When first waking from open heart surgery, I told my wife “I want you to remember a word and tell me it later: fishmonger.”
She freaked, wondering what secret password I was telling her and whether I would survive.
I later explained I wanted some way to later know that I was in fact awake at that time. If I didn’t remember the incident, I’d know I was conscious (even if I forgot) because that was one word she’d never think of repeating back to me. See, there was a time when I had been sedated before, unable to remember anything of it but something the docs said made me sure I had been awake thru the procedure. I figured waking up after having been dead was a good time to make sure I could remember it somehow.
When first waking from open heart surgery, I told my wife “I want you to remember a word and tell me it later: fishmonger.”
She freaked, wondering what secret password I was telling her and whether I would survive.
I later explained I wanted some way to later know that I was in fact awake at that time. If I didn’t remember the incident, I’d know I was conscious (even if I forgot) because that was one word she’d never think of repeating back to me. See, there was a time when I had been sedated before, unable to remember anything of it but something the docs said made me sure I had been awake thru the procedure. I figured waking up after having been dead was a good time to make sure I could remember it somehow.
Dude! You just screwed with my head. Awesome!