No, you're not losing your mind. And you're definitely not alone. There's Jimmy Carter, forgetting the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. Rod Stewart fumbling for the name of the intense first love who inspired " Maggie Mae." G. K. Chesterton writing a long letter to his mother announcing the good news about his engagement-- while his mother is in the room with him. Marilyn Monroe blowing the same line through 52 takes during the filming of "Some Like It Hot. Celebrating history's greatest mental lapses, ...
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No, you're not losing your mind. And you're definitely not alone. There's Jimmy Carter, forgetting the nuclear launch codes in a suit at the dry cleaners. Rod Stewart fumbling for the name of the intense first love who inspired " Maggie Mae." G. K. Chesterton writing a long letter to his mother announcing the good news about his engagement-- while his mother is in the room with him. Marilyn Monroe blowing the same line through 52 takes during the filming of "Some Like It Hot. Celebrating history's greatest mental lapses, is a perfect impulse book in the fine gift format of "Famous Last Words. Not just outlandishly funny, it's also a book of great comfort-- after all, having a senior moment puts you in the company of Einstein, Lincoln, Beethoven, Newton, Toscanini, and a whole assortment of presidents, poets, philosophers, popes, and Nobel Prize- winners. Talk about gaffes. Here are best men forgetting to show up at the wedding. Judges staggered by the incompetence of their previous decisions. Senators frozen in front of TV cameras. Olympic officials gazing absently while bewildered runners continue through the finish line. Bono losing the only copy of his lyrics to a new album. Forget to pick up your copy today!
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Very Good. Presents 1, 000 unforgettable senior moments in history, with embarrassing and true stories of major mental lapses and famous acts of forgetfulness: President Carter leaving the codes for nuclear missile strike in a suit sent to the dry-cleaners; Ralph Waldo Emerson forgetting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's name at Longfellow's funeral; and so on. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 109 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good illustrated cover. 2007. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New. Presents 1, 000 unforgettable senior moments in history, with embarrassing and true stories of major mental lapses and famous acts of forgetfulness: President Carter leaving the codes for nuclear missile strike in a suit sent to the dry-cleaners; Ralph Waldo Emerson forgetting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's name at Longfellow's funeral; and so on. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 109 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. 2007. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
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Fine. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 166 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark.
