ImWithStupid Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Somnambulism....now that word is stuck in my brain. Reminds me of a thread I started on GF called Vocabulary Improvements. Before your time emkay, but it wasn't what you'd think. Kinda fun, as I remember. Snafu and RaE might remember it. :lol: Whoops, triple post. Bump. I remember it. Quote
builder Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 I remember it. I remember getting flack from a few of the old crew about it. Truth was, it was in the top three popular threads, and headed the google search for the same name for six months. :lol: Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
wez Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Actually wez, there are not a few cases of spousal murder blamed on somnambulism. How hard would that be for a judge to make sense of? After I posted that I googled and saw some of that.. no doubt about the judge making sense of it.. is it true or a dandy excuse? I don't really see how a judge could say.. yeah.. ok.. you're free to go.. even it was true. Quote
builder Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 After I posted that I googled and saw some of that.. no doubt about the judge making sense of it.. is it true or a dandy excuse? I don't really see how a judge could say.. yeah.. ok.. you're free to go.. even it was true. But it does happen, meaning the judge is convinced. But imagine waking up after committing murder? :unsure: Kinda makes nearly killing yourself a tad lame. Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
RegisteredAndEducated Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Somnambulism....now that word is stuck in my brain. Reminds me of a thread I started on GF called Vocabulary Improvements. Before your time emkay, but it wasn't what you'd think. Kinda fun, as I remember. Snafu and RaE might remember it. :lol: Whoops, triple post. Bump. I definitely remember it.. it was great! Quote Intelligent people think... how ignorance must be bliss.... idiots have it so easy, it's not fair... to have to think... WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE AMONG THOSE FORTUNATE MASSES..... Hey, "Non-believers" I've just got one thing to say to ya... If you're right, then what difference does it make, it wont matter when we're dead anyway... But if I'm right... Well, hey... Ya better be right...
builder Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 ] I definitely remember it.. it was great! Registered and educated. MAN, I remember it well. Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
RegisteredAndEducated Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I definitely remember it.. it was great! Registered and educated. MAN, I remember it well. LOL!!! Time to start a new one!! Quote Intelligent people think... how ignorance must be bliss.... idiots have it so easy, it's not fair... to have to think... WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE AMONG THOSE FORTUNATE MASSES..... Hey, "Non-believers" I've just got one thing to say to ya... If you're right, then what difference does it make, it wont matter when we're dead anyway... But if I'm right... Well, hey... Ya better be right...
atlantic Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) No but I've had some pretty vivid dreams before. A few weeks ago I actually cried in my sleep and started doing the serenity prayer. That was pretty bizarre! I'll leave out the rest of the dream.. Snafu, I had a dream that you and I were in heaven just hanging out and drinking beers and watching over people we cared about. That was about a week ago. Tell us yours - please. Edited April 2, 2016 by rem Quote Do the right thing!
Chi Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Somnambulism....now that word is stuck in my brain. Reminds me of a thread I started on GF called Vocabulary Improvements. Before your time emkay, but it wasn't what you'd think. Kinda fun, as I remember. Snafu and RaE might remember it. :lol: Whoops, triple post. Bump. I knew what the word meant right away because the word commonly used for this in Spanish is sonambulismo. Quote
builder Posted June 17, 2010 Author Posted June 17, 2010 I knew what the word meant right away because the word commonly used for this in Spanish is sonambulismo. From the latin, Soma = sleep, Nambus = walk Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
hugo Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 gg Quote The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison
builder Posted June 23, 2010 Author Posted June 23, 2010 Okay, second episode of somnambulating in the dark. Happened about seven years ago on my return from Australia's wild and wooly Northern Territory, back to Queensland. My then gf convinced me to head back east, and against my wishes, I packed up and left. Did my usual, and exited in the wee small hours, for an all day haul. Had driven for eleven hours, and was trying to make it to Mt. Isa, but about fifty miles out, a large barn owl flew across the windscreen, and collected my driver's side rearview mirror, sending shards of glass across my face and into the car. Decided the time to stop was now, so I found a short track off the road, and set up the gas cooker to make a feed. All I had was a rack of lamb, so while it was cooking, had a few lagers, rolled out the swag, and prepared for sleep. The moon was setting, and the night was warm, being mid-summer, and about a week before christmas. I ate the lamb, along with some steamed potato and broccoli. Fell asleep without any probs at all after a mammoth drive and a good feed. Woke up neck deep in water, not knowing where the flock I was, nor what the flock I was doing there. Noticed I had one thong(rubber sandal) on, and was fully dressed, which I was not when I went to bed. I usually sleep in my reg grundies only in summer. Took a look around, and could make out a treeline behind me. The water was warmer than the air, so I wasn't in the least bit cold. Made it back to the bank of the creek, and tried to scramble up the bank. It was that yellow clay that is about as slippery as a used car salesman. Had to find some grass and low shrubs to drag myself out on. Next question was, "where the flock is my truck?" Had to bash through the scrub, scratchiing the sh t out of my arms, to bounce out onto the road. Next question? Which way is my truck? Tossed a mental coin in my head, and went left. I figured I'd walked about half a mile before I stopped to make a decision to turn back the other way. It was then I saw a dim white shape off in the distance. I kept going, hoping it was my canoe on top of the trailer. Goddammit. Found it. Celebrated with a drink of water, and a ciggie. Promptly tied myself to the trailer with rope, and settled onto my swag again. Yeah, not as life-threatening as the first episode I related, but pretty bizzare, considering Mt Isa is in the middle of desert country, and I'd found the only water course for a hundred miles. When I checked the map, I had walked in a direct line back the way I'd come, like as the crow flies. Funny thing, the subconscious. Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
RegisteredAndEducated Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 Pretty interesting story... Wonder wtf you were doing in the water up to your neck... bet that was scary.. Quote Intelligent people think... how ignorance must be bliss.... idiots have it so easy, it's not fair... to have to think... WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE AMONG THOSE FORTUNATE MASSES..... Hey, "Non-believers" I've just got one thing to say to ya... If you're right, then what difference does it make, it wont matter when we're dead anyway... But if I'm right... Well, hey... Ya better be right...
builder Posted June 23, 2010 Author Posted June 23, 2010 bet that was scary.. Nope. Just one of those WTF moments for a chronic somnambulist. Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
Chi Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 holi crap! Your experiences are pretty alarming. And I thought I slept like a rock before, when I was a kid. Now I wake up very easily, thank God! And I don't sleep walk anymore. How many hours of sleep do you typically get every night? Quote
builder Posted June 23, 2010 Author Posted June 23, 2010 How many hours of sleep do you typically get every night? Depends on my workload, Chi. I notice I am more likely to sleepwalk when I'm fatigued. If I'm not working, I can get by with four hours sleep. And a nanna nap after lunch. Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
Chi Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 How many hours of sleep do you typically get every night? Depends on my workload, Chi. I notice I am more likely to sleepwalk when I'm fatigued. If I'm not working, I can get by with four hours sleep. And a nanna nap after lunch. that must be the problem. You're so exhausted you can't even wake up when you're doing stuff like that. My husband sleeps like a rock, too. And snores! It amazes me how he won't even wake up by how loud his snores are. He also doesn't get enough sleep. He watches a lot of tv late at night, goes to bed super late and has to get up early for work. And never takes naps, except maybe sometimes on the weekends with me. Quote
emkay64 Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 You seem drawn to water sub-consciously. I also have to say..I love that you call flip flops "thongs". I had to completely change my terminology with the invention of the damn assless undies. If you say "I went and bought a pair of thongs but they pinch my feet..." people look at you funny. Quote
eddo Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 You seem drawn to water sub-consciously. I also have to say..I love that you call flip flops "thongs". I had to completely change my terminology with the invention of the damn assless undies. If you say "I went and bought a pair of thongs but they pinch my feet..." people look at you funny. I don't like thongs of either variety- don't want an ass wedgie, and don't want a toe wedgie. Quote I'm trusted by more women.
RegisteredAndEducated Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 I like lookin at chicks wearin thongs.. the ass floss variety... But I have never worn any (it's irritating enough having boxers up your ass, can't imagine having a string up there on purpose)... And I don't like flip flops (what you call rubber shoes or thongs)... I would have to wear sandals. Quote Intelligent people think... how ignorance must be bliss.... idiots have it so easy, it's not fair... to have to think... WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE AMONG THOSE FORTUNATE MASSES..... Hey, "Non-believers" I've just got one thing to say to ya... If you're right, then what difference does it make, it wont matter when we're dead anyway... But if I'm right... Well, hey... Ya better be right...
snafu Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 (edited) You seem drawn to water sub-consciously. I also have to say..I love that you call flip flops "thongs". I had to completely change my terminology with the invention of the damn assless undies. If you say "I went and bought a pair of thongs but they pinch my feet..." people look at you funny. I don't like thongs of either variety- don't want an ass wedgie, and don't want a toe wedgie. Yeah, ah no I didn't need that image inbeded in my brain there eddo. . Edited April 2, 2016 by rem Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
emkay64 Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 Eww...men in thongs...no thankies. BTW you get used to the damn string after awhile...but if it was acceptable (which it isn't) I would go granny panties all the way and pull em right up over my belly button Sadly comfort is never criteria when buying female undies. The bra should match the panties blah blah blah....sucks bein a girl sometimes. I do like a nice pair of "thongs" though... Quote
snafu Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 (edited) Eww...men in thongs...no thankies. BTW you get used to the damn string after awhile...but if it was acceptable (which it isn't) I would go granny panties all the way and pull em right up over my belly button . Sadly comfort is never criteria when buying female undies. The bra should match the panties blah blah blah....sucks bein a girl sometimes. I do like a nice pair of "thongs" though... No I can't stand anything between my toes or the crack of my ass! A cool pair of sandals and some tighty whities. . Edited April 2, 2016 by rem Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
hugo Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 The wife still don't believe I was sleepwalking the time she caught me sticking a dollar in a strippers' thong. Quote The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison
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