MAN BLAMES SHOPLIFTING ON AMNESIA

A 46-year-old man blamed his shoplifting at a Maryland grocery store in February on amnesia. Dev Bashu claims that when he visited the Safeway store, he became disoriented and unable to talk when he reportedly attempted to steal $73 worth of food. When Bashu’s wife later took him to a hospital, doctors diagnosed him with transient global amnesia, a rare condition that causes temporary memory loss that is not due to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or stroke. According to the Mayo Clinic, people who experience transient global amnesia can’t remember where they are or how they got there, and have a tendency to repeat the same questions because they can’t remember the answers they may have just received. The person’s recent memories vanish. The episode is short-lived – as it usually lasts only about six hours – and unlikely to occur more than once.
* It’s very common in adults who have escorted their daughters to a One Direction concert.
* It’s unlikely to occur more than once, ’cause nobody’s stupid enough to be fooled by this story twice.
* All you do is show up at a hospital and keep saying to the doctor every two minutes: “Nice to meet you, Doc. What’s your name?”
* It sounds fishy. How did he remember what groceries he needed?
* If the judge doesn’t buy the amnesia story, maybe he can say it was an evil twin.
* “C’mon, your honor – this even happened to the guy on Breaking Bad!”
* The transient global amnesia usually lasts a few hours or until the weed wears off.
* Let me know if he got away with it. I’ve got to go grocery shopping after the show.
* The Mayo Clinic? I’m not going to take advice from a clinic named after mayonnaise.
* Transient global amnesia? And I don’t think we should blame it on homeless people either.
* Oh, I see. People who have this can’t remember where they are or how they got there, but they do remember how to steal.