Results: Counting Sheep
1.
1.
I begin this series of questions trusting that all reading are aware of the practice of counting sheep in one's mind as a means of gettng to sleep. Hae you ever counted sheep to achieve slumber?
Yes
23%
•
268 votes
Unsure/ Not c o n s c i o u s l y...
13%
•
151 votes
No
64%
•
754 votes
2.
2.
If you've ever counted sheep (or whatever other animal; please share in a comment whether you've counted any other critters!) in order to get to sleep, did it work? Yes
7%
•
84 votes
Sometimes it does; at other times, it doesn't.
14%
•
162 votes
No
26%
•
308 votes
Not Applicable
53%
•
619 votes
3.
3.
If you're a sheep-to-sleep person, what are those wool-bearing mammals (and wool- baring once they're shorn!, yes?) doing as you count them?
Leaping over a fence
13%
•
152 votes
Walking through a gate
6%
•
70 votes
Flying!
4%
•
49 votes
Remaining still as I give a multitide of them a head count
6%
•
72 votes
I switch it up, and each one does his or her own thing as I count him/her.
5%
•
56 votes
Somethng else I may mention in a comment
2%
•
29 votes
Not Applicable
69%
•
806 votes
4.
4.
If you enjoy the taste of lamb and/or mutton (haggis, anyone?!), would you eat any of the sheep you count were they to materalize from your thoughts to actual animals whose flesh you could consume? Yes
9%
•
101 votes
Undecideed
8%
•
98 votes
Selectively!
6%
•
69 votes
No
22%
•
254 votes
Not Applicable
55%
•
651 votes
5.
5.
After reading about what some people may do to get some rest, are you any more tired than when you started answering these questions?
Yes (at least tired of answering q's abt. counting sheep!)
15%
•
181 votes
Uncertain/I'm no more nor less tired.
36%
•
420 votes
No (rather, I may be more energized now than I was answering this survey's first question)
49%
•
572 votes
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