# I Had a 'Nam Flashback Last Night **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797 "2004-12-14T16:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/21 "2004-12-14T20:22:09Z")
I had a weird dream last night too. I was naked with Gene Simmons in my old bedroom at Mom’s house. And she came home and was all pissed off that I had a man in my bedroom. Gene Simmons… Oh how I wish we had a projectile vomit smilie. Blech! ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/22 "2004-12-14T20:22:26Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hmm… I’m not sure which would be more frightening… I think she did a favor for the guy. He probably woke up and thought, “well, I didn’t have to frag my C.O., and a grenade didn’t come into my foxhole. On the other hand, Naomi Campbell called me a bitch and told me her water was the wrong brand and too warm. Not a bad trade.” ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/23 "2004-12-14T20:32:13Z")
Strangest dream I can recall was having dinner with Janis Joplin at some sort of fast-food restaurant. I remember saying “Nice necklace \*\* and you look pretty good for being dead all these years.” She wasn’t too happy about the ‘dead’ part. \*\*(it was rather pretty, all sorts of small wooden beads, very tastefully done.) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/24 "2004-12-14T20:37:13Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > I had a weird dream last night too. I was naked with Gene Simmons in my old bedroom at Mom’s house . . . Oh how I wish we had a projectile vomit smilie. Blech! Better it should have been [Jean Simmons](http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Simmons/simmons.htm) . . . ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/25 "2004-12-14T20:42:04Z")
Sorry, you can’t have my dream. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/26 "2004-12-14T22:17:18Z")
I really love visualizing **Eve** crawling through the rice paddies. Thanks, \*\*Eve[/]b. 😃 One of the most vivid dreams that I recall was a Vietnam dream. I was crouching on top of a thatched-roof hut, observing a platoon of U.S. soldiers in a field a short distance away, who were setting up a rocket launcher. I was fascinated by what they were doing – what were they preparing for? I looked around to see if I could see any hostiles. Suddenly, one of the soldiers spotted me, and the rocket launcher swung around in my direction. They started barking orders. “Put your hands in the air!” I wanted to tell them that I wasn’t an enemy, but now they all just kept _screaming_ “Put your hands in the air!” The problem was, the roof was on a steep incline towards them. I _couldn’t_ put my hands in the air because, in my crouching position, my arms were supporting a good deal of my weight. I couldn’t communicate this, but they were really worked up now, so I did everything I could to comply. I transferred all my weight to my knees, straightened my back as much as I could, and put my hands up, palms forward. I held that position for a few seconds, while the soldiers considered what to do. Then – I fell forward, back into a crouch. I guess, despite the distance, this was interpreted as aggression, because they instantly fired the rocket at me. Everything was crystal clear as it came toward me-- and then it hit me square in the belly, and everything went black. I could feel blood and entrails dripping out of my abdomen and down my legs. I knew I was dead – until I wondered why I kept experiencing consciousness, and woke up. I was kneeling in my bed, with the blankets bunched up around me. I could still “feel” the slick blood running, and I was _sure_ I had pissed myself. (I hadn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/27 "2004-12-15T00:05:31Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Better it should have been [Jean Simmons](http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Simmons/simmons.htm) . . . I know… Whatta hottie! Anyway, I was very careful with my spelling so you wouldn’t think I was grossed out about the wrong Simmons. Here’s some weird dream fodder: Jean in Gene’s makeup and platform boots. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/28 "2004-12-15T00:16:49Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > IHere’s some weird dream fodder: Jean in Gene’s makeup and platform boots. :eek: Worse yet: Gene in Jean’s cute Adrian cocktail frock in ice-blue silk chiffon. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/29 "2004-12-15T00:22:25Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Worse yet: Gene in Jean’s cute Adrian cocktail frock in ice-blue silk chiffon. \ Eve, I love you so. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/30 "2004-12-15T00:26:08Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Worse yet: Gene in Jean’s cute Adrian cocktail frock in ice-blue silk chiffon. He’d ruin it when he spewed blood. Still, it’d make for one helluva an encore. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/31 "2004-12-15T02:36:50Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I really love visualizing **Eve** crawling through the rice paddies. Thanks, **Eve**. 😃 When you visualize it, is she wearing a pink Jackie O dress with a pillbox hat and a string of pearls, while clutching an M-16 with attached grenade launcher and holding a combat knife between her teeth? That’s how I pictured her. And I wierd thing is, the image just seems so _right_. I’m pretty sure that’s going to be my default mental image of **Eve** from here on out. Anyway, Sunday night I had a dream with a really strong narrative, which is unusual for me. I forget the details, but it involved John Cusack leading a plucky band of survivors through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic New York. The nature of the apocalypse? Global warming. Somehow, the entire population of NYC had been wiped out by two feet of brackish, luke-warm water. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/32 "2004-12-15T02:46:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > When you visualize it, is she wearing a pink Jackie O dress with a pillbox hat and a string of pearls, while clutching an M-16 with attached grenade launcher and holding a combat knife between her teeth? That’s how I pictured her. And I wierd thing is, the image just seems so _right_. I’m pretty sure that’s going to be my default mental image of **Eve** from here on out. Hmm, me too. That one’s much better. I’d just pictured her lounging on a Swift Boat like Tallulah Bankhead in _Lifeboat_, with a martini in one hand and a laptop computer logged into the Dope on the other. And then leaping up, grabbing a VC soldier in a headlock as he tries to climb over the side of the boat, strangling him to death and throwing him back overboard, then sitting back, taking a sip of the drink and delivering some Bond-villain throwaway line like “Sorry, Charlie, for this cruise you need reservations in advance.” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/33 "2004-12-15T04:23:29Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > When you visualize it, is she wearing a pink Jackie O dress with a pillbox hat and a string of pearls, while clutching an M-16 with attached grenade launcher and holding a combat knife between her teeth? Perfect. …only, doesn’t she need two hands for the M-16? Cause she’ll need one free for the lorgnette. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/34 "2004-12-15T10:22:12Z")
Cool! Next time you dream you’re here, dream about coming by for a visit! The shooting has mostly died down now, but the traffic is still pretty terrifying. Strangely enough, the most popular vehicle here is a motorbike called the Honda Dream. Weird, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/35 "2004-12-15T14:32:43Z")
> [@Greg Charles](#): > > Cool! Next time you dream you’re here, dream about coming by for a visit! The shooting has mostly died down now, but the traffic is still pretty terrifying. In the dream, I did wind up at one point in a really good Indian restaurant—do you have any there? Tell the owner sorry I did a dine & dash, but the Viet Cong were after me. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/36 "2004-12-15T15:41:55Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > In the dream, I did wind up at one point in a really good Indian restaurant—do you have any there? Tell the owner sorry I did a dine & dash, but the Viet Cong were after me. Forget it! Do you know how many times he’s heard that one? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-nam-flashback-last-night/279797/37 "2004-12-15T16:12:26Z")
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