In today's episode of "You know what I mean?" we look at the issue of "Short-Timer's Attitude", or STA as we pseudopsychologists call it.

You know what I mean. When someone is very close to being gone, his mind wanders. He might be about to take a new job and can't concentrate fully on his old one. Or, he might be about to go on vacation, and can't fully concentrate on his job. Or, he might be almost done with vacation, but can't fully appreciate the final few hours, but he still can't concentrate on his job.

This attitude is common in the work-a-day world. Our studies show that STA begins at a point before the actual absence (of course) and that point is farther in front of the absence when the event to which the worker is looking forward is more desireable. For example, for the normal human male, STA begins only 15 minutes before leaving to attend a wedding. However, STA can begin to show its effects on that same normal human male up to several days before gathering together with other normal human males for Really Fun Things (RFTs), or even Just Goofing Off Without Women (JGOWW).

While the results of this study may come as a surprise to normal human females, or even Severely Anal-Retentive Type-1 Males (SART1Ms), the truly shocking aspect is our startling conclusion that, not only is STA incurable, but it should not, under any circumstances, be dissuaded, thwarted or prevented in any way. The reasons for this are highly complex, pseudopsychologically, but can be summed up for the lay-woman (or SART1M) thusly: "That's how men are. So leave me alone!"

We hope this episode has been helpful. Be sure to tune in next time for our investigation of another common malady among normal human males: LACSH - Laughing At Childish Sexual Humor.