SHORT TERM MEMORY LAPSE

MEMORY LAPSE

There was once a great actor, who had a problem. He could no longer
remember his lines. Finally after many years he finds a theater where
they are prepared to give him a chance to shine again.
The director says, "This is the most important part, and it has only one
line, you must walk on to the stage carrying a rose, you must hold the
rose with just one finger and your thumb to your nose, sniff the rose
deeply and then say the line 'Ah, the sweet aroma of my mistress.'"
The actor is thrilled. All day long before the play he's prac- ticing
his line over and over again. Finally the time came.
The curtain went up, the actor walked onto the stage, and with great
passion delivered the line; "Ah, the sweet aroma of my mistress."
The theater erupted, the audience was screaming with laughter and the
director was steaming!
"You bloody fool!" he cried, "You have ruined me!"
The actor was bewildered, "What happened, did I forget my line?"
He asked. "No!" the director screamed, "You forgot the bloody rose!"