# So I woke up with my shirt on backwards and inside-out this morning... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242 "2003-07-09T15:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/1 "2003-07-09T15:03:44Z")
and I have no idea how it got that way! I am 99.99% sure that it was on the right way before I went to bed last night. I don’t recall anything unusual going on during the night and you’d think that if I’d done something that required the removal of my shirt that I’d have at least some memory of it. Mr. Greywolf73 didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary during the night either. So, either I was doing some bizarre sleepwalking activity that required my shirt to be on backwards and inside out, or I was abducted by aliens with no sense of fashion. 😃 I don’t have the slightest clue and thought I’d ask my fellow Dopers their opinion. How did my shirt end up backwards and inside-out? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/2 "2003-07-09T15:08:20Z")
As I recall from my topology class, such an event is possible if you find yourself accidentally folded up in a 4th dimension. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/3 "2003-07-09T15:24:47Z")
Possibility A: Mr. Greywolf73 is messing with your head. In a playful way, not a “Gaslight” way. Possibility B: You got hot in your sleep, flung off the shirt. Got cold around 4ish, put it back on? Inside out and backward. Talented. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/4 "2003-07-09T15:57:52Z")
Did you awake in the bathtub? Did you check to insure all your internal organs were still intact? Were you, perhaps, abducted by aliens? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/5 "2003-07-09T16:19:26Z")
It’s still the same shirt you went to bed with, right? Not the sexy neighbor guy’s shirt that you mistakenly pulled on during one of your sleepwalk induced rendezvous? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/6 "2003-07-09T16:38:40Z")
I like friedo’s explanation the best. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/7 "2003-07-09T17:12:37Z")
Classic abduction evidence. Check yourself for any new wounds, probably small, circular, and cauterized. Oh, and strange circular formations in your carpet. ---
**Author:** ![Undead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Undead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undead)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/8 "2003-07-09T17:12:51Z")
I always have experiences like this. I wake up to be mocked by my roommates about how I was up in the middle of the night asking them for a cup of sugar or something weird and then went back to bed. Oh and hey, this is my first post. I usually just read the forums but work is especially boring today. Also, I see someone from Scranton so I wanted to give a shout-out to NorthEastern PA! Represent! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/9 "2003-07-09T18:26:38Z")
Hey, **Undead** , welcome to the board! (Yay, that’s my first time welcoming the newbie!) I’m living in PA, too; Allentown, to be precise. If you are interested in Philly-and-surrounding-area Dopers, check with **True Pisces**. They have regularly scheduled dinners and get-togethers, and there’s a Dopefest scheduled for Labor Day. Glad you decided to stop lurking! ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/10 "2003-07-09T18:30:44Z")
Oh, and re: the OP, I’m voting for aliens, too. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for crop circles in the corn on the way home. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/11 "2003-07-09T18:44:33Z")
Well, since I didn’t wake up in the bathtub and all my internal organs are intact, and the nearest neighbors I have are the squirrels in the backyard and they are neither sexy nor do they wear t-shirts, I have come to the conclusion that I either slipped into a 4th dimension or I was indeed abducted by aliens. Either that, or I just got hot in the middle of the night and flung my shirt off, as **Maureen** suggested, but I like the idea of other dimensions and aliens a lot better. Oh, and welcome to the boards, **Undead**! I am honored that you delurked in my thread and it’s good to know I’m not the only one abducted by aliens in the middle of the night with poor fashion sense. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/12 "2003-07-09T18:44:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Undead \* > \*\*Also, I see someone from Scranton so I wanted to give a shout-out to NorthEastern PA! Represent! 🆒 \*\* A welcome is in order, heyna? I hope you joined because the boards are entertaining and informative, and the posters are intelligent and extremely good looking as well, but if you want to tell people you joined because you saw a Scrantonian, feel free. Enjoy your time here. ---
**Author:** ![Undead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Undead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undead)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/13 "2003-07-09T19:25:39Z")
I think I’ve decided my sleeping-self is possessed by some sort of needy evil packrat or a demonic baker. I’ve had full conversation in my sleep with people that I remember nothing of. Usually asking them for something. Have I been building something in the confines of my home keeping it secrect from even myself? **Greywolf** , are we doomed to waking up in a state of bewilderment forever? Well, prolly not 😃 Thanks for the welcome all! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > **I hope you joined because the boards are entertaining and informative, and the posters are _intelligent and extremely good looking_ as well** sounds like I’ll fit in real well 😛 ---
**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:** [July 9, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/14 "2003-07-09T19:45:00Z")
I once woke up after being hit in the face with a blanket. I have no idea how that happened. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/15 "2003-07-09T19:56:48Z")
**Jeff Olsen** , were you alone when that happened? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/16 "2003-07-09T19:57:50Z")
I regularly strip in my sleep - I have every intention of wearing the nightgown all night when I crawl in the bed. But I’ll find it on the floor the next morning. Summer in Alabama - even with air conditioning, it’s still too hot! So, until this heat breaks, I’ll sleep _au naturel_. Not that hubby minds! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mulletsunite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mulletsunite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mulletsunite)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/17 "2003-07-09T19:59:29Z")
when i was a child, i used to often wake up in completely different pajamas than i went to bed in - i was in favor of alien abduction then, and i still am now i’ve since eliminated the problem by sleeping naked ---
**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:** [July 9, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/18 "2003-07-09T20:11:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skeptic\_ev \* > \*\*_Jeff Olsen_, were you alone when that happened? \*\* AFIK, I was the only one in the room, yes. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/19 "2003-07-09T22:37:05Z")
I’d have to say it was aliens. They’re _everywhere_. ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242/20 "2003-07-09T22:38:07Z")
I once woke up naked with a black eye, after going to bed fully clothes and unbruised but that is a story for an entirely diffrent thread. etgaw1 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-woke-up-with-my-shirt-on-backwards-and-inside-out-this-morning/187242.md?page=2)