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Pea Pod
Sack of Frozen Peas strapped to head for alertness | |
I discovered this phenomenon while driving drowsy. I stopped at a gas station and served myself up a "thirsty-two ouncer" of iced tea. Retreating to my car in a sleepy stupor, I reclined the seat for a short nap and placed the bottom of the giant cup squarely on my forehead (what amounted to the nearest
coffee table). Without taking a sip, after a few minutes, my chilled brain exhibited very alert status...I couldn't nap if I tried...I was so awake. Off I went down the road with renewed vigor and remained so for the next two hours. My idea is to have a frozen hat/cap (made out of the same stuff as wine chillers and the like) available in the ice cream freezer at mini-marts on the road. Mmmmm, a cool way to travel...
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Almost the exact same thing happened to me! I was
driving along and getting very sleepy. So I stopped at a gas
station and drank a 32 oz. cup of coffee. On my way out, I
put my change (a dime) in my left ear, just because. In no
time at all, I was wide awake! All thanks to a dime in my
left ear! |
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I never fell asleep driving less than 5 MPH anyway, so next time I'll try that with the icy cup on the forehead too! |
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I used to go out with wet hair if I showered before going on my paper round. In the winter my hair would freeze. No headaches yet. |
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Re PeterSealy's annotation: for Yanks, an OAP = Old Age Pensioner = senior citizen. |
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I had a frozen turkey on my head once, was asleep in seconds as it was on my head because it fell from a great height, anyway when cold don't people's bodies shut down to preserve vital functions? |
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acutally, I had no idea what an OAP was, Pete (may I call you Pete?)... |
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On a non-humorous note... |
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Actually, this is a supportable notion. Hypothalamic studies (a portion of your brain that controls sleep/wake cycles) have shown that increases and decreases in the temperature of the thalmus do cause sleep or arousal - and increases lead to sleep, decreases lead to arousal. |
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Further evidence - jump in a cold shower and see if that wakes you up or makes you sleepy. Slip into a warm bed and do the same. |
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What about a warm shower or a cold
bed, huh? Let's not compare
apples with oranges, here. |
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egnor is correct. Studies of planned, or "stimulated" sleep show that a the transition from a hot shower to a cold bed provided the best sleep. |
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A valuable idea, sleep causes so many severe, high speed accidents. Everybody's behind the wheel dangerously sleepy a few times in their lives. |
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Money in the ear sounds great too. |
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//increases lead to sleep, decreases lead to arousal.// [Muadib, Dec 07 2000 ] |
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//Studies of planned, or "stimulated" sleep show that a the transition from a hot shower to a cold bed provided the best sleep. // [egnor / reensure, Dec 10 2000] |
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So, which is it? References, please. |
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The only problem with this is, there's always going to be at
least one joker who tries to put coffee/peas etc on their
head whilst driving.
That joker will most likely be me. |
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how-the-hell do you remember your password after 9 years ? |
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das funneee...you must have cool brains...I have one used exclusively for frivolousness...based on some prodigy login from way before that...what I couldn't remember was my user ID...had to search "Pea Pod" to find that... |
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Hey that's one funnneeee oldie. I'm glad you and it
got churned up. |
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Nooo it's I who kneels to the foremother/fathers
of my time... |
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