Comments on: An Eye-Opening New Feature http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Kali http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629/comment-page-1#comment-9200 Kali Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:38:40 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629#comment-9200 Oh my god, I used to own the Immaculate Collection too! What a horrible way to spend the night! I use the sunflower seed method too. Oh my god, I used to own the Immaculate Collection too! What a horrible way to spend the night! I use the sunflower seed method too.

]]> By: Garrett http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629/comment-page-1#comment-9190 Garrett Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:32:53 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629#comment-9190 That's funny-- in the past, I used the exact same technique to stay awake, but with REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". That's a great song to try to teach yourself to sing, with long passages of hard-to-remember and harder-to-understand lyrics. The last time I needed to drive through the night, I attempted to train myself to say the alphabet backwards as fast as I could. I suppose this could have been even more helpful if I had pulled over for a sobriety checkpoint. Even though I was totally sober, I almost wish I had been pulled over and asked to say it backwards just to show off my ~3 second delivery. Almost. That’s funny– in the past, I used the exact same technique to stay awake, but with REM’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”. That’s a great song to try to teach yourself to sing, with long passages of hard-to-remember and harder-to-understand lyrics.

The last time I needed to drive through the night, I attempted to train myself to say the alphabet backwards as fast as I could. I suppose this could have been even more helpful if I had pulled over for a sobriety checkpoint. Even though I was totally sober, I almost wish I had been pulled over and asked to say it backwards just to show off my ~3 second delivery. Almost.

]]> By: FB http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629/comment-page-1#comment-9146 FB Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:11:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629#comment-9146 This may sound odd, but I drive a lot (7 hour commute every couple weeks) and the way I stay awake when driving in the wee hours is sunflower seeds and a beverage (usually mountain dew for me). Shelling the seeds with my teeth keeps me awake and focused. This may sound odd, but I drive a lot (7 hour commute every couple weeks) and the way I stay awake when driving in the wee hours is sunflower seeds and a beverage (usually mountain dew for me). Shelling the seeds with my teeth keeps me awake and focused.

]]> By: Priscilla http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629/comment-page-1#comment-9123 Priscilla Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:48:31 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4629#comment-9123 Wow, not only are you a great friend (wanna be friends?) but I need those features on my Jeep! Wow, not only are you a great friend (wanna be friends?) but I need those features on my Jeep!

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