Towns Beginning With M

[poliphilo]

When Ailz couldn't get to sleep last night she started making a list of British towns beginning with "M".

Manchester, Middleton, Malton, Macclesfield...

Once you start that sort of thing it's very hard to stop.

Maidstone, Malborough, Middlesborough, Mansfield...

Comments

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

I do that, except in my version my lists are usually alphabetical. So my list of British towns would go Aberdeen, Bristol, Cardiff, etc. Some letters are obviously harder than others, and I've observed that although I usually succeed in tackling the first couple of 'tricky' ones (I, J) I often fall asleep during the third (Q). I think that once the basic task of making a list has shut down other thoughts, the speculative casting around of the mind in the face of a difficult letter then creates the blank space which you need to actually fall asleep.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I compose LJ posts and book reviews in my head. I find that usually works.

Sometimes I even remember them in the morning.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do the alphabetical version too! Usually with dog breeds, or Pokemon, or titles of Bob Dylan songs.