Way,way back
in the seventies when acid was good, I awoke after an evening of merriment in a room full of other sleeping hippies and deadbeats in a flat in Colwyn Bay.(North Wales) The televison had been left on, and a film was showing. As I became more alert (pah!) I realised that I had lost the power of human comprehension, and couldn't understand a word of what the actors were saying. It was an English film, there were no sub-titles, so I had obviously done permanent damage to my few remaining brain cells. Fighting down the panic in my befuddled mind, I did the sensible thing and went back to sleep.
When I woke again I remained under the blanket until I heard others moving around....and talking.
Praise be! My brain had cured itself and I could understand what was being said!
However, this weirdness had worried me considerably. I was even contemplating giving up hallucinogens..shock, horror.
A couple of weeks later, I was talking to the resident of aforementioned flat and confided my terrifying experience to him, and pondered if I would get flash-backs where it would happen again.
When he finally stopped chortling, he managed to explain that his t.v. was tuned to S4C, and I had been watching a film DUBBED IN WELSH.
Bastards.
First post....wish it was bigger.....
(Justleaveitalone, Tue 20 Dec 2005, 10:17, Reply)