The psychiatrist was not expecting the distraught stranger who staggered into his office and slumped into a chair.

"You've got to help me. I'm losing my memory, Doctor," he sobbed. "I once had a successful business, a wife, home and family. I was a respected member of the community. But all that's gone now. Since my memory began failing, I've lost the business. I couldn't remember my clients' names. My wife and children have left me, too and why shouldn't they? Some nights I wouldn't get home until four or five in the morning. I'd forget where I lived. And it's getting worse. Doctor, it's getting worse!"

"This is not an unusual form of neurosis," the psychiatrist said soothingly. "Now tell me, just how long ago did you first become aware of this condition"?

"Condition"? The man sat up in his chair.

"What condition"?

Thats what we call cronic amnesia

just where am i supposed to laugh, cos this is not funny