My mind is blown, it's not my own, where did my idea go? I'm feeling fine, but I've lost my mind! Help? [more inside]
posted by Salvor Hardin on Sep 20, 2009 - 11 answers

From an historical point of view, how much time needs to pass before an event is no longer remembered? How much time between 'oh god that was awful' until 'that happened a lot of time ago so I don't care about it?' [more inside]
posted by Memo on Nov 7, 2007 - 24 answers

I'm leaving for Alaska for 4 months tomorrow. What am I forgetting to do before I go? [more inside]
posted by joshuaconner on May 30, 2006 - 22 answers

Why do people get offended when you forget their name? (also here, here, and here) [more inside]
posted by Afroblanco on Dec 13, 2005 - 27 answers

Forgive, forget, or revenge? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 23, 2005 - 22 answers

Suppose that you're at a party, or wandering down the street in a small town, or in your local coffee shop, and you run across someone you've briefly met before several months ago, but whose name you don't remember. However, he or she remembers yours, and greets you effusively. In this circumstance you'd rather not say, "You'll have to forgive me, but even though you apparently remember me quite well, I don't have a clue what your name is." Is there a way to get the person to say his or her first name to you without you admitting to him or her that you've forgotten it? Assume that there are no other people involved in your conversation, that you have fifteen minutes to get their name from them, and that you have a reasonable ability to direct the conversation topic to whatever subject you wish.
posted by Prospero on Jun 3, 2004 - 31 answers