Seems that this old couple are having trouble remembering things, so they sign up for a memory course. The course is wonderful and introduces them to a technique called word/name association. They come home and tell all their relatives, friends, and neighbors about it.©OFFICEJOKES.NET
Some months later, a neighbor approaches the man as he tends the garden. "Say, Ed, what was the name of the instructor of that memory course you liked so much?"©OFFICEJOKES.NET
"Well, it was...hmmm...let me think a minute... What's the name of that flower, you know, the one that smells so nice, but has thorns on the stems...?"©OFFICEJOKES.NET
"You mean a rose?"©OFFICEJOKES.NET
"Yeah, that's it...(shouting toward house) Hey, Rose, what was the memory course instructor's name?"