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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:45 PM
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And yet ANOTHER scientific finding that explains plenty
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3743289/Zzz-mail-What-happens-when-sleepwalkers-go-online.html

Zzz-mail: What happens when sleepwalkers go online
Doctors have reported the first ever case of someone using the internet while asleep, after a sleeping woman sent emails to people asking them over for drinks and caviar.
By Roger Dobson
Last Updated: 4:43PM GMT 14 Dec 2008

It was only when a would-be guest phoned the next day to accept, that she found out what she had done.

The 44-year-old woman, whose case is reported by researchers from the University of Toledo in the latest edition of medical journal Sleep Medicine, had gone to bed at around 10pm, but got up two hours later and walked to the next room.

She then turned on the computer, connected to the internet, and logged on by typing her username and password to her email account. She then composed and sent three emails.

Each was in a random mix of upper and lower cases, not well formatted and written in strange language. One read: "Come tomorrow and sort this hell hole out. Dinner and drinks, 4.pm,. Bring wine and caviar only." Another said simply, "What the……."

The new variation of sleepwalking has been described as "zzz-mailing". (more at link)
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:48 PM
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1. I wish I had friends with this disorder.
I'd show 'em the e-mails and make them have the party.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:49 PM
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2. lots of that in GD: P....
The crow flies at midnight. Johny Walker wants to release the wombats. That is all.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:18 PM
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5. GD: P....
Has become almost tragic since the elections. Just gets abused more and more.
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MissB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:50 PM
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3. Hilarious.
And a nightmare. Poor woman. I hope she really does throw a party with caviar and wine. :rofl:
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 05:51 PM
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4. Wow...
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:23 PM
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6. Is she channeling Zelda Fitzgerald?
No, wait, it must be Dorothy Parker.....
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Sal Minella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:28 PM
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7. Isaak Dinesen? Maybe that was oysters and champagne.
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:29 PM
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8. Fascinating. Give her an MRI, immediately
This woman has a lot to teach brain scientists. I talk in my sleep regularly and have reading dreams, but typing is a new one on me.
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Phred42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:36 PM
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9. That would be the Defense you use on your wife for the Porn site charges
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Zing Zing Zingbah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-15-08 06:49 PM
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10. LOL
That's funny!
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