# Thoughts on the edge of sleep **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-edge-of-sleep/598820 "2011-10-06T20:39:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-edge-of-sleep/598820/1 "2011-10-06T20:39:45Z")
I think about strange things when I’m falling asleep sometimes. I’ve already posted about the last one, [the endless battle between monkeys and chickens](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=625629), and now I have another, and an odd coincidence. My thoughts somehow veered to politics and old movies; I kept thinking “Dark Reagan… Dark Reagan… Michael Reagan… Darth Reagan.” Darth Reagan it is, then. I googled it and what do you think I found but [a well-done 3D render of the Gipper as a Sith Lord](http://katastro.fi/%7Eeetu/3d/reagan/)! Sadly, a subsequent search for Obi-Wan Dukakis wasn’t nearly as successful. So my subconscious is a joke writer from twenty-five-plus years ago. What do you think about when nodding off? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-edge-of-sleep/598820/2 "2011-10-06T20:47:50Z")
I once made up a word, never heard it before, thought it was a pretty neat sounding word. Then I decided I should probably look it up on Google. Turns out it’s someone’s username…_here_. This was a long time ago, I don’t even remember what it was anymore. I believe it was Mitch Hedberg who said when a joke comes to him at night he either has to get up and write it down or convince himself it’s not that funny so he can go back to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-edge-of-sleep/598820/3 "2011-10-06T22:49:52Z")
I become a total genius as I’m falling asleep- the things I think are so brilliant, they could change the world. The problem is, I don’t ever remember what I was thinking after I wake up! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-edge-of-sleep/598820/4 "2011-10-07T13:48:28Z")
I’m just surprised you remember your thoughts. Even if I get up right after having them, I can’t remember what I was thinking. The most I get is a little bit of leftover emotion.