Memory like... like... one of those metal things with holes in it.

[faustus]

I was going to post a query because it was one of those things that you couldn't Google, and that wouldn't be on Hal Hall's SFRDB, nor in the Locus Index (which I find answers most things round here).

Only I've forgotten what it was.

If anyone a) knows what it is and b) what the answer was, I'd appreciate it.

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[sam-t.livejournal.com]

Or maybe we could all think of some answers and then tomorrow we could work out what questions we were answering. It won't be any help whatsoever, but it could be a fun game...

A: Inspissated lemon juice.
A: On the bottom shelf, about 4/5ths of the way along.
A: They don't explode.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

And it might take my mind off whatever it was I'm trying to remember.

I'm sure someone did a short story in the form. John Sladek or J.G. Ballard.