# You choose! Severe Constipation or Insomnia ala Rick Astley. Which is it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435 "2011-01-13T08:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/21 "2011-01-14T01:40:16Z")
Couldn’t passing something like in option #1 blow a blood vessel in your brain if you had to do it that often? ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/22 "2011-01-14T02:01:23Z")
Oh Christ, are you kidding? I’ve had only one experience with a major poop blockage and I still recall it with horror and cold sweats: > **[Damn you, Abilify™, you DE-bilified my BOWELS!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=547898)** > > It’s just not enough for you to have the dumbest, GW Bush-iest made up name of all the pharmaceuticals, is it? You had to go and attack my relatively trouble-free personal waste disposal system. What the fuck did I ever do to you? Got a new... RICK ASTLEY at top volume, anytime. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/23 "2011-01-14T06:58:31Z")
I don’t get the Rick Atley hate, maybe my red-head genes make me immune. I routinely have insomnia anyway, so I’ll take option #2. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/24 "2011-01-14T11:44:06Z")
Having achieved the age of 42 years old without hemorroids, I would like to stay that way. Rick Astley for me. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/25 "2011-01-14T12:03:04Z")
Since Rick Astley’s one big turd, that gypsy’s curse is a forever crap lifestyle; simply with or without the soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/26 "2011-01-14T12:46:12Z")
#1 without a doubt. Why is it that I find the idea of waking to an auditory hallucination featuring Rick Astley absolutely hilarious? I can’t stop snickering. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/27 "2011-01-14T14:22:08Z")
Insomnia. I had one major constipation episode, though I won’t talk about the details here, and I’d rather never do it again. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/28 "2011-01-14T14:29:55Z")
Insomnia. I can always catch a nap in the afternoon. Besides women coming into menopause experience this anyway, they should be so lucky, it’s only every thirteen days, so no biggy. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/29 "2011-01-14T14:40:09Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > ..so no biggy. Which is the whole point of taking the “insomnia” option I think.. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/30 "2011-01-14T15:20:31Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I don’t get the Rick Atley hate, maybe my red-head genes make me immune. I routinely have insomnia anyway, so I’ll take option #2. Yeah. That song is more a reflection of the horror of Stock-Aiken-Waterman production than poor Rick Astley, who released a cracking album called “Free”." He is an amazing talent as far as singing and songwriting goes. There are so many worse Stock-Aiken-Waterman performers that deserve the ignominy of the Rickroll - Kylie Minogue, Sinitta, Donna Summer’s 80s output… but I have to admit to liking a number of their artists. But they had a very identifiable sound, cheesy videos, and guy/girl next door personas. At least Rick seems to have a sense of humour about it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/31 "2011-01-14T15:37:40Z")
If you push Rick Astley up an octave, he sounds exactly like Kylie, and vice versa. It’s testament to how little of their own performance is left after the S-A-W production process. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/32 "2011-01-14T15:38:46Z")
…I think that’s stuck-achin’-water, man! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/33 "2011-01-14T15:48:46Z")
I’ll take the Rhode Island Poop. Hey, it could be the size of Massachusetts. And the _shape._ Ow. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/34 "2011-01-15T09:47:05Z")
I think the gypsy is slipping. It would have been better if at random, no more that 13 days apart, the song would come on randomly and no matter what you’re doing, you have to stop, sing and dance it… But only you hear the music. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/35 "2011-01-18T00:46:51Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Insomnia. I had one major constipation episode, though I won’t talk about the details here, and I’d rather never do it again. Yes indeedy! Once you get the kind where you feel like it’s glued inside, Rick Astley is nothing. Best wishes, hh ---
**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:** [January 18, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/36 "2011-01-18T00:55:09Z")
Now, if you were going with explosive _diarrhea_, I might change my mind. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/37 "2011-01-18T02:57:32Z")
No brainer. #2. I once had a bowel movement the size on Escalade and I thought I was going to die. And then when the toilet got clogged and the plunger wouldn’t work, I thought I was gonna die again. I don’t even want to think about how me, my butt, or my toilet would handle something the size of Rhode Island! ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-choose-severe-constipation-or-insomnia-ala-rick-astley-which-is-it/567435/38 "2011-01-18T08:58:02Z")
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