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August 20, 2013

Swiss Researchers Claim Quality of Sleep Linked to Phase of the Moon
— Ace

This is a bit stale now but I hadn't seen it before.

The study involved only 30 people and wasn't even designed to test a linkage between "disturbed sleep" and the full moon. It was just a general sleep test. But they realized they had the data to analyze their patients' sleep according to what phase of the moon it was at the time of the study.

"We were sitting outside a pub, and we were looking at the full moon" when they hatched their plan, Cajochen remembers. In an unrelated earlier study, the scientists had collected detailed observations on the sleep patterns of some 30 healthy people Â— young and old, men and women Â— as they spent three days sleeping in a lab at various times of the month. The sleepers had been in light-controlled rooms, so were shielded during the study from any changes in daylight Â— or moonlight Â— outside the lab, and hadn't been asked anything at all about the moon.
In their current , published this week in Current Biology, Cajochen and his colleague looked back at that old data set and did some number crunching to compare how the people slept at different stages of the lunar cycle.
"We found that people who entered the lab during a full moon slept, on average, 20 minutes less than people who came in during the new moon phase," Cajochen says. Deep sleep was also significantly reduced among people who were in the lab during a full moon, versus those at the lab during a new moon. And the sleep-inducing hormone also declined during a full moon.

Researchers also found that it took about five minutes longer for participants to fall asleep around a full moon than around a new moon. Deep sleep was, on average, 30% decreased around the time of a full moon.

Other scientists are pretty skeptical. Not only was this a small study, but no person actually was part of the study for all 30 days of the phases of the moon. They're comparing the sleep of one guy at one phase to the sleep of another guy at another phase.

Eh. I had trouble sleeping the last few nights and it was indeed a full (or nearly full) moon.

So I'll decide that this is true.

Posted by: Ace at 08:39 AM | Comments (157)
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1 So... reflected sunlight is able to disturb sleep? Hrm.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 20, 2013 08:41 AM (v3pYe)

2 My wife cannot sleep during a full moon. She believes this study without reservation.

Posted by: RS at August 20, 2013 08:41 AM (YAGV/)

3 Sleep mask and ear plugs. Worked for me for five years now.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, fewer than 8 limbs at August 20, 2013 08:41 AM (zUi7I)

4 So that's why I couldn't sleep the last two nights......

Posted by: lindafell at August 20, 2013 08:42 AM (PGO8C)

5 This is true!
I'm sure of it.

Posted by: The Wolfman at August 20, 2013 08:42 AM (QM5S2)

6 A half a bottle of your fav liquor.

Sleep like the dead.

Posted by: EC at August 20, 2013 08:43 AM (GQ8sn)

7 Yessss.. use judge this with your emotions, not facts... it's the right thing to do...

Posted by: moveon at August 20, 2013 08:43 AM (sPO/s)

8
♪ awoooo, werewolves of Zurich ... ♫

Posted by: Zombie Warren Zevon at August 20, 2013 08:43 AM (uYaYO)

9 A little scotch and a boring baseball game works for me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 08:44 AM (9Xc5j)

10 They dreamed this study up standing outside a pub... if I could only find a way to get some grants for some of the bullshit I've thought up in the same place.

Posted by: Clownf*cker at August 20, 2013 08:44 AM (sPO/s)

11 Tonight--- third full moon of the season--supposedly only happens every three years.

Posted by: tasker at August 20, 2013 08:44 AM (r2PLg)

12 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 20, 2013 08:44 AM (/PCJa)

13 >>> So... reflected sunlight is able to disturb sleep? Hrm.

the test was done in a room with no light at all so it's not that.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2013 08:45 AM (/IWYB)

14 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 20, 2013 08:45 AM (/PCJa)

15 Well, that does it. I need a nap!

Posted by: Paperback Writer at August 20, 2013 08:45 AM (ZrJfg)

16 Eh. I had trouble sleeping the last few nights and it was indeed a full (or nearly full) moon. So I'll decide that this is true. That's actually more scientific rigor than the "Reality Based Community" uses to believe in things like AGW.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 20, 2013 08:46 AM (/PCJa)

17 Awooo!!!

Posted by: Y-not, werewolf at August 20, 2013 08:46 AM (5H6zj)

18 I sleep better when there is no humidity.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 20, 2013 08:46 AM (UypUQ)

19 On vacation I had zero problem sleeping. As soon as it's back to work and getting up at 4:30 I'm fortunate to get 5 hours thinking of all the work I have to do.

Posted by: JWF at August 20, 2013 08:46 AM (1l37M)

20 we were looking at the full moon" Never look at the full moon...

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2013 08:47 AM (p9JxP)

Serious. This wasn't apparent to everyone?

Why do you think hunters / fisherman pay attention to the phase of the moon?

Posted by: garrett at August 20, 2013 08:47 AM (0/XuA)

22 I bet sleep is interrupted because of the Nazis on the moon screwing with us.

Posted by: Jollyroger at August 20, 2013 08:47 AM (t06LC)

23 The moon people are stealing my sleep!

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 08:47 AM (ZshNr)

24 When I can't sleep, I watch Star Wars (either New Hope or Empire). I've watched them both so much that by the time the beginning scroll is over, my brain has already re-watched the entire movie- so actually watching it puts me right to sleep.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 20, 2013 08:48 AM (/PCJa)

25 I can never get a good night's sleep for two-three nights before and after the full moon. I have always been that way, too.

Posted by: garrett at August 20, 2013 08:48 AM (0/XuA)

26 Never go full moon.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 20, 2013 08:48 AM (/PCJa)

27 "We were sitting outside a pub, and we were looking at the full moon" when they hatched their plan, Cajochen remembers Ah, science...

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2013 08:48 AM (FcR7P)

28 So check this out. I get like 5-6 hours of sleep a night on weekdays, but a solid 8-10 on weekends. I figure it has to do with either not having to get up for work on the weekends, or the moon. Probably the moon.

Posted by: mugiwara at August 20, 2013 08:49 AM (D5hxK)

29 When I move into my new/first home in a months time I plan to hold off a few months before getting TV & internet just so that I can finally get on a quality sleep schedule.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 20, 2013 08:49 AM (UypUQ)

30 My little guy tends to sleep worse when it's a full moon. Since his room is right above mine and the wife's, and he loves jumping on his bed when he's awake, I also sleep worse when it's a full moon.

Posted by: Andy at August 20, 2013 08:49 AM (CKlyU)

31 * TV and internet *

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 20, 2013 08:49 AM (UypUQ)

32 I find it helpful to wear my three wolves full moon shirt to bed when the full moon is out.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 20, 2013 08:49 AM (ccXZP)

33 Well, I certainly have trouble sleeping during a full moon.

Posted by: The Wolfman at August 20, 2013 08:49 AM (7ObY1)

34 It's the gravity. Cops know the "hood" is wilder during a full moon.

Just because, it is.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (wR+pz)

35 Booze helps every time.

Posted by: Average Moron at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (Aif/5)

36 Wonder what tonight's blue moon will cause.

Posted by: Orlandocon at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (SldZ2)

37 I'll take 3 Dogs and a Moon Pie, to go.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (0/XuA)

38 Is "full moon" something I should check the Urban Dictionary for?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (d2kC8)

39 It's the gravity. Cops know the "hood" is wilder during a full moon. Tis the very error of the moon. She comes closer to the earth than she is wont, and drives men mad.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (/PCJa)

40 That's no moon.

Posted by: Ben Kenobi, Sleep Sciencytist at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (uYaYO)

41 The moon's position effects tides and other natural occurrences so its not out of the question it could disturb sleep.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (j2X6g)

42 Most of modern science -- especially the social sciences -- is little more than cocktail party science. It's something interesting to talk about at a party, but has no more connection to reality than the latest episode of Breaking Bad. Just another fictional story to chat about.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 08:50 AM (ZPrif)

43 1 So... reflected sunlight is able to disturb sleep? Hrm --------------- Hell, the Sun itself is unable to disturb Earth's climate. The notion that the Moon can do *anything* that affects Earth is anti-science and heretical. - *note: water is not earth.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at August 20, 2013 08:51 AM (19AvL)

44 Agreed about the hood being wilder. Wait -- are we talking about the man in the canoe?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 08:52 AM (ZPrif)

45 This act of unprovoked aggression by the moon will not go unpunished.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2013 08:52 AM (d2kC8)

46 If it had been a full moon, I would have only slept 15 hours and forty minutes on my 'go' decision...

Posted by: Barack the I at August 20, 2013 08:52 AM (FcR7P)

47 44 Agreed about the hood being wilder.
Wait -- are we talking about the man in the canoe?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 12:52 PM (ZPrif)

LOL!!!

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 20, 2013 08:52 AM (wR+pz)

48 Anyone who has ever worked in an ER (or taught school, for that matter,) knows that Big Moon brings Big Crazy.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 20, 2013 08:52 AM (C8mVl)

49 Oh I did not even know it: Yankee day night double header to occupy me today on a slow patient day. Let's see who A-Roid is suing today? Yankees yup check, MLB yup check, The Yankee Doctor yup check.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 08:53 AM (9Xc5j)

50 I always stay awake til the crack of Dawn anyway.

Posted by: Bob Filner at August 20, 2013 08:53 AM (d2kC8)

51 What lunacy.

Posted by: Invictus at August 20, 2013 08:53 AM (OQpzc)

52 The moon's gravity sucks the crazy up from your legs and torso and concentrates it in your brain. Hanging upside down 2 hours a day during a full moon alleviates the effect.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 08:54 AM (ZshNr)

53 It's the gravity. Cops know the "hood" is wilder during a full moon. Tis the very error of the moon. She comes closer to the earth than she is wont, and drives men mad. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) ER workers have told me the hospitals are crazy on full moons too.

Posted by: Orlandocon at August 20, 2013 08:54 AM (SldZ2)

This isn't news.

Obama pet a fluffy bunny. THAT'S news.

Three thugs gun down an Aussie foreign exchange student in Oklahoma? Not news. Obama gives a 10 hour speech on kittens and puppies? NEWS.

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at August 20, 2013 08:54 AM (jqHOY)

55 Well I know liberal moonbats effect my blood pressure and my sleep. Hard to sleep when your seething with anger spitting blood

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 08:54 AM (9Xc5j)

56 I see the bad moon rising.

Posted by: Jim Fogerty at August 20, 2013 08:55 AM (/PCJa)

57 3 Sleep mask and ear plugs. Worked for me for five years now. Posted by: Brother Cavil, fewer than 8 limbs at August 20, 2013 12:41 PM (zUi7I) There is no way I'm doing this while living in a big city.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 20, 2013 08:55 AM (Tnlh/)

58 I'm going to bed now - work tonight.

No moon so I'm good.

thank god for these air raid curtains.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 20, 2013 08:55 AM (Ki5CM)

I honestly read that the first time as "quality of sheep."

Hey, there's the next research project.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at August 20, 2013 08:55 AM (SCcgT)

60 Too many Moonpies make me sleepy.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at August 20, 2013 08:55 AM (j2X6g)

61 49 Let's see who A-Roid is suing today? Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 12:53 PM (9Xc5j) ------------------ I'm surprised he isn't suing Ryan Dempster.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 20, 2013 08:56 AM (C8mVl)

62 Best thing for science in the future is if someday we can have AI automatically analyze the data to double check the data and analysis of the avalanche of crap science papers published every year. Right now there's no incentive to double check anything. All the incentives are for academics to publish any semi-plausible result, especially anything that might get some media, and then move on to the next publishable result. Vast majority of published papers will never be read by other scientists -- except for the skimming done in the fraud known as peer review. Hell most papers aren't even re-read by the people who write them. They are forgotten the moment they are accepted for publication.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 08:56 AM (ZPrif)

63 Hanging upside down 2 hours a day during a full moon alleviates the effect. Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 12:54 PM (ZshNr) yeah but if that is combined with drinking you end up peeing in your face to much. just saying

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 08:56 AM (9Xc5j)

64 Hillary loves a day / night double header.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at August 20, 2013 08:57 AM (0/XuA)

65 Wonder what tonight's blue moon will cause. Blue balls.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2013 08:57 AM (p9JxP)

66 There is no way I'm doing this while living in a big city. Funny, that's how I picked up the habit. (Since moved away.)

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Your Ad Here! at August 20, 2013 08:57 AM (zUi7I)

67 I never sleep really well anyway, but I have never noticed the phase of the moon having any effect. Considering it was a full moon last night, and I slept as well as I usually do, I'm going with "no noticeable effect."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 20, 2013 08:57 AM (/PCJa)

68 The quality of my sleep is directly linked to the phase of my blood alcohol level.

Posted by: Frederic C Rich at August 20, 2013 08:58 AM (4I3Uo)

69 The moon has trouble sleeping after Brian Dennehy has a big meal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 20, 2013 08:58 AM (d2kC8)

70 off dipshit sock

Posted by: Jaws at August 20, 2013 08:58 AM (4I3Uo)

71 Blue balls. Posted by: rickb223 Ouch, hadn't thought of that.

Posted by: Orlandocon at August 20, 2013 08:58 AM (SldZ2)

72 If I were looking for the simplest explanation to moon fever it would be that a full moon provides more moonlight. Light that keeps people outdoors, drinking and drugging longer, and makes crazy people wandering around more visible. Kind of like nice weather means more crime. That doesn't explain all of the stats I'm sure, but I bet it's part of the moon/crime correlation.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 08:58 AM (ZshNr)

73 I wonder how much of the same data the US Navy has collected on its submarines.

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2013 08:59 AM (FcR7P)

74 Ladies, I never get blue balls.

Posted by: Sexy Bobby Filner at August 20, 2013 08:59 AM (Aif/5)

75 I have no problems sleeping.

Posted by: Mrs. Ban Ki Moon at August 20, 2013 08:59 AM (0/XuA)

76 All peer review can do is, sometimes, spot blatantly obvious errors or really lazy fraud. It can't detect most errors or even most fraud. It's only when you are hated for some reason -- like climate skeptics -- that your peer reviewer will do more than skim the paper.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 09:00 AM (ZPrif)

77 @25.. agree with Garrett.. When I have trouble sleeping, it is almost always near or a full moon. Depends too if the full moon is early evening when going to bed or did the full moon occur at 3am when you're already in deep sleep? ... which is nullified if you stay up really late.. heh

Lunar cycles... shut up!

Posted by: Yip at August 20, 2013 09:00 AM (/jHWN)

78 Send money and lawyers via WereWolf Courier Service.

And yes I am working on the Jersey Devil story. *sigh*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 20, 2013 09:00 AM (5VGZi)

79 Manning verdict coming tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 09:01 AM (ZshNr)

80 OK true story as G-D is my witness: This AM as I was leaving for work I saw a small skunk out in the street with a yogurt container on it's head. It was staggering in the street trying to knock it off. Poor thing. So I walked on over and since it could not see me it still actually turned towards me and I to hold of the container and pulled and so did he/she and I pulled it off and ran since I was not in the mood to be sprayed. But he/she kinda looked at me to thanks me ( at least that is how I see it) and then ran under a tree in my neighbors yard.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 09:01 AM (9Xc5j)

81 If I were looking for the simplest explanation to moon fever it would be that a full moon provides more moonlight. Another would be, "hey, it's a full moon! The newspapers say we always go nuts on a full moon!"

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2013 09:01 AM (FcR7P)

82 Cops, nurses, and teacher will all tell you anecdotally that people get crazier near the full moon. The incidence of crime and hospital activity has actually been studied statistically and found not significant.

That doesn't stop cops, teachers or hospital staff from firmly believing.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:01 AM (A0glY)

83 OT Leftist author Terry McMillan wants to go on a slapping spree against Republicans. Seriously, I think Leftists are trying to get black people killed. Black people like McMillan are mere dupes in this endeavor. Twitchy link. http://tinyurl.com/ltaljlf

Posted by: baldilocks at August 20, 2013 09:02 AM (Tnlh/)

Santa Claus is string trimming in his tighty whities four houses down. Someone who can You Tube needs to see this.

Some things you cannot unsee.

Posted by: Beagle at August 20, 2013 09:02 AM (sOtz/)

However, the 'full Moon' leaves a lot to be desired...

the 'ettes know what I'm saying.

Posted by: Mrs. Ban Ki Moon at August 20, 2013 09:02 AM (0/XuA)

86 Blue balls. Posted by: rickb223 Ouch, hadn't thought of that. Posted by: Orlandocon Oh, saw a show last night on TLC I think about a guy who had 132 pound ball, kid you not, it was huge! Was called big ball disease or something like that. Never heard of it before, it was gross.

Posted by: Orlandocon at August 20, 2013 09:02 AM (SldZ2)

87 Yeah, I bet it's due to more light, more late-night stupidity. In colder climates, crime goes down in the winter cause nobody wants to be outside freezing their ass off. Presumably also a reduced lighting effect.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 09:02 AM (ZPrif)

88 60 I honestly read that the first time as "quality of sheep." Same here. It got less interesting once I realized it was "sleep."

Posted by: Michael at August 20, 2013 09:03 AM (smKbx)

89 #82 But he/she kinda looked at me to thanks me ( at least that is how I see it) and then ran under a tree in my neighbors yard. Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 01:01 PM (9Xc5j) She was just checking out your ass.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 20, 2013 09:04 AM (tOkJB)

90 Successful criminals know the New Moon is the time for crime.

Posted by: garrett at August 20, 2013 09:04 AM (0/XuA)

91 Cool story Nevergiveup.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:04 AM (A0glY)

92 How many of these participants rubbed one out before entering the lab, eh, Mr. Smartypants Swiss Researcher?

Posted by: Fritz at August 20, 2013 09:05 AM (UzPAd)

93 But he/she kinda looked at me to thanks me ( at least that is how I see it) and then ran under a tree in my neighbors yard. Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 01:01 PM (9Xc5j) She was just checking out your ass. Posted by: Ed Anger at August 20, 2013 01:04 PM (tOkJB) Well I've had worse

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 09:05 AM (9Xc5j)

94 When I'm full of booze I go pretty crazy.

Posted by: Keith Moon at August 20, 2013 09:05 AM (d2kC8)

95 Holy water skiing emus, Batman.

Craigslist v 3Taps. A judge rules that changing your IP address or using proxy servers to access a public website violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/m2253oe

So if I restart my cable modem and get assigned a new IP address I'm in violation of CFAA? Or if I use an anonymizer to access a website of somebody like Brett Kimberlain I'm in violation for that?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:05 AM (A0glY)

96 Good skunk story. They're cool critters, except for the skunky parts.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 09:06 AM (ZshNr)

97 I was wondering when the dog started using the toilet. Bitch won't flush, tho.

Posted by: Ima Howler at August 20, 2013 09:06 AM (bUmSq)

98 OK true story as G-D is my witness: This AM as I was leaving for work I saw a small skunk out in the street with a yogurt container on it's head. It was staggering in the street trying to knock it off. Poor thing. So I walked on over and since it could not see me it still actually turned towards me and I to hold of the container and pulled and so did he/she and I pulled it off and ran since I was not in the mood to be sprayed. But he/she kinda looked at me to thanks me ( at least that is how I see it) and then ran under a tree in my neighbors yard.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 01:01 PM (9Xc5j)

BRave

Posted by: The Jackhole at August 20, 2013 09:07 AM (nTgAI)

Good skunk story. They're cool critters, except for the skunky parts.

Skunks suck. They destroy ground nesting bird populations if they aren't checked.

Posted by: garrett at August 20, 2013 09:08 AM (0/XuA)

100 Full Moon? Come on, lets get back to subjects that really cause me to lose sleep. Like the rise of the Christian Theocracy.

Posted by: PFrederic Rich, Sullivan and Cromwell Superlawyer at August 20, 2013 09:09 AM (B5y+v)

101 I light my torch and wave it for the
New moon on Monday
And a firedance through the night
I stayed the cold day with a lonely satellite

SCIENCE!!!

Posted by: Duran Duran at August 20, 2013 09:09 AM (/kI1Q)

102 Ground nesting birds suck, they keep getting in the skunks way.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 09:09 AM (ZshNr)

103 Jesus, J Reyes has grown a beard and looks like a homeless bum

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 09:10 AM (9Xc5j)

104 That murder in Duncan, OK is so bizarre.. I've driven through that smallish town for years and years ( had a college roomate from there too ) and it is just off the charts nuts and obviously an outlier to what is normal. A one-off event.. like getting hit by a meteor out jogging.

All the years I've jogged, one day at lunchtime, a block from a nearby high school some teens thought it funny to throw a full, large Sonic (burger place) drink at me as they were driving the other way. All I knew was it hit me in the chest and exploded and really hurt ( my feelings ). Little shits. And I think it was near a full moon too..

Posted by: Yip at August 20, 2013 09:10 AM (/jHWN)

105 The moon definitely affects the fishing and the deer movement, drastically. I could see how there could be some kind of effect on people, but this study seems worthless

Posted by: The Jackhole at August 20, 2013 09:10 AM (nTgAI)

106

BLUE MOON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyKxCLnrQGk

Posted by: CHRIS ISAAK at August 20, 2013 09:11 AM (0/XuA)

107 A regular diet of Ricola has been determined to completely resolve all lunar-related sleep disturbances.

Posted by: Swiss Researchers at August 20, 2013 09:12 AM (d2kC8)

108 Ground birds are askin' for it.

Posted by: Chicken Lover at August 20, 2013 09:12 AM (bUmSq)

109

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 01:09 PM (ZshNr)

You know how I know you are not a Pheasant Hunter?

Posted by: garrett at August 20, 2013 09:12 AM (0/XuA)

110 Skunks suck. They destroy ground nesting bird populations if they aren't checked.

Cats kill pallet-loads of birds too.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:12 AM (A0glY)

111 No surprise the three teens in OK were black. And no surprise the media didn't mention that at first. Could be Obama's sons.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 09:13 AM (ZPrif)

112 Because I don't hunt pheasants? Skunks Forever!

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 09:13 AM (ZshNr)

113 Hey, I'm a Bum^2

Posted by: Bum Lover at August 20, 2013 09:14 AM (bUmSq)

114 81 Manning verdict coming tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 01:01 PM (ZshNr)

He's already plead guilty. Tomorrow is the sentencing.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 20, 2013 09:14 AM (wR+pz)

115 We'd like to announce our new study grant to OFA that will be conducting a study on the effects of full moons on minority voters and food stamp recipients. This study will commence next month with 1.25 Billion dollars. Thank you.

Posted by: Obama Administration at August 20, 2013 09:14 AM (/jHWN)

116 I'm sure Al Sharpton and MSNBC will be all over this hate crime. It's blamed on "boredom". And they just happened to pick a white guy as their victim. Why they probably didn't even realize he was white.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 09:14 AM (ZPrif)

117 Pull my finger.

Posted by: A Skunk with a Yogurt Container on his Head at August 20, 2013 09:15 AM (d2kC8)

118 114 No surprise the three teens in OK were black. And no surprise the media didn't mention that at first. Could be Obama's sons. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 01:13 PM (ZPrif) Correct on all three counts.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 20, 2013 09:15 AM (Tnlh/)

119

But he/she kinda looked at me to thanks me ( at least that is how I see it) and then ran under a tree in my neighbors yard.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 01:01 PM (9Xc5j)

Just like Androcles and the lion. That skunk may save your life someday.

Posted by: Invictus at August 20, 2013 09:15 AM (OQpzc)

120 The skunks I know are at the Cape. They eat mussels, picnic trash, all the other goodies. Pheasants do come by, but none could live there for long with the skunks, foxes, various coastal raptors, house cats, etc.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 09:16 AM (ZshNr)

121 Sample of size 30 w multiple variables... Yeah, no... It'd have to very obvious to get anything out of that, statistically... That is you would only be able to prove things that are already obviously true.

Posted by: Former Mass. Resident at August 20, 2013 09:16 AM (EYbqR)

122 We'd like to announce our new study grant to OFA that will be conducting a study on the effects of full moons on minority voters and food stamp recipients. This study will commence next month with 1.25 Billion dollars. Thank you.

In advance of the predetermined outcome, we're going to offer $50,000 to each (black) person who claims their sleep was affected by the (white) moon.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:16 AM (A0glY)

123 Skunk must've been on a bender, like a dude with a lampshade on his head.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 20, 2013 09:16 AM (uYaYO)

124 Yeah, sentenced is what I meant. Thanks.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 20, 2013 09:16 AM (ZshNr)

125 In advance of the predetermined outcome, we're going to offer $50,000 to each (black) person who claims their sleep was affected by the (white) moon. Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 01:16 PM (A0glY) Don't tempt me.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 20, 2013 09:17 AM (Tnlh/)

126 That doesn't stop cops, teachers or hospital staff from firmly believing.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 01:01 PM (A0glY)
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Cops and ER staff back home would correlate crazy behavior to a more earth-bound source: when the welfare checks came out.

Never failed.

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 20, 2013 09:17 AM (OtQXp)

127 I didn't check their race, but I wondered. Figures. Blacks are being fed a steady diet of hate-whitey... and acting out against a stranger doing something so stupid as jogging... Could have nothing to do with it but I got out my Jump to conclusion Mat, and that's what I came up with.

Posted by: Yip at August 20, 2013 09:19 AM (/jHWN)

128 Imagine a scenario where it's a young black foreign student here in America on an athletic scholarship -- a promising young guy from Nigeria here on a soccer scholarship. And three "bored" white teenagers execute him while he's out for a jog, training for his sport. It'd be huge news. It would be an indictment of America's inherent racism. Nobody would believe their "boredom" bullshit excuse. But this will be treated as just another "local crime story". No "jogging while white" stories to see here.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 09:19 AM (ZPrif)

129 Cops and ER staff back home would correlate crazy behavior to a more earth-bound source: when the welfare checks came out.

Never failed.

Posted by: Nighthawk at August 20, 2013 01:17 PM (OtQXp)

In Cherokee, NC the Indians get their share of the casino profit twice a year. They say the June payment date is wild. Drunk Indians knifing each other.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 20, 2013 09:20 AM (wR+pz)

130 Don't tempt me.

Wut? Is that a ban warning?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:20 AM (A0glY)

131 Cops and ER staff back home would correlate crazy behavior to a more earth-bound source: when the welfare checks came out.

Never failed.

Yep. I check the calendar before I go shopping at some stores. If it's welfare check time, eh, I don't need it that badly.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:21 AM (A0glY)

132
Just like Androcles and the lion. That skunk may save your life someday.

Posted by: Invictus

You mean when the skunk grows up to be a mature politician, right?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 20, 2013 09:22 AM (hSwFv)

133 And that "boredom" excuse was put out there by the media before any actual facts. I'm guessing the media knew the kids who did it were black and wanted to get the "boredom" excuse out there early.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 20, 2013 09:22 AM (ZPrif)

134 I am so Happy that President Obama's new dog is a dog of color just like the first family. I also love the name "Sunny" because it reflects the direction of our country since President Obama has come into all of our lives. I am Happy for the Oblama's.

Posted by: LaQuisha Largess' at August 20, 2013 09:22 AM (HlUFk)

135 80 Send money and lawyers via WereWolf Courier Service. And yes I am working on the Jersey Devil story. *sigh* Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 20, 2013 01:00 PM (5VGZi) My MIL did her master's thesis on this. True story.

Posted by: lindafell at August 20, 2013 09:22 AM (PGO8C)

136

>>>Skunk must've been on a bender, like a dude with a lampshade on his head.

Rabid.

Posted by: Bigby's OTOH at August 20, 2013 09:22 AM (3ZtZW)

137 Yep. I check the calendar before I go shopping at some stores. If it's welfare check time, eh, I don't need it that badly.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 01:21 PM (A0glY)

Yeah, and going to the Post Office is no treat ether.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 20, 2013 09:24 AM (wR+pz)

138 133 Don't tempt me. Wut? Is that a ban warning? Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 01:20 PM (A0glY) Ummm...no. This is not my blog. It was a joke about me applying for the mythical $50k. But it's understandable that senses of humor are on short supply these days.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 20, 2013 09:24 AM (Tnlh/)

139 My MIL did her master's thesis on this. True story.

On the Jersey Devil? What was the angle?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:25 AM (45N4D)

140 If only the permanent-racial-grievance industry could figure out a way to sue the freaking moon, they'd be rich! Big bucks to be had.. all these thousands of years of monthly whitey-moon... reminding the black man that he has no moon. Must find a judge .. a lunar judge maybe..

Posted by: Yip at August 20, 2013 09:25 AM (/jHWN)

141 Ummm...no. This is not my blog.

Lots of people with keys to the blog. I don't want to upset anyone, least of all a co-blogger.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:27 AM (45N4D)

142 I think you mean 'wabid'.

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at August 20, 2013 09:27 AM (0/XuA)

143 You mean when the skunk grows up to be a mature politician, right?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 20, 2013 01:22 PM (hSwFv)

Does kind of sound like a natural for a senate seat from Mass.

Posted by: Invictus at August 20, 2013 09:28 AM (OQpzc)

144 144 Ummm...no. This is not my blog. Lots of people with keys to the blog. I don't want to upset anyone, least of all a co-blogger. Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 01:27 PM (45N4D) Dude, it was a joke.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 20, 2013 09:29 AM (Tnlh/)

145 But he/she kinda looked at me to thanks me ( at least that is how I see it) and then ran under a tree in my neighbors yard. Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 20, 2013 01:01 PM (9Xc5j)

Just like Androcles and the lion. That skunk may save your life someday.

Posted by: Invictus at August 20, 2013 01:15 PM (OQpzc)

Or spray you in the face

Posted by: The Jackhole at August 20, 2013 09:30 AM (nTgAI)

146 Tarded city people have to do a study to learn this, sheesh. Everyone with any sense knows the critters are more active during moonlit nights.

Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 20, 2013 09:32 AM (epxV4)

147 Why is 'bonhomme' getting banned? jk

Posted by: RWC at August 20, 2013 09:33 AM (fWAjv)

148 All these co-bloggers with keys... circles within circles... lunar cycles... shit!

Posted by: Yip at August 20, 2013 09:35 AM (/jHWN)

149 150 Why is 'bonhomme' getting banned?
jk
Posted by: RWC at August 20, 2013 01:33 PM (fWAjv)

RAY-SISM.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at August 20, 2013 09:35 AM (sGtp+)

150 That's ray-ciss.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 09:39 AM (WhJf8)

151 Makes sense. More predators out on full moon nights, especially of the 2-legged sort, which are both the most dangerous for humans and the most marginally enabled by moonlight.

Posted by: Alec Rawls at August 20, 2013 09:43 AM (EvEIZ)

152 Sometimes the moon vibrates my bedsheets.

Posted by: Michael Moar at August 20, 2013 09:52 AM (6xhLc)

153
Dude, it was a joke. Posted by: baldilocks at August 20, 2013 01:29 PM

No matter -- LGF has at least 25 star witnesses that will testify that it's actually green.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at August 20, 2013 10:01 AM (6xhLc)

154

Here's how I judge a good night's sleep: Did I get laid?

Yes = good night's sleep

No = bad night's sleep

There. I just blew up the Swiss study. Now go back to making chocolate and hording Nazi gold.

Posted by: sans_sheriff at August 20, 2013 10:03 AM (Lljg2)

155 142 My MIL did her master's thesis on this. True story. On the Jersey Devil? What was the angle? Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2013 01:25 PM (45N4D) I don't recall. I just remember that's what she did it on.

Posted by: lindafell at August 20, 2013 10:34 AM (PGO8C)

156 150+ comments into a post about Swiss moons, and I'm the first to mention cheese?

Posted by: Cheese Eating Highschool Boy at August 20, 2013 10:53 AM (1jsc5)

157 I know a guy whose ancestor slept like a baby during the full moon. Well, I don't actually know him, since his ancestor got eaten by a tiger who could see really, really well at night when the moon was full.

Posted by: Haley's Buttery Biscuit at August 20, 2013 11:46 AM (xdiYS)

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