Why is it dangerous to wake a sleepwalker?

Factual Questions
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Yeah, um, why? :>

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This was answered here a week or two ago.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=39752

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This question was briefly discussed recently in this thread.

It is generally a good idea to do a search before posing a question to see if the question has been recently discussed. If that thread doesn’t answer all your questions, you can add to it rather than start from scratch.

Welcome to the boards, Shatzi.

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Welcome to the SDMB!

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Thanks guys!

I see. I would have looked through a bit, but my browser’s been frustratingly slow lately, so I just didn’t have the patience to do so. Anyway, next time I’ll spare ya my spammy double-question ;>

~Shatz