# Bullet to the head? Whatever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269 "2007-05-23T19:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/1 "2007-05-23T19:23:44Z")
[At least for this gentleman, it’s so](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070522/koddities/odd_sleeper_shot): > [@](#): > > HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Michael Lusher apparently is a sound sleeper. A small-caliber bullet struck the 37-year-old Altizer man in the head as he slept Sunday morning, but he didn’t realize it until he awoke nearly four hours later and noticed blood coming from his head, said Cpl. R.H. McQuaid of the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department. My mom and dad can snooze (and snore) through just about anything, but… wow. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/2 "2007-05-23T19:28:11Z")
**gonzomax** should be in here shortly to tell everyone about my wonderful sleeping abilities. “Hey, did you hear that construction last night?” “Hey, did you hear the dogs barking like crazy last night?” “Hey, did you hear the nasty storm last night?” The answer to those, and many more like them, are all “No”. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/3 "2007-05-23T19:32:19Z")
I think I’d heard that undercover work could be dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/4 "2007-05-24T11:47:27Z")
What I got from the article was that he had “a night on the town,” so I guess he might have been passed out drunk. Which makes it somewhat more understandable. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/5 "2007-05-24T13:08:15Z")
I slept through [this](http://www.boston.com/news/specials/local/danvers_explosion/) (the _massive_ chemical explosion north of Boston just before Thanksgiving). The site is about 4 miles from my home (_as the crow flies_). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/6 "2007-05-24T13:19:32Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] What I got from the article was that he had “a night on the town,” so I guess he might have been passed out drunk. … [/QUOTE] Too many shots? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/7 "2007-05-24T13:51:04Z")
I literally slept through a building being knocked down 20 feet away from my OPEN bedroom window. Yet I’ll awaken if the baby whimpers in her sleep from the bedroom at the other end of the apartment. My husband thinks this ability marks me as a witch. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/8 "2007-05-24T14:24:07Z")
I slept right through the [Great Storm of 1987](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1987) - it seemed a bit weird when trying to get to work the next day, every road was blocked by a fallen tree, as was every detour I took to go around the roads blocked by fallen trees. I finally arrived about half an hour late and remarked “must have been a bit windy last night then”. But a mouse’s sneeze will wake me if it’s in the room with me. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/9 "2007-05-24T14:36:45Z")
So what DID wake him up? As Jay Leno pointed out at the time, Lorena Bobbitt’s husband didn’t wake up from that unkindly cut, either. So what woke him up? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/10 "2007-05-24T14:46:19Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] As Jay Leno pointed out at the time, Lorena Bobbitt’s husband didn’t wake up from that unkindly cut, either. So what woke him up? [/QUOTE] Needed to pee? I dunno. Not morning wood, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/11 "2007-05-24T15:21:33Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I literally slept through a building being knocked down 20 feet away from my OPEN bedroom window. Yet I’ll awaken if the baby whimpers in her sleep from the bedroom at the other end of the apartment. My husband thinks this ability marks me as a witch. [/QUOTE] I went out with a witch. She was cool. Witchness can be a very good thing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/12 "2007-05-24T15:34:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I went out with a witch. She was cool. Witchness can be a very good thing. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Oh, I \*am \*a witch. The silver pentacles, incense and gazillion spellbooks I have lying around might have been the more obvious marks, however! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/13 "2007-05-24T18:45:15Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I literally slept through a building being knocked down 20 feet away from my OPEN bedroom window. Yet I’ll awaken if the baby whimpers in her sleep from the bedroom at the other end of the apartment. My husband thinks this ability marks me as a witch. [/QUOTE] Nah, I do the same thing. When I was a teen the house next door burned down. I mean totally, I was told that there were three fire engines, cops; the whole works with sirens and hoses. I had to be told this because I slept through the whole thing. My room, with window, overlooked that house. I’ll generously estimate maybe 40 feet away. But if my babies makes a noise… instant panic wake. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-to-the-head-whatever/405269/14 "2007-05-24T19:42:06Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] I slept through [this](http://www.boston.com/news/specials/local/danvers_explosion/) (the _massive_ chemical explosion north of Boston just before Thanksgiving). The site is about 4 miles from my home (_as the crow flies_). [/QUOTE] Impressive. It woke me up and I live at least 12 miles away.