I can't get any sleep. I'm at school for 5 weeks of summer classes. I've got a freshman roommate from Nigeria who goes by the name OJ. He's a nice enough kid, stays in all day eating sandwhiches and watching downloaded movies when he's not in class. I don't have a problem with OJ, when he's awake that is. See, when OJ sleeps, he makes a sound that no normal human being can make. You know the sound of rubber stretching, or latex? He'll make the noise sporadically for about a minute, then be quite for a while before doing it again. I haven't figured out if the amount of time between each interval is the same, but I could care less at this point. When I first heard this noise, I was a little startled. The next day I was curious. I would think to myself, "how does he make that damn noise?" Was he grinding his teeth, is he sucking on his thumb, does he have a water bottle or something? It's coming from his mouth, but it just doesn't seem humanly possible to make this noise. Not even the guy from Police academy could mimick this sh*t. I can't take it anymore. It's week 3 now, everytime he makes that noise, it feels like the noise is boring into my brain and pinching which ever lobe is responsible for feeling annoyed. I can hear it now, bbbbrrrrreeee bbbbrrrrreeeee bbbbrrrruuuuu bbbbbrrrreeeeee I haven't talked to him about, but how do you tell a guy to stop making a noise he makes whilst he's unconscious? Murder is my only option now. I just want to take my pillow and smother him the next time he makes the demonic rubber sound. BBBBBBBRRRRRRREEEEE BBBBBBRRRRRRUUUUUUU BBBBRRRREEE BBBBBRUUUU REEEE. . .no more pain. I'm not really gonna kill him. Damn, the batteries in my CD player died, I'm screwed tonight.
Well look at the bright side he is just your "summer" roomate right? Maybe get to sleep so early that when he goes to bed you will be completely out of it, and wont wake you up. Maybe its worse than that I dunno, but tough situation. Im going to bed
Are you from Nigeria? Hehe...... Oski, Well actually it (the sound) can be fixed. It is caused by sleeping posture. I'll bet that when he makes that sound (or any sound), he is lying on his back and his face is facing upwards. If he is lying by his side, or lying on his back but facing sideways, there'll be no sound. Maybe you can tell him about that. Or nudge him (make sure you can protect yourself if he turns violent) when he is asleep.
Maybe he has sleep apnoe. That's actually bad for his health, so you could make him aware of it in a friendly way...
Oski, you can always send him this letter. DEAR SIR/MADAM, COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. GRACE, PEACE AND LOVE FROM THIS PART OF THE ATLANTIC TO YOU. I HOPE MY LETTER DOES NOT CAUSE YOU TOO MUCH EMBARRASSMENT AS I WRITE TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH. BASED ON THE CONTACT ADDRESS GIVEN TO ME BY A FRIEND WHO WORKS AT THE NIGERIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ATTACHED TO YOUR EMBASSY IN MY COUNTRY. PLEASE, EXCUSE MY INTRUSION INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE.I AM BARRISTER ABBAS MUSA OSKI. I REPRESENT MOHAMMED ABACHA OSKI,SON OF THE LATE GEN. SANI ABACHA OSKI, WHO WAS THE FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA. HE DIED IN 1998. SINCE HIS DEATH, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN LOOSING A LOT OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE BENT ON DEALING WITH THE FAMILY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE FAMILY HAS ASKED ME TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN WORK WITH US AS TO MOVE OUT THE TOTAL SUM OF US$75,000,000.00 (SEVENTYFIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ), PRESENTLY IN THEIR POSSESSION. THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE, ACQUIRED BY THE LATE PRESIDENT AND IS NOW KEPT SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY. THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL THE ACCOUNTS OF THE FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SOON FOLLOW TO DO THE SAME. THIS BID BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS FAMILY HAS MADE IT NECESSARY THAT WE SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN INVESTING IT ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY. THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION AND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER. SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL IN CASH, EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT IT FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE,PENDING WHEN AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON WHEN TO MOVE IT INTO ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES; HOLLAND,LONDON, SPAIN OR CANADA. I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION. THE TRANSACTION DEFINITELY WOULD BE HANDLED IN PHASES AND THE FIRST PHASE WILL INVOLVE THE MOVING OF US$25,000,000.00( TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ).MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY AS SOON AS THE TRANSACTION IS CONCLUDED. IF, HOWEVER, YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US, I WOULD PREFER ALL CONTENTIOUS ISSUES BE DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO WORK. AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY DETAILS AS TO HOW WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION. PLEASE, DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS, AS ALL NECESSARY MODALITIES ARE IN PLACE, AND I ASSURE YOU OF ALL SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS TRANSACTION. PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE MOVED OUT OF THIS COUNTRY TO WHERE YOU INTEND TO RECEIVE THEM. LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTRERESTED SO I CAN FURNISH YOU WITH MORE DETAILS. HOWEVER, PLEASE, IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT OUR TRUST IN YOU BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. TRULY YOURS BAR. ABBAS MUSA OSKI.
I was lucky to be in the other room, but one of my other apartmates was not. He stuffed a sock in the guys mouth once. hilarious for me. But the guy with the sock in his mouth was pissed. We had no solution. I was just thankful to be in the other room.
Record it, play it back for him, then offer him a breathe right strip when he sleeps. Noise will magically dissappear. DD
Oski, I feel for you buddy. I've had the same sort of problem before. I confronted my roommate about his agitating sleeping noises, and he flipped out. He was probably embarrassed or something. Anyway, to make a long story short, I never was able to stop those damn noises that made my life hell. The solution: strong sleeping pills. I swear...I slept like a baby and felt rested the next day. Hopefully this will help you out a bit. Good Luck Cod
Oski: Hey everybody, I'm on no sleep, no sleep!. You don't know what it's like in there, all night long things are creeping and cracking. And that red light is burning my brain! Sir Jackie Chiles: You look a little stressed. Oski: Oh I'm stressed!
I hate it when you get stuck with flatmates that piss the hell out of you. But if someone gets in the way of my sleep... man, am I not happy. I would never want to share a room with another person. I'm a very light sleeper and it would just drive me insane. I am sure you can confront him about this, what is his character like? If I did something like that I would do anything possible to stop making those noises. I hate troubling other people.
One of my favorite episodes ever! Kenny Roger's Roasters. I say hit him upside the head with a baseball bat, see if he still makes the noise?
Whenever this type of stuff happens to me I always hit the person with a pillow. They never wake up but are startled enough to stop snoring. It always works.
I recognize that sound you described as a nigerian mating call. May want to sleep with the pooper against the wall.
I had a roomate in college that slept with a police scanner on so he wouldn't "miss anything". He was a criminal justice major. I took Juans advice and 2 weeks turned into 2 semesters!
