# Sometimes when I wake up I think.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929 "2010-08-21T01:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JollyGoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@JollyGoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JollyGoon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/1 "2010-08-21T01:04:26Z")
Is this the real life? ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/2 "2010-08-21T01:11:10Z")
is this just fantasy? ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/3 "2010-08-21T01:14:27Z")
Not yet caught in a landslide . But no escape from reality! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/4 "2010-08-21T01:24:38Z")
Nope. It’s actually a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream. Spin a top just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/5 "2010-08-21T01:29:59Z")
Any way the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/6 "2010-08-21T01:32:06Z")
Easy come, easy go; little high, little low. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/7 "2010-08-21T01:39:09Z")
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/8 "2010-08-21T01:51:19Z")
_slams head repeatedly against the dashboard_ ---
**Author:** ![JollyGoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@JollyGoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JollyGoon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/9 "2010-08-21T01:54:09Z")
When I’m trying to sleep but can’t I inevitably think about regrets. I’ve had a few. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/10 "2010-08-21T02:08:17Z")
\*\*Sometimes when I wake up I think… \*\* …I’ll grow a little bigger, maybe that can be my goal. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/11 "2010-08-21T02:21:28Z")
> [@JollyGoon](#): > > When I’m trying to sleep but can’t I inevitably think about regrets. I’ve had a few. Have you travelled each and every highway? ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/12 "2010-08-21T13:01:58Z")
So much beauty, so little time. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/13 "2010-08-21T14:04:23Z")
Sometimes, late at night, I lay in my bed, look up at the stars, and wonder… ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/14 "2010-08-21T14:13:23Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Sometimes, late at night, I lay in my bed, look up at the stars, and wonder… why did you bring [sherlock holmes joke](http://www.pinetree.net/humor/sherlockholmescamping.html) into this thread ? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/15 "2010-08-21T16:35:51Z")
Another day of being unemployed… gotta keep applying… ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/16 "2010-08-21T19:20:47Z")
This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! How did I get here? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/17 "2010-08-21T19:28:38Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! > > How did I get here? How do I work this? ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/18 "2010-08-21T19:35:30Z")
I AM living in a shotgun shack ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/19 "2010-08-22T01:52:27Z")
All we hear is Radio Ga-Ga. Radio, what’s new? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929/20 "2010-08-22T02:14:53Z")
Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he’s dead [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-when-i-wake-up-i-think/550929.md?page=2)