 10 months ago
Please tell me you’re not COOKING
sandpiper 10 months ago
Nothing new there . . . or is it?
rhpii 10 months ago
Because he can’t find the fly swatter.
jhpeanut 10 months ago
I resemble that while driving.
mckeonfuneralhomebx 10 months ago
Because he just saw Stripes and he wants her to jump up on the stove.
FredBurr 10 months ago
I gave up on my memory foam insoles years ago. They never helped.
magicwalnut 10 months ago
This cartoon would be me, in spades!
ladykat 10 months ago
He obviously needs it for something.
jslabotnik 10 months ago
It’ll be easy to remember, just leave the kitchen and go to the point farthest away from it in the house
UlrigJaeger Premium Member 10 months ago
What do you expect from the son of the Polka King?
MuddyUSA Premium Member 10 months ago
Spatula……………dumb word!
Snolep 10 months ago
Wasn’t she the one who sang “Downtown”?
ksu71 10 months ago
Well he’s not but what the heck.
https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=E-7oMg_BGvI
MaCookie7 10 months ago
I buy groceries for recipes then I forget which recipe it’s for and it just sits there.
w16521 10 months ago
Ah those senior moments.
zeexenon 10 months ago
To clean the bugs off of our car’s windshield.
elgrecousa Premium Member 10 months ago
We’re back into the “stupid Earl” realm.
Mike Baldwin creator 10 months ago
To smack a fly, of course.
Zebrastripes 10 months ago
Now See, Opal! Next time don’t talk to me….you made me lose my train of thought…..
The-Great-Gildersleeve 10 months ago
could be a lot worse …… he could be muttering ….. fire extinguisher,fire extinguisher , fire extinguisher and not remember why!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 10 months ago
Get it and carry it until the use presents itself.
goboboyd 10 months ago
Perhaps it was a back scratcher.
sid w 10 months ago
He just came into a room. There is the doorway phenomenon. Often when you walk through a doorway you can lose track of what you were doing. Sometimes the same thing happens if you get distracted when someone says something unexpected… Like “Why were you saying spatula?”
bwswolf 10 months ago
That’s me, remembering what I went in for ….. but forgot “WHY” I wanted it ….. :)
PaintTheDust 10 months ago
You use a spatula near the… STOVE! Uh oh!
g04922 10 months ago
Oh no, the double memory thought loss…
mistercatworks 10 months ago
I use my phone’s timer but, unfortunately, it doesn’t say anything useful about what it was timing. I need one that says, “Time to get cookies out of the oven.”, instead of “beep, beep, beep”.