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The Importance of Memory

A business man traveling in the mid-west was told about an
Indian, living in the vicinity, who had a most fantastic memory.
Having just completed a memory course, and priding himself on
his own newly acquired achievements, he decided to visit this
Indian to see whose memory was better.
He introduced himself to the Indian and proceeded to test
him. The memory expert answered every question quickly and
accurately. His mind was a storehouse of knowledge, containing
such information as the populations of nearly all American
cities, important dates, scientific theories, etc. The business man
couldn't stump him. Finally, he decided to try one last question.
"What did you have for breakfast on the morning of April 5th,
1931?"
The Indian didn't hesitate for even a second, as he answered,
"eggs!"
The business man took his leave, completely stunned by this
prodigious memory. When he arrived home, he told all his
friends about it, only to have them scoff and say that eggs
were usually eaten at breakfast, and that anyone could have
answered that.
As the years passed, the man began to believe this, until one
day he found himself back in the mid-west on a sales trip.
One afternoon he happened to come upon the same Indian he
had met here years ago. Wanting to show that his memory for
faces was pretty good, he raised his hand in the traditional
Indian greeting, and said, "How."
The Indian thought for just a moment, and then answered,
"SCRAMBLED!"
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