I'm a cunt sometimes.
My stepfather is (was) an utterly charming man who wouldn't say boo to a goose. He retired about 15 years ago. About 5 years ago he was diagnosed with ailsheimers. Nowadays he is virtually impossible to communicate with, although he remains polite and cheerful.

One of the fist symptoms he showed was a tendency to repeat himself, and to keep asking the same questions.

One day we were all having a family lunch, and he asked me what I did for a living (having been my stepafther for 25 years). So I told him. I work for a trading company in London. Fine.

10 minutes later. Same question. same answer. Fine.

10 minutes later, same question.

"I own a petshop in Glascow, we import parrots from Belgium".

10 minutes later, yeah, you know . . .

"I work for NASA. I bumpstart space shuttles"

All of which is accpeted with a polite smile, and much behind the hand tittering from the rest of the family. Now he's absolutely gaga, he doesn't ask anything anymore. Not sure if what I did was funny or not.
(username failed moderation, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 13:59, 6 replies)

My nan went the same way, before she had a stroke
She'd ask questions to us without any attention to the answers at all. My uncle used to say "Just watched a great game of footy just now, loads of goals, nil-nil it was." "Oh that's nice" she'd say and carry on dusting.

When she died we had her stuffed and put in a cabinet.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 14:09, closed)

My gran was a bit gone by the end
my attitude was that you're either going to laugh or cry about it. It's better for all involved if it's the former.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 14:12, closed)

Same here
My gran once said "I can't remember anything, you could tell me you were the pope and I wouldn't remember".

Later that afternoon, "Hi, gran, I've just been made pope!" Response: "ooh, that's nice dear."
( sanityclause is waiting until, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 14:53, closed)

Ailsheimers
sounds like a Jewish Bakery.
Bagel anyone?
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 16:39, closed)

We call it eggtimers disease
on account of he can't remember what happened 3 minutes ago.
(username failed moderation, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 10:44, closed)

"Hi!, I'm 'Ten Second Tom'.."
"Hi, I'm 'Ten Second Tom'.."

etc..
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 19:17, closed)