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Monday, October 7
ask anyone that works in a hospital & they'll tell you it makes an impact.
no scientific explantion, but they seem to believe it makes people crazy & when people get crazy, accidents happen.
You know, when I woke up this morning in the bushes with my clothes all torn up and dirty, with abundant scratches and wounds, I had no idea what to make of it. I found a silver bullet nearby though.
Wonder what that was all about?
This is going to sound horribly lame, but during the day of an upcoming full moon I'm usually pretty weird/crazy.
I can't explain it, but it happens everytime.
My sister worked as a police dispatcher for many, many years, and she swears full moons always brought out the crazies and increased her work load. I think it's all a bunch of bullshit, but I think that about most things.
I started buying these beautiful moon phase calendars 5 years ago from MoMA. Ever since I'm totally enthralled by the moon phases and things that happen on certain days. Full moons used to make my cat go crazy. I tend to not sleep well, but I think that it mostly happens when it's clear and there's so much more light in my room.
during the last full moon, everyone I know had a crazy night that night--people doing things they normally wouldn't do, etc.
it certainly wasn't the amount of drink everyone had. nope. it was totally the moon's fault.
I worked retail through a large portion of college and I started to realize that we had a lot of returns the weekend after a full moon. It seemed like people got all splurgey on a full moon and then thought better of it once they got their new stuff home.
Loony? Maybe. Horny? Absolutely.
Yes...I too get horny.
Considering my way too exciting (not kidding - the problem is it shouldn't be) love life lately. I will NOT be looking forward to this full moon.
well, they say that the gravitational pull of the moon affects the water here on earth, and a large percentage of the human body is water...could they be on to something? hmmmmmmmmmm?
i say we all go out and drink it up and find out.
Yep, full moons make people *crrrrraaaazy*. It ain't just the ER people or the police dispatchers who know it. Ask the service industry folks. We're the ones who see the people just prior to those 9/11 calls.
My bar always goes nutso, even when I know it's coming.
On the evening of a full moon, I wake up with the Zomby Woof behind my eyes. I just get wild - I get all jacked up on sour mash whiskey and I turn the mad dog loose. I snatch womerns out screaming through the window buck naked and do it to you up on the roof - don't mess with the Zomby Woof.
An American Werewolf in London.
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Andrew / September 27, 2004 11:06 AM
I personally get a bit more alert and sleepless on full moon nights. Can't really say I'm crazier, though.