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	A Google Man

vickybaranwal

1-17-2008 11:45 AM

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google, man, amazing, memory

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1-17-2008 3:14 PM

tidbit2

wow that some burden to remember everything especially if hes well educated

1-17-2008 6:39 PM

syncopath

* It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Alec Bourne

1-17-2008 11:30 PM

raven714

I was going to leave a comment , but I forgot what I was going to write. lol

1-18-2008 4:30 AM

Eladora

There must be a down side to this, don't you think? Maybe headaches? Maybe it causes him as much frustration as it causes the rest of us to forget things.
I bet there are things he'd rather not remember. And I'm not sure it would be all that useful in forming and keeping relationships - some things are best forgotten!!

1-18-2008 10:21 AM

citizenbfk

I suppose what you use your knowledge for is important.

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