# It's 2 am. What good "could" happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499 "2023-11-21T22:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499/41 "2023-11-23T01:42:33Z")
The title perplexed me, so I listened to the lyrics. It describes being awake around 3:35am and in a weird state. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499/42 "2023-11-23T01:55:10Z")
Db. Post ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499/43 "2023-11-23T01:55:48Z")
Heh! I’m in a weird state every 2am. Arkansas ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499/44 "2023-11-23T09:04:09Z")
My alarm goes off, because someone’s gotta get up to make the donuts…Happy Thanksgiving! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499/45 "2023-11-23T09:36:39Z")
In my younger days getting a late night meal with my friends after a night of drinking was always pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499/46 "2023-11-23T17:48:18Z")
Ours spring forward at 1 AM. It once took me an hour to walk up one flight of stairs: 12:59 at the bottom, 2:00 at the top. Re the question in the OP: not much, except continuing to sleep. I know from personal experience that any phone call between 10 PM and 8 AM bears Very Bad News. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499/47 "2023-11-24T00:15:09Z")
Historically I think it was “Nothing good happens after midnight”. At the time, my mother amended this to 8 PM. Children could be gone all day doing golly knows what, but there was no quarter given for being outside past 8 PM. Dark actually, about the time the streetlights came on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-2-am-what-good-could-happen/993499.md?page=2)