Shower thoughts explained! Scientists figure out why we get great ideas while washing

Study Finds ^ | Chris Melore

[Grampa Dave]

“I have the ‘Box of Unmatched Socks’ on the floor of my bedroom closet.

Unmatched sock? Toss it in the box.
Every few months sort through the box and mates will be found!”

I use the big comfortable/padded chair we bought for my wife to nurse our oldest son 55+ years ago.

Due to damaged feet, I use at least 2 pair a day. It seems like one sock is always missing between taking them off, dropping them in the laundry basket and then doing the wash in the laundry room.

It used to drive my type A wife nuts until her post hip surgery, she often uses 2 pair of socks a day.

So now she joins me and half of that big chair is for her lost socks. The other half is mine.

[Chickensoup]

Buy exactly the same socks.

That is what I do.

Same color same brand

Toss the rest

[GaltAdonis]

” I use at least 2 pair a day “

Me too.
Daytime socks and the heavy nighttime fleece ‘slipper socks’
to keep my feet warm at night.

[Chickensoup]

that is what the drain is for.

[null and void]

Paraphrasing gandalf, some minds that wander are not lost.

Paraphrasing gandalf, minds that wonder are not lost.

[Clutch Martin]

I do my best thinking when I’m refurbing old neglected drum sets.

[T Ruth]

"Thomas Edison has attributed many of his insights into his experiments and new discoveries to a state of awareness and thinking he reached when entering what is known as a hypnogogic state. Hypnagogia is the a transitional state between wakefulness to sleep. The hypnagogic state of consciousness arrives at a demarcation just at the onset of sleep. ... Edison would generally hold two steel balls in both hands when he was preparing to sleep and was challenged by a daunting large problem. Some naps he would be sitting upright in a chair. Sitting up made it a bit harder for him to fully sleep allowing him to stay lightly conscious during these sessions. On the floor he placed directly below his closed hands metal saucers. The premise was simple, as he entered into the hypnogogic state, the body generally goes through a series of muscle reactions from a loosening to a sort of paralysis. In this transition Edison would drop the steel balls and they would crash to the floor, hitting the metal saucers for added effect and produce loud sound to awaken him. He would then be awakened by the sound and have a ready pad and pencil to record anything that he was thinking of just before being awakened."

Thomas Edison's Secret Trick to Maximize His Creativity by Falling Asleep

[Monkey Face]

That’s funny. It never happened that way with me. Was I supposed to be showering alone?

‘Face

;o]

[Scram1]

“At the time Iowa was a dry state and Atanasoff wanted a drink to abolish his frustrations. He left without a particular destination in mind and ended up over 200 miles away in Rock Island, Illinois, where he was finally able to order himself a cocktail. As he sat down he realized the drive had relieved his mind of clutter. Four separate ideas began to intersect and he scribbled his intellections on a cocktail napkin. He was later quoted, stating, “It was at an evening of scotch and 100 mph car rides, when the concept came...”...”

[I-ambush]

I read that Winston Churchill dictated letters, newspaper articles and books while soaking in his bathtub. I feel sorry for his secretary.

[SunkenCiv]

Another great idea someone had in the shower? The hot tub.

[Monkey Face]

Hmpf. Who knew?

[Honest Nigerian]

Probably 100s of millions of grant dollars funded this “discovery”. What meaningful difference does it make?

[GingisK]

What meaningful difference does it make?

Ask the guys who landed the grant.

[Mad Dog009]

I use a trick.
I purchase 2 dozen at a time of the same brand and toss out all the others.
So when I got to them sock drawer I just grab any two and they match.
I have noticed that special boot socks are still subject fo the mysterious sock black hole influence but the interchangeable ones...who knows. Lol

[Grampa Dave]

About a decade ago, my wife would mutter in her sleep and wake up and go back to sleep.

A friend told her to write down her thoughts. I just laughed.

So she wrote down her awakening thoughts. After about 3 nites she started laughing at how non~sensical her thoughts were.

I laughed and told her that over 3 decades, I knew that her early morning/late in bed thoughts were just random and had no real meaning.

[MortMan]

Literally LOL! So true!

[Grampa Dave]

One of my direct managers was pathological re dressing and not wasting his time.

Every shirt was a plain white Oxford dress shirt with no buttons on the collars. His socks were all black and mid calf in length.

He wore black suit jackets and black dress pants with no cuffs. He didn’t use cufflinks nor tie clasps. His ties were basically shades of black stripes and only one brand.

[gnarledmaw]

I tried something like that but I just wound up with a box of left socks so I had to throw them out and start over.

Now it doesnt make a difference what color they are, I match them by thickness.

[GaltAdonis]

"... I match them by thickness. ..."

.

That's how I match my nighttime fleece lined slipper socks - thickness.
Gotta keep my feet warm at night, ya know...