Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

paully dub · 12:41 PM

Last night I dreamed I was in a boat, off the coast of what I think may have been long island. I was looking up at the sky when I saw that I was under a rather humongous wave headed for the coast. Rather than swallow me up, it pushed me to shore, where I proceded to tell everyone that a huge tidal wave was coming.

I woke up and the headline on nytimes.com was:

"More Than 3,000 Believed Killed by Huge Tidal Waves in Asia"

This kinda freaked me out. Has anyone else ever dreamed something like this? Naturally, X Men 2 was on tv this morning, so I could contemplate my newfound clairvoyance properly.

edit: I've been watching the devastation on BBC all day. I'm not at all trying to make light of this tragedy.

Randman · Dec 26, 2004, 08:00 AM

Yeah, right.

But, ok, I'll play along. Early this morning, I was asleep and heard footsteps and I thought to myself, I should wake up and take the dog out for her morning walk.
Suddenly, I opened my eyes and guess what? The dog was right at the edge of the bed looking at me with her big brown eyes and she was wagging her tail.
And, most amazing of all, she needed to be taken out for her morning walk, which she was most appreciative of.
I actually had to go back to bed for a couple of hours because I needed to rest and contempate about this new, terrible power of prophecy that had been bestowed upon me.

(THE FOLLOWING WAS A TRUE STORY BUT THE IDENTITY OF THE CAT THAT THE DOG CHASED HAS BEEN CHANGED).

paully dub · Dec 26, 2004, 08:09 AM

I ask for no money or fame or even recognition. I simply had a dream which coincided with a certain real event.

It's a known fact that cats and dogs are capable of mind control over their owners, but this is another topic.

Randman · Dec 26, 2004, 08:11 AM

Originally posted by paully dub:
I ask for no recognition.

Hence, the post.

Spheric Harlot · Dec 26, 2004, 08:19 AM

Originally posted by paully dub:
I ask for no money or fame or even recognition. I simply had a dream which coincided with a certain real event.

Just ignore Randman. He's a little...maladjusted.

Randman · Dec 26, 2004, 08:21 AM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Just ignore Randman. He's a little...maladjusted.

A little?

Spheric Harlot · Dec 26, 2004, 08:46 AM

Peter · Dec 26, 2004, 08:46 AM

if your dream is to find out that 3k people are dead, you are weird.

paully dub · Dec 26, 2004, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by Peter:
if your dream is to find out that 3k people are dead, you are weird.

I'm actually devastated.

demograph68 · Dec 26, 2004, 08:49 AM

paully dub is....

Randman · Dec 26, 2004, 08:51 AM

Originally posted by demograph68:
paully dub is....

dead?! Spooky.

demograph68 · Dec 26, 2004, 09:00 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
dead?! Spooky.

Um no, more like Nostradamus.

Randman · Dec 26, 2004, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by demograph68:
Um no, more like Nostradamus.

Nostradamus is dead.

demograph68 · Dec 26, 2004, 09:41 AM

That's what you think.

Randman · Dec 26, 2004, 09:46 AM

Nostradamus predicted the date of his own death. Got it right too.

Krusty · Dec 26, 2004, 10:15 AM

YIKES !!!

Of all weird times for this to happen. My next door neighbor is visiting his daughter in Thailand right now. I spoke to him on Skype several days ago and he mentioned he would be going to Phuket in a few days. I can only wonder if he was there when it happened

... and if he's OK.

Spheric Harlot · Dec 26, 2004, 10:47 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
Nostradamus predicted the date of his own death. Got it right too.

Pretty much the only thing he got right.

Peter · Dec 26, 2004, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
Nostradamus predicted the date of his own death. Got it right too.

how did he die?

MacGorilla · Dec 26, 2004, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
dead?! Spooky.

So he's back from the dead??

paully dub · Dec 26, 2004, 11:09 AM

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow is now required viewing for this thread.

Apparently it was Dropsy that did him in.

f1000 · Dec 26, 2004, 11:33 AM

I hope you never dream about me, Paully.

SeSawaya · Dec 26, 2004, 12:38 PM

I dreampt one night that my car had been wrecked. I woke up went out to my car & it had been broken into. 1st time for both. Spooky.

mrtew · Dec 26, 2004, 01:52 PM

Once I awoke with the certainty that my bike had been stolen in the night and got ready for school faster because I 'knew' I'd have to walk to class. I almost passed the bikerack without even looking because I was so sure it wasn't there, but I looked over just to confirm what I somehow knew to be true. I used to be able to predict songs on the radio too, but I've lost that ability with old age.

Lancer409 · Dec 26, 2004, 02:58 PM

Randman looks bored from the look of this thread

I heard on the radio .. but the number was significantly lower. has it risen that much?!?

ambush · Dec 26, 2004, 03:06 PM

Looks like God doesn't love the Asian folks....

Ghoser777 · Dec 26, 2004, 03:11 PM

Where the hell did that come from?

DeathMan · Dec 26, 2004, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
Looks like God doesn't love the Asian folks....

Wow, in one simple yet elegant post, you've turned the religious world on it's head. I applaud you.

DeathToWindows · Dec 27, 2004, 10:22 AM

I've been seeing figures as low as 4000 dead and as high as 10000...

Randman · Dec 27, 2004, 10:23 AM

More than 24,000, And ambush should be banned for that stupidity.

thirsty · 10:47 AM

This has become the most PATHETIC THREAD I have read here!

People have died. Get over yourselves!

It's not something that should be taken lightly.

REMEMBER THE FIRST POST in this thread and what was posted.

Thilo Ettelt · Dec 27, 2004, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by paully dub:
Last night I dreamed I was in a boat, off the coast of what I think may have been long island. I was looking up at the sky when I saw that I was under a rather humongous wave headed for the coast. Rather than swallow me up, it pushed me to shore, where I proceded to tell everyone that a huge tidal wave was coming.

I woke up and the headline on nytimes.com was:

"More Than 3,000 Believed Killed by Huge Tidal Waves in Asia"

This kinda freaked me out. Has anyone else ever dreamed something like this? Naturally, X Men 2 was on tv this morning, so I could contemplate my newfound clairvoyance properly.

edit: I've been watching the devastation on BBC all day. I'm not at all trying to make light of this tragedy.

I had the song tsunami by steriogram on my mind a couple of days ago. But something like that happened to me too. I woke up thinking my bed was shaking, when it was actually just the mattress. An hour later a mini earthquake had hit a small region in northern germany including my city. but i guess it's just a coincidence.

- Thilo

cjrivera · Dec 27, 2004, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by paully dub:
Last night I dreamed I was in a boat, off the coast of what I think may have been long island. I was looking up at the sky when I saw that I was under a rather humongous wave headed for the coast. Rather than swallow me up, it pushed me to shore, where I proceded to tell everyone that a huge tidal wave was coming.

I woke up and the headline on nytimes.com was:

"More Than 3,000 Believed Killed by Huge Tidal Waves in Asia"

This kinda freaked me out. Has anyone else ever dreamed something like this? Naturally, X Men 2 was on tv this morning, so I could contemplate my newfound clairvoyance properly.

edit: I've been watching the devastation on BBC all day. I'm not at all trying to make light of this tragedy.

Are you sure you didn't have the radio or TV on while you were asleep? I'll sometimes wake up like I dreamed a current event and realized I had heard it in my sleep and it affected (effected... see other post) my dreams.

paully dub · Dec 27, 2004, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by cjrivera:
Are you sure you didn't have the radio or TV on while you were asleep? I'll sometimes wake up like I dreamed a current event and realized I had heard it in my sleep and it affected (effected... see other post) my dreams.

I have thought about this. The answer is no. I don't have a radio alarm and the television was definitely off. That said I live in an apartment building, and while I don't ever hear my neighbours or their radios or televisions, there's a *slight* possibilty that some walking past my door in the morning may having been discussing it loud enough to be heard all the way in my bedroom by my sleeping self. Or maybe it's those fillings I have.

But yeah, I have dreamt that the phone is ringing in my dream and have woken to find the phone ringing.

mrtew · Dec 27, 2004, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by thirsty:
This has become the most PATHETIC THREAD I have read here!

People have died. Get over yourselves!

It's not something that should be taken lightly.

Meh, they were going to die anyway... we all are. Just because a lot die at once doesn't make it any more or less of a tragedy in my opinion. I think I'd rather die in some huge historic event like this or 9/11 than just drifting away in my sleep after I'm old and most people I've know have either died themselves or have forgotten I ever existed.

Just because people died doesn't mean we all have to shut up and show respect. How many people die everyday anyway? 154,000? There are at least 200,000 more people alive today than yesterday. Tomorrow there will be at least another 200,000 more. These are net figures, I am not talking about births I am talking about the average daily surplus of births over deaths. 20,000 people died in an earthquake in India, the losses were made up before the West heard the news.

Randman · Dec 27, 2004, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
Meh, they were going to die anyway... we all are. Just because a lot die at once doesn't make it any more or less of a tragedy in my opinion. I think I'd rather die in some huge historic event like this or 9/11 than just drifting away in my sleep after I'm old and most people I've know have either died themselves or have forgotten I ever existed.

Just because people died doesn't mean we all have to shut up and show respect. How many people die everyday anyway? 154,000? There are at least 200,000 more people alive today than yesterday. Tomorrow there will be at least another 200,000 more. These are net figures, I am not talking about births I am talking about the average daily surplus of births over deaths. 20,000 people died in an earthquake in India, the losses were made up before the West heard the news.

What a pri1ck.

TubaMuffins · Dec 27, 2004, 01:42 PM

I once dreamt that i had slept in past my alarm clock. My alarm looked at me once I had woken up in the dream, and said "do you want to go back in time so you can wake up when you're supposed to?" "of course" i said. So i went back to sleep and woke up in real life a few minutes before my alarm was set to go off. that's my all time favorite dream.

wdlove · Dec 27, 2004, 01:46 PM

I don't think that it has ever happened to me. That is quite a coincidence.

Cody Dawg · Dec 27, 2004, 01:55 PM

But, ok, I'll play along. Early this morning, I was asleep and heard footsteps and I thought to myself, I should wake up and take the dog out for her morning walk.
Suddenly, I opened my eyes and guess what? The dog was right at the edge of the bed looking at me with her big brown eyes and she was wagging her tail.
And, most amazing of all, she needed to be taken out for her morning walk, which she was most appreciative of.
I actually had to go back to bed for a couple of hours because I needed to rest and contempate about this new, terrible power of prophecy that had been bestowed upon me.

(THE FOLLOWING WAS A TRUE STORY BUT THE IDENTITY OF THE CAT THAT THE DOG CHASED HAS BEEN CHANGED).

That was actually, er, VERY funny, Randman!

However, the tidal wave situation has upset me very much. It's extremely sad. The fact is, it could happen in California quite easily. Gov. Schwarzeneggar should be paying attention.

to Ahnold.

olePigeon · Dec 27, 2004, 06:59 PM

Originally posted by Randman:
More than 24,000, And ambush should be banned for that stupidity.

Why's it stupid? Not like God hasn't killed people with floods and tidal waves before.

ambush · Dec 27, 2004, 07:14 PM

Originally posted by Randman:
More than 24,000, And ambush should be banned for that stupidity.

Yeah they should ban me for pointing out how absurd life can be.

Should we ban "La peste" from existentialist author Albert Camus too?

****ing dimwit.

Spheric Harlot · Dec 27, 2004, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
Yeah they should ban me for pointing out how absurd life can be.

Should we ban "La peste" from existentialist author Albert Camus too?

****ing dimwit.

With all due respect:

Camus you ain't.