Sleepwalking.........

[totalise]

The base player from Supergrass has broken his back after falling out of a first floor hotel window whilst sleep walking

is sleepwalking the new cool way of describing things you have done when you are too drunk to remember how or why the hell you have done it? if so, I've had numerous "sleepwalking" experiences

[celtic]

only ever experienced sleep walking once. I was still living with my parents an during the night got out of bed, went into what used to be my sisters room, pulled the covers back, urinated in the bed, pull the covers back over, went to the bathroom and washed my hands and went back to bed!!!!!!

Weird but true!

[RichEO]

Drunk-Walking..??

"Duke-Walking"??

What's the difference ?

[The_duke]

Now thats out or order -- I don't normally drink and when I do I don't drink normally

[kinboshi]

only ever experienced sleep walking once. I was still living with my parents an during the night got out of bed, went into what used to be my sisters room, pulled the covers back, urinated in the bed, pull the covers back over, went to the bathroom and washed my hands and went back to bed!!!!!!

Weird but true!

Jut like my 'experience' I love the way once you were done you went to the bathroom as well.  Were you drunk too?

[kinboshi]

I used to sleepwalk a lot as a kid, and would apparently hold fairly lucid, if surreal, conversations with anyone I encountered.  The story about the sock drawer reminded me of a time when my brother was about 11.  He got out of bed and must have been convinced in his sleepy state that his record player (got showing my age now!) was the toilet - lifted the lid, did the job, then even put the lid down again afterwards.

Tut tut.  He let the side down.  He put the lid down when he was done...

[Bainn]

I wish the Supergrass bass player a good recovery - not a nice experience. 

I used to sleepwalk a great deal in my childhood/youth to the point where the family were concerned, when we went on holiday, that our room was "safe" in this respect and I did have to turn down renting a particular first floor flat, in between house purchases, because the only bedroom was very small and the bed had to be close up to a full-length window... not a good idea!

I also occassionally threw myself out of bed during horrific nightmares....weird!  One time it was most embarassing as I gave myself a shiner of a black eye which was not a good idea when we were going to interview some big cheese at Anglo American Headquarters...oh well! On another occassion I just missed landing on a glass on the floor... the thought still brings tears to my eyes!

My son also experienced sleepwalking and, like you, Tighty, the best advice was just to keep an eye that all was well and safe for him and only wake him if there could be a potential problem.  Most times he was totally unaware!

Sleepwalking, obvious sign of madness  >:?