- Did you know that a bout of tiredness can be alleviated by having a sleep. It's true! Sleep has long been associated with alleviating tiredness. The beauty of sleep is that you can do it just about anywhere and anywhen. I often try to take a nap during the night, when TV starts showing 30 minute long info-mercials about that knife set that you've always wanted but could never find anywhere - until now - for £29.99 (plus a paring knife and optional cheese knife for free).
- Other people take their tiredness alleviation sleeps whilst they are doing mundane or boring activities. My friend Jason likes to sleep whilst driving long distances in his lorry (the M6 is a boring motorway and he has seen it so many times before). Another friend, Alison, sleeps whilst operating her band saw (don't try that at home as it is sometimes dangerous to sleep whilst operating sharp finger-lopping equipment).
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- The ancient Greeks didn't sleep at all. They saw the practice as excessively decadent, leading to people wanting pillows and other symbols of opulent living. The Romans were not so coy. It was the Roman play-write Septimus Bedensis who invented sleep in the first century BC and it became fashionable across the world shortly after that. In fact, the words 'sleep' & 'bed' are both derived from this clever man's name.
- Politicians are known to sleep longer than any other occupations. This is because they talk so much crap all of the time. The energy expended in talking crap, then listening to other people's crap saps their strength and they end up sleeping for nearly 17 hours per day. At the height of the second world war, Winston Churchill slept for so long each day that he was only woken to give inspirational speeches about fighting, beaches, and fighting on the beaches.
Anyway - all this talk of sleeping has made me tired. I'm off to bed. Good night!
Thank you. I had always wondered why I got tired around the same time every day. I'll give this sleep thing a go. The thing i've never understood is, if you're asleep then how do you know when to wake up? Intrigued of Auckland
ReplyDeleteWell, scientists now believe that we wake up just enough in order for us to realise that we need to wake up. Once in that state, you complete the process yourself. It's really quite easy once you understand the science.
ReplyDeletedamn those scientists. they know nothing. i've just woken up after 48 hours of continuous sleep. i thought i had woken up enough but i was only dreaming it. the police eventually broke my door down after concerned relatives phoned them.
ReplyDeleteat least i think that happened. i might be still dreaming about that and about writing in this blog. how does one know? this sleep thing is so confusing.
If you are still unsure, you can buy a book about it. Alternatively, if you wish to save money, you can borrow some books from a library. Just go to the Science section of the library. The book will have been written by a scientist. He will be very clever and will be wearing a white coat. Scientists know a lot about sleep and will be able to tell you whether you are awake or possibly still asleep. They will conduct an experiment and give you the results. It's really that simple.
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