# Can't sleep? Maybe you need "spleep" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928 "2010-03-10T00:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/21 "2010-03-10T13:26:47Z")
Strange, “sleep” is spelled correctly 13 times in the article (not counting within similarly correctly spelled words like “asleep” and “sleeping”, nor similar correctly spelled instances within the article title). But none of those are bolded, strangely, all misspelled instances (except an “asleep”) are bolded, even in the “Irish proverb” above (unless the proverb really is “spleep”. We-eird. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/22 "2010-03-10T19:41:31Z")
Maybe he was spleep-typing? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/23 "2010-03-10T19:47:43Z")
> [@xanthous](#): > > I go spleep now. If you no spleep, [your head asplode.](http://scienceblogs.com/whitecoatunderground/upload/2009/06/my_head_just_asploded/your-head-asplode.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/24 "2010-03-10T19:48:27Z")
Spleep, sploop, splop, splash. Present, past, past perfect, result. > [@Mangetout](#): > > To spleep, perchance to dmream, > Ay, there’s the rub. That’s “rdub”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/25 "2010-03-10T20:06:39Z")
Some chance that he just carried on the spleeping after starting out by saying that a joke is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/26 "2010-03-10T20:07:31Z")
Can’t breathe. Laughing. The dog is worried. Spleep?! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/27 "2010-03-10T20:13:19Z")
Is he some kind of spleep spepcialist? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/28 "2010-03-10T23:19:01Z")
A spleep specialist would be great if you developed spleep splapnea. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/29 "2010-03-11T00:25:51Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > A spleep specialist would be great if you developed spleep splapnea. Brilliant. Simply brilliant. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/30 "2010-03-11T01:01:31Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > It’s a silent p. You mean as in bath? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/31 "2010-03-11T02:15:44Z")
If there’s a p in your bath, see a urologist. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/32 "2010-03-11T02:16:26Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > If there’s a p in your bath, see a urologist. No, you need to see a lumber. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/33 "2010-03-11T03:37:49Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > To spleep, perchance to dmream, > Ay, there’s the rub. you missed a “p” To spleep, perchance to dream, Aye, there’s the pub. I don’t know how much you drink, but _I’ve_ splept in a pub ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/34 "2010-03-11T04:59:09Z")
A long spleep? Spleep hormones? I must not have been paying attention during sex (splex?) ed in high school. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/35 "2010-03-11T08:58:32Z")
Not as long as mine… Not as long as mine. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2010, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/36 "2010-03-11T09:28:59Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > If there’s a p in your bath, see a urologist. It’s not a silent P if you stand up. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/37 "2010-03-19T15:36:44Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > This is weird > > [Momentary lapses of insanity...](http://misty69stuff.blogspot.com/search?q=spleep) Yes. What the hell is this. That’s a grown woman writing that blog, with very frequent, fairly lengthy, and otherwise generally well written posts. But she seems to try to find any way possible to use the word “Spleep”, with no explanation, as though its assumed by all that spleep is the correct word. Unlike the the example in the OP, spleep is the only form to be found. Not one sleep, even by accident. Over 40 Spleeps! What is happening? What is this madness? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/38 "2010-03-19T15:47:14Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Yes. What the hell is this. That’s a grown woman writing that blog, with very frequent, fairly lengthy, and otherwise generally well written posts. But she seems to try to find any way possible to use the word “Spleep”, with no explanation, as though its assumed by all that spleep is the correct word. Unlike the the example in the OP, spleep is the only form to be found. Not one sleep, even by accident. Over 40 Spleeps! What is happening? What is this madness? The really weird part is that the life coach posted his spleep entry back in September, but this woman has been using the word since at least February 2009. It must be an independent private joke. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/39 "2010-03-19T15:49:18Z")
maybe it comes from the ancient Greek: After all, I assume that Ptolemy splept well every night. Unless he had Pneumonia, or was dreaming of Pterodactyls. Or maybe he had indigestion from eating too much with a spork. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928/40 "2010-03-19T17:20:15Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Or maybe he had indigestion from eating too much with a spork. I wanted to spork Mrs. RickJay last night but she was spleeping. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-sleep-maybe-you-need-spleep/531928.md?page=3)