Richard Osman and others reveal their ‘genius’ dreams that made absolutely no sense the next day no matter how hard they tried to remember them
It’s a given that whenever you have a brilliant idea in a dream, you’ll never remember it in the morning no matter what lengths you go to. Like waking up and writing it down on a piece of paper, for instance.
It just happened to this chap, Andrew Male, who shared his experience on Twitter.
Woke up in middle of night to write down something pressing and important.
*checks notes*
“Some form of ancient mop”.— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) February 27, 2019
It made lots of people smile and recall their own efforts to remember their world-beating dream, beginning with the great Richard Osman.
1.
I once dreamt the PERFECT episode of ‘The Bill’, woke up at 3am, remembered the lot, whole story, big twist, spent ages writing the whole thing down. In the morning I excitedly reached for my pad, and it said
“A man throws a brick through a window. But it is a DIFFERENT man.”
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) February 27, 2019
2.
Had a writer chum who woke up in great excitement to check his notebook. He’d written, “something about monkeys.”
— Catherine Russell (@catherinerusse2) February 27, 2019
3.
I did that for awhile when I was younger. Once I had written, “Big army tent. Soccer balls.”
— Tracy Thomas Wilson (@tracytwilson) February 27, 2019
4.
My husband once sat up in bed, saying “I just found out who Jack the Ripper was, write it down!” I asked who. He said, “I don’t know his name but he was definitely offside.”
— Mum’s got a sharpie (@Mycatlola) February 27, 2019
5.
The secret of life revealed itself to me in a dream and I groggily scribbled it down. The next morning I found the words “night skirt”.
— traceyherdandlicorice (@herd_tracey) February 27, 2019
6.
“The banana is big, but its skin is even bigger.”
— ABOLISH ICE (Barry Freed) (@BarryFreedNYC) February 27, 2019
7.
Hey, at least it’s words! My 3am jottings are more likely to look like this. Made pellucid sense at the time. pic.twitter.com/InIs9wsyWD
— “funny tinge” (@futureidentity) February 27, 2019
