Another JJ theory

Once upon a time, before I had children, I was lying on the sofa, dozing.

Music was playing quietly in the background and husband was in the chair by the window doing a crossword puzzle.

I was in that lovely state between awake and asleep...

Husband cuts into my thoughts with a question for his crossword: 'Who was the last king of Rome?'

'Tarquin' I say.

A few minutes pass, and after a fight between my subconscious and my conscious, I sit up.

'Was that right?' I ask.

'Yes. Why?'

'Because I didn't know I knew that.'

Now, some of you may know from here that I have a Classics degree, so maybe it isn't all that unusual that I know who the last king of Rome was. But, as you will also see there, I am so crap at ancient history (cos I specialised in literature), that my husband is petitioning for me to give my degree certificate back to the university. The point was that I didn't know that I knew who the last king of Rome was.

Now, so here comes the theory bit: If only I could spend my life perpetually half asleep, I think I might be rather intelligent.

JJ's other astounding theories can be found here and here.