Non compos mentis

LOL!! Ok, so you know you've really got a serious problem if you've forgotten what you wanted to say between having the thought and booting up you machine...!!!! Yet another one of those sorry 'not getting any younger' excuses? Hardly! You'd have thought the older you got, the less prone you would be to embarrassing yourself. Na-ah! Combine absentmindedness with the fact that you become less embarrassable by advancing years, it really does make for a decidedly fierce, 'cut through the tan' blushing, when you do make an ass of yourself. Like the time I quizzically inspected the screen whining about not being able to hear the phone ring when I was clearly connected, only to have the friend whose phone I borrowed tell me he could hear it ring just fine... on the hands free, still glued to his ear!! Or the time I irately glared at an incompetent shop assistant, resentful of her lack of service skills as I tried to pay for my groceries with my work id. Or the time I had to call my date to ask where I was going (I suppose I should be grateful I remembered who I was meant to call.... now that could have been awkward :p). Or even the time I only noticed the vibe standing next to my toothbrush after Matt, Erica & Aashish had left after dinner..... and using the bathroom.... (wonder if my humiliation would have been less abject if it wasn't so horribly pink??!)
But you know what, apart from the inherent pleasure that can be derived (especially in hindsight!) from making an utter fool of yourself with much elan, middle age is a good place to be. The journey more enriching, more unexpected, full of discovery and a damn sight more fun than when you were eighteen and knew it all.
P.S. - Someone claimed (BF, I think) that it's illegal to own more than 3 sex toys in one of the US States..... food for thought.... (a) is there a registrar of toys? (b) do handcuffs count? (c) what happens if you have 4? (d) would the penalty be more severe if you had 17??