# Ever had a dream that actually could pass for a decent story/song/movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-dream-that-actually-could-pass-for-a-decent-story-song-movie/979508 "2023-02-09T03:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-dream-that-actually-could-pass-for-a-decent-story-song-movie/979508/13 "2023-02-09T14:45:59Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > But have any for you actually passed muster? Or have you actually used it to write a story? Both, and often. For example, this post was spawned by a dream: > [@Finish the Sci-Fi Story IV: The Next Generation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sci-fi-story-iv-the-next-generation/309372/33): > > I need to get out of here Dr. Fujisawa thought to himself as he started to wander off. “Hey, where you goin’?” demanded another Panil. “I am in great need of a stiff drink.” The Panil attempted to determine if the doctor was lying or not. It appeared to him to be the latter. “Sure, okay. Head out that way, turn left, and you’ll find what passes for a bar down here.” Eleazar followed the directions and found himself in a hollowed out area that contained what appeared to be a Japanese tea hous… Other dreams make up brand new episodes of TV shows, some of which have been off the air for decades, or have me playing video games which sometimes don’t exist. Then there’s this which combined a TV show and a video game: > [@Fallout 4: Now Playing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-4-now-playing/737122/1306): > > I had a dream that placed “Cheers” in the Commonwealth Wasteland and the Institute replaced Cliff with a synth. Which didn’t work quite as well as planned, all that trivia overloaded its memory banks! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-dream-that-actually-could-pass-for-a-decent-story-song-movie/979508)._