Post #512297 by woofmutt on Sun, Feb 21, 2010 4:19 AM

Dear Liloti,

It's the four AM hour and I was about to make a post in the Can't sleep...araghhhh! thread but before I made my post I asked myself "Is it OK to post in the "Can't sleep...araghhhh!" thread if I was asleep for 4 hours but I'm wide awake now yet I know I'll be asleep again in 45 minutes to an hour? Or is this thread only for people who wish they were asleep instead of awake?"

I realized couldn't say that I was glad I was wide awake at the moment but I also couldn't say I wished I was asleep.

Technically I am awake at this very moment because I can't sleep. So I can literally say "I can't sleep." But I would not follow that statement with "Araghhhh!" because the fact that I can't sleep is not frustrating to me. (Also I would never say "araghhhh", I'd say something more like "argh." Unless I was doing my impersonation of the hilarious comic strip character Cathy and then I would also rapidly wave my arms up and down at my sides while sticking my tongue out.)

I could have read all the posts in the Can't sleep...araghhhh! thread to discern the nature and tone of the thread and then decided whether I was qualified to post in it. But then I though "Why don't I just ask Little Lost Tiki? Deciding these sorts of things is his job, not mine." And so I came to this thread instead.

Does merely not being able to sleep qualify one for posting in the Can't sleep...araghhhh! thread?