Sleep talkin’ man is one of my very favourite mad blogs where I pop in to visit regularly.
Adam lives in America with his lovely wife, Karen. Everything about them is normal and average in every way. Except for this one thing.
He talks in his sleep.
But like hectically.
His wife, after years of being entertained by her husband as he slept, finally decided to start a blog. She bought a voice activated tape recorder that records everything he says at night while they sleep, and she posts his mad ramblings on a weekly and sometimes daily basis.
Click through the links for each of the recordings scattered in the post below if you want to hear a few of his funny sleep talking ramblings.
“Ooh, that’s it! Brown ping pong balls. Loads of them! I think I’m on to a winner there.”
here’s another one:
On their blog they have a very interesting Frequently Asked Questions section. I’ve copied and pasted a few of the questions, because they were things i was curious about, so I thought you might be curious about them too:
Q:
How do you get any sleep?
A: (answered by Karen, who runs the blog and posts her husbands sleep talking.)
It’s not as bad as it seems. All of Adam’s talking happens in one, or occasionally two, bursts each night. Let’s say six quotes pop up on the blog one morning. Those probably all occurred in a five or six minute window.
Here’s another sleep talking session from the site, click through to take a listen:
Dude’s violent in his sleep hey. Bet Karen sleeps next to him with one eye/ear open.
And check out the link below, he doesn’t always talk, sometimes he sings too. I love the Sleep Talkin’ Man, what a legend.
Q:
How did Sleep Talkin’ Man come to be?
A:
Since February 2009, I just kept a running log of everything Adam said for myself and the benefit of our friends. He got pretty used to being the source of hours of laughter among pretty much everyone who knows us. I put the blog up in October 2009, more for my own amusement than anything.
Here’s another gem from Sleep Talkin’ Man.
“Talk once more, and I will sue you for ear abuse. Shame on you. Shame! Auraphile.”
Q:
Is Adam this funny in real life?
A:
Well, Adam is a pretty witty guy, but he is definitely not as hilarious as Sleep Talkin’ Man. In fact, he’s nothing like STM! Adam is the kindest, most sensitive, respectful, delightful, humble person. And SleepTalkinMan is, well, sort of an ass, isn’t he? And totally full of himself! And a potty mouth! I would NOT want to get on his bad side.
He even does and Elvis impersonation in his sleep, check the link below – what a freaking legend.
“Oh! I’ve got an idea. Oh, hold the phone. This one stinks of poo. You can own that one. (then in Elvis voice) Thank you very much.”
Q:
Has Adam considered seeing a doctor about this?
A:
The weird thing is, we’ve come to think this is really healthy for him. I’ve always been amazed at how well Adam handles some extremely challenging circumstances that we’ve come up against in the past couple of years (much better than I do). Now I think it is because he works out all of his anxiety and frustration in his dreams. It’s like nightly catharsis.
Does Adam remember his dreams?
A:
Not a one! You can imagine then, how utterly bizarre is it for him when we listen to the recordings together in the morning. He hears himself saying wacky things that he has no recollection of whatsoever.
According to Karen – Sleep talking occurs during the lighter phase of sleep, and it’s just sort of the subconscious firing off. sleep specialists confirm that the way Adam talks in his sleep is very possible and, except for how funny he manages to be, quite common.
They sell t-shirts, mugs and other paraphenalia on the the sleep talkin’ man website. I think I got to get me a sleep talkin’ man of my very own. Hours of fun for the whole family. Wonder if they sell those?
OMG love it! Thanks for sharing the laughs!
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comewrite – well that’s nothing, i once… oh no wait, not sure i have anything that betters peeing in a dustbin sober. were you under lockdown or something?