# If you're sleepy, GO TO BED!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534 "2003-08-07T05:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534/21 "2003-08-08T00:57:13Z")
Ninety-nine zillion Nine trillion and two Creatures are sleeping! So… How about you? When you put out _your_ light, Then the number will be Ninety-nine zillion Nine trillion and three. [sub]Good night.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534/22 "2003-08-08T02:37:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*But I draw the line at “OOooooooOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAHhhhh…”. \*\* What’s with making all that noise when a person yawns, anyway? There’s a guy at work who sounds like a siren when he yawns. Yawn silently! You can do it! (My husband doesn’t know it, but I married him for his stealthy yawning habits.) Julie ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534/23 "2003-08-08T04:23:44Z")
I had a high school history teacher who would yawn while he was lecturing… **and keep on talking through the yawn!** I hated that! I don’t need to see your uvula while you’re trying to tell me about the Battle of Gettysburg! I guess the teacher was as bored with the subject as I was at the time… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534/24 "2003-08-08T04:39:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phase42 \* > \*\*I had a high school history teacher who would yawn while he was lecturing… **and keep on talking through the yawn!** I hated that! \*\* Oh, that’s just rude! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534/25 "2003-08-08T06:05:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phase42 \* > \*\*I had a high school history teacher who would yawn while he was lecturing… **and keep on talking through the yawn!** I hated that! I don’t need to see your **uvula** while you’re trying to tell me about the Battle of Gettysburg! > \*\* So _that_’s where that thing is! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534/26 "2003-08-08T06:36:27Z")
I have it on good authority, **dan** , that the uvula was not present at the Battle of Gettysburg. Er, wait. Scratch that. The uvula wasn’t only at the Battle of Gettysburg, it was also at … um … Oh, hell with it. It’s late and I can’t think. ::YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN:: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534/27 "2003-08-08T16:28:37Z")
This is uvula. . This is uvula on drugs. 0 Any questions? My uvula can beat up uvula! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-sleepy-go-to-bed/193534.md?page=1)