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By Queuebot in Blog & Internet, Odd News on Feb 19, 2009 at 3:31 am


Sleep researchers at the University of Toledo, Ohio, reported the first case of someone using the Internet while asleep.  A 44-year-old woman had gone to bed about 10 p.m., then got up a few hours later, logged on to her computer with her username and password, and composed three e-mails to friends inviting them over for drinks. She only found out about it when they called the next day to accept.

Her e-mails contained a mix of upper- and lowercase characters, were badly formatted and contained odd expressions.  One read: "Come tomorrow and sort this hell hole out.  Dinner and drinks, 4 pm.  Bring wine and caviar only."  Another e-mail said only: "What the …"

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  1. Alex
    Feb 19th, 2009 at 3:31 am

    Wow - that's fascinating stuff!

  2. jmk816
    Feb 19th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    It's a little scary having your subconscious rule your actions without any filter. I wonder was the subtext of the message means... "wine and caviar only"?

  3. Alisa
    Feb 19th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    I once left my sister a voicemail while asleep. I told her I'd be right over. She lived 5 hours away at the time.

  4. Bimble and bomble
    Feb 19th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    Hmmmm she was drunk.

  5. aging hipster
    Feb 19th, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    I think this is more like a close cousin to "drunk booty calls" than a fascinating new discovery of sleep e-mailing.
    Who hasn't made tragic phone calls/texts/e-mails that they'd rather blame on their subconscious!

  6. ted
    Feb 20th, 2009 at 7:56 am

    Yup. Drunk.

  7. The Slapster
    Feb 22nd, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    I don't find it all that remarkable, since entering logins/passwords has become so ingrained in most of us it's a reflex more than a conscious decision.

    Although, I shudder at the thought of firing off a few choice words to my boss some night after a particularly crappy day being subjugated by The Man.

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