# Your Midsummer Night's Dream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818 "2007-06-21T06:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/1 "2007-06-21T06:44:23Z")
Wednesday was midsummer and Wednesday night was midsummer’s night. Do you have a dream to share? A Shakespearean magical mystery tour? It’s late! Back to my enchanted forest… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/2 "2007-06-21T07:21:23Z")
I dream of a love, the magical glance of which all men swoon the lady Venus doth pierce my chest with erotic longings Yet will my dream come true forevermore that is fates choice and until that day I shall wait ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/3 "2007-06-21T07:27:26Z")
Well I had a dream my best friend and I decided to live in a tent on the beach, and survive on peanut butter sandwiches, but that might not be what you’re looking for… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/4 "2007-06-21T13:10:57Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] Wednesday was midsummer and Wednesday night was midsummer’s night. Do you have a dream to share? [/QUOTE] I was thinking that night about Elvis Day that he died, day that he died I was thinking that night about Elvis Day that he died, day that he died Just a country boy that combed his hair And put on a shirt his mother made and went on the air And he shook it like a chorus girl And he shook it like a Harlem queen He shook it like a midnight rambler, baby, Like you never seen From “Elvis Presley Blues” by Gillian Welsh. Jimmy Buffett’s version is great. My son got an xm radio for me for Father’s Day and I spent all yesterday afternoon and evening listening to that old ‘50’s stuff. Probably that’s why I was dreaming about Elvis and Skip and Jan and Gus and Marilynne and all those other good ol’ boys and girls I hung around with when Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly were rockin’ it. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/5 "2007-06-21T16:47:03Z")
Hey, I had the weirdest experience last night when I went for a quick nap outside–wait, excuse me, I need to get something out of my eyes… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/6 "2007-06-21T17:02:44Z")
You’re kidding. That must be why I dreamed about Patrick Dempsey this morning (that counts as part of last night’s sleep, right?). Apparently he was supposed to be my partner but I looked at him liked I was miffed. But then I brought over a scraggly-looking piece of my birthday cake with two barely-lit candles for us to blow out. Then he kissed me along my neck and really went to town below my ear. It actually hurt in the dream. :eek: I must have been living in a group house because the house dude expressed his displeasure at the kissing and I said, “Fine, we’re [me and the housemates] done” and went to clear out my stuff and move out. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/7 "2007-06-21T17:07:17Z")
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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/8 "2007-06-21T17:13:39Z")
Was Wednesday Midsummer night? Don’t you always wait for Midsummer night and miss it. I always wait for Midsumernight and then miss it. I believe I dreamt somthing about eating Chinese food. No Shakespear I. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/9 "2007-06-21T18:30:30Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Deleted [/QUOTE] Wow, it was that hot it just self-destructed??!? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/10 "2007-06-21T18:34:55Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Wow, it was that hot it just self-destructed??!? [/QUOTE] Yeah. It was so hot I had to go take a cold shower and get an ice pack. Something about a rat, a rutabaga and three teaspoons of crushed garlic. And it didn’t seem to be a recipe. It just burned something awful and woke me up. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/11 "2007-06-21T18:49:21Z")
Well, as posted earlier, I dreamed I was the apprentice of a Chinese bronze-caster. Don’t see how it’s relevant though. It’s always amused me that Bottom has the Head of an Ass. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-midsummer-nights-dream/408818/12 "2007-06-22T02:42:44Z")
How can yesterday have been midsummer if today is the first day of summer? 😕