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Josh
Me too.
Chuck
Never done a whole lot of research on it but rest assured we will do an episode on it now.
Josh
So here’s the delusion of paper cup, Chuck.
Chuck
Yeah well I also want to say I did not respond to any of those emails and I’m very sorry but we got literally over 100 of them and I just didn’t have time, but I did read them.
Josh
Sure.
Chuck
No offense people. And out of all the emails that we got about that one from medical and psychological professionals, I went with Madelyn, our new 13 year old fan.
Josh
Woo!
Chuck
Because hers was so good. Hey guys I just listened to your podcast with Drowsy Doug. It sounds like what happens to me. I would be laying in bed and wake up, unfortunately I’m too lazy and tired to get up, but then I would see things out of this world. Like one time I woke up and I was too tired to get up and I saw, it seems to be a common thing, and I saw in my huge half of sofa sized mirror, my sister half her body was in the mirror frozen while the rest of her was bending and moving around on my dresser.
Josh
Awesome.
Chuck
Another time I saw Army guys getting pulled onto my roof, but please don’t give me any cures for this because I like seeing Navy Seal guys climbing to my roof.
Josh
Yeah.
Chuck
So that’s from Madelyn and Madelyn it sounds like you might have a little case of sleep paralysis but -
Josh
As long as there’s no pig suited people or bloody faces.
Chuck
Don’t worry we’ll follow up with a podcast on this condition and a lot of people it sounds like they have it actually a lot of people are writing in.
Josh
Yeah.
Chuck
They’re right there with Doug.
Josh
Yup and you keep making these promises, don’tcha.
Chuck
Yeah, we’ll do it, all right.
Josh
Well if you want to basically boss Chuck and me around and get us to do a podcast, send us your ideas to stuffpodcasts@howstuffworks.com.
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