tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post2810770266988591125..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Nocturnal EmissionsMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12255005263496048662011-05-22T11:32:47.511-07:002011-05-22T11:32:47.511-07:00I went in to see a sleep doctor for insomnia and t...I went in to see a sleep doctor for insomnia and they scheduled a sleep study for me. The system is kind of like the old "Greek Restaurant" routine on Saturday Night Live where, no matter what you order, Jim Belushi just makes "cheeseburger cheeseburger cheeseburger". The sleep study people are looking for apnea and nothing else but apnea. They gave me a sedative which nicely Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26670337551747242982011-05-21T15:17:20.136-07:002011-05-21T15:17:20.136-07:00That was wonderful. I'm going to tweet this. I...That was wonderful. I'm going to tweet this. I usually only tweet really weird stuff, so be proud.<br /><br />I had a friend in Japan who was healthy as corn and only 38 years years old when he died in his sleep. After he died, I whined non-stop until my husband agreed to get a sleep apnea test.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56226039092219751962011-05-20T13:36:25.755-07:002011-05-20T13:36:25.755-07:00A truly wonderful post, Murr. Your choice phrases...A truly wonderful post, Murr. Your choice phrases should become part of the lexicon. <br />My heart rate is about 60 or so and cholesterol so low that the doctors hate me because they can't nag about my 100 extra pounds of lard. I do snore when I am over tired and as to the other end, Tanya informed me I gassed an entire rail car of passengers on our way back from Moscow to Dnipropetrovsk.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62058320527030992802011-05-19T10:20:36.277-07:002011-05-19T10:20:36.277-07:00One should always be in a light frame of mind when...One should always be in a light frame of mind when strangling one's boyfriend.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22011875170811596662011-05-19T10:11:09.865-07:002011-05-19T10:11:09.865-07:00Murr, I wonder how many people out there actually ...Murr, I wonder how many people out there actually do enjoy a good night's sleep, undisturbed by emissions of sound, sweat and drool from self or bedmates? Do they exist at all? (Un)fortunately I learned early through thin walls from parents directly descended from locomotives and a Pug determined to outsnortle the humans, how to sometimes sleep through such things. Then came middle age and Gisizeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08842508709852026701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83693809369262660432011-05-19T09:18:49.617-07:002011-05-19T09:18:49.617-07:00Ah yes. You write words many of us would't thi...Ah yes. You write words many of us would't think to put into print yet we experience their likeness. Your choice of pics are so apropos too!!Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10875210604008276572011-05-19T07:20:40.361-07:002011-05-19T07:20:40.361-07:00Laugh out loud funny post, as usual...
I'm a ...Laugh out loud funny post, as usual...<br /><br />I'm a snorer/drooler too, Murr...I come from a long line of female snorers. I'll never forget the first time my soon-to-be husband spent the night at my parents' house. Upon hearing chainsaw-like eruptions from the next room, he inquired, "Is that your dad?" Hanging my head, I answered, "No...my mom."<br /><br />MyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71642478434326473272011-05-18T23:26:08.560-07:002011-05-18T23:26:08.560-07:00Pootie is always available for a photo op, being a...Pootie is always available for a photo op, being a ham of a hound, but he politely declines to sleep with me anymore.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44338225328309635882011-05-18T19:11:55.637-07:002011-05-18T19:11:55.637-07:00"Dr. Mengele" got me but good. And this:..."Dr. Mengele" got me but good. And this: Anyway, right after I diagnosed this condition off the internet, and put in ten or fifteen years of nagging, Dave went in for a sleep study.<br /><br />This one really got me chuckling. I love how your commenters like to pick out phrases that grab them. That's when you know you're firing on all cylinders. Great one, Murrbaby.Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43583785146533049692011-05-18T17:50:01.323-07:002011-05-18T17:50:01.323-07:00Ah, the nocturnal music of married bliss. The bod...Ah, the nocturnal music of married bliss. The body relaxes, the snortings, rumblings and emissions begin. Himself has a wide range of sounds ranging from a small steam engine puffing uphill to a jackhammer drilling through granite. But every now and then he throws in a bagpipe Piobaireachd in an attempt to placate my Scottish heritage. I marvel that one nose can make so many disparate sounds Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31570268504651584562011-05-18T16:38:16.935-07:002011-05-18T16:38:16.935-07:00I am a drooler, there I said it! And that other th...I am a drooler, there I said it! And that other thing Dave does, well, let's just say it's a good thing I'm single because mine are so loud I wake myself up and piss off the dog.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039261743881342348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80318882621747152272011-05-18T13:44:05.493-07:002011-05-18T13:44:05.493-07:00Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it and this ...Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it and this was one long and awesome belly moving laugh.Shopgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435291786820680344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7630604515416512322011-05-18T13:31:14.587-07:002011-05-18T13:31:14.587-07:00Leaf blowers and wood chippers? I am awed! (Also...Leaf blowers and wood chippers? I am awed! (Also odd, but that's another story). And I'm convulsed in laughter. I can't breathe. My stomach hurts. Ouch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46347517109809573462011-05-18T13:14:13.117-07:002011-05-18T13:14:13.117-07:00I'm a drooler too. Its beyond icky. My pillow ...I'm a drooler too. Its beyond icky. My pillow is stained. <br /><br />My hubby is a metbolic oddity as well. His regular pulse is 55. He has a tendency to set off alarms when in the hospital. His blood pressure, always low, occasionally drops drastically and so does he. And his cholesterol used to be sky high but has now dropped to perfectly acceptable levels. This is unexplainable Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761441168024967277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81039829405630325852011-05-18T11:42:06.197-07:002011-05-18T11:42:06.197-07:00If I haven't drooled, I haven't actually r...If I haven't drooled, I haven't actually relaxed.<br /><br />It's when I am drooling during the day that I get people's attention, really.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353667980806676067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68073091292056579532011-05-18T10:06:11.189-07:002011-05-18T10:06:11.189-07:00:-) short bursts of machine-gun fire, after ominou...:-) short bursts of machine-gun fire, after ominous ranging silences, is the analogy I use. But (I always hasten to reassure her) <em>ladylike</em> machine-gun fire.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10464244780546323522011-05-18T09:03:12.843-07:002011-05-18T09:03:12.843-07:00"If they just notice people die after they ha..."<i>If they just notice people die after they haven't breathed in a while, that could be dang near anything</i>," almost killed me. <br /><br />Then the rest of the post finished me off. I am dead. My family thanks you for the life insurance money.Steph(anie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01345590378662641435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38962745131875011972011-05-18T08:09:12.921-07:002011-05-18T08:09:12.921-07:00I wrote a post called Snore Stopper. It describes ...I wrote a post called Snore Stopper. It describes how we significantly decreased night time snoring by raising the head of our bed. It helped my gastric reflux problem too, which is why we tried it in the first place. The snore stopper effect was a nice bonus...<br /><br />http://gogreygirl.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/snore-stopper/Margiehttp://gogreygirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44420809503726512392011-05-18T06:12:24.105-07:002011-05-18T06:12:24.105-07:00I love the images that have been implanted in my b...I love the images that have been implanted in my brain by this post. They will make me smile all day long!DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83398750378370601222011-05-18T06:00:43.218-07:002011-05-18T06:00:43.218-07:00Hmm - you're a face sleeper and you drool. I&...Hmm - you're a face sleeper and you drool. I'm a back sleeper and I stop breathing about five times an hour. I think you have the better end of the stick. Disposable diapers for pillowcases sounds like a great solution.<br /><br />Dave is an alien. A space alien. did he fall to Earth?roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916948065233137971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54728165366257299802011-05-18T05:57:49.162-07:002011-05-18T05:57:49.162-07:00Oh, lord. Good thing I read this at home before g...Oh, lord. Good thing I read this at home before going to work. If I'd used it as my "cigarette break" the whole office would have been charging down the hall to see what I was shrieking about. Haven't laughed out loud like that since the last time I watched an Eddie Izzard routine. My dog actually left the room in a bit of a panic---possibly to call 911. I've told my Linda Koonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614162024708881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91342142394162707582011-05-18T05:06:04.618-07:002011-05-18T05:06:04.618-07:00Menopause had made me sweat so much, night and day...Menopause had made me sweat so much, night and day, that I've no moisture left in me to drool anymore. On the other plus side, I rarely have to pee anymore, either.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5866562283374040072011-05-18T04:07:10.652-07:002011-05-18T04:07:10.652-07:00Good grief, night time sounds monumental at your h...Good grief, night time sounds monumental at your house, Murr. Thanks for a wonderful and witty account of the hazards of coupledom through sleep. What with the noise and drool it's a wonder you can wake up in the morning neither drowned nor deaf.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22426661614118123202011-05-18T03:23:55.653-07:002011-05-18T03:23:55.653-07:00Wow, Dave sounds like a medical marvel. Labs would...Wow, Dave sounds like a medical marvel. Labs would pay big bucks just to study him. Would be easy work if they laid off the needles. <br />Love that iddy biddy sink as an answer for your drool. Perhaps super absorbent diapers as pillow cases?Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71784247872475956972011-05-18T01:42:37.184-07:002011-05-18T01:42:37.184-07:00In our house the smaller portion and both cats sno...In our house the smaller portion and both cats snore. Not unfortunately in unison. Or even in harmony. And, like you, I dribble. Buckets. Sigh. So does one of the cats.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com