[windows_chepstow]

I've just been to the toilet and while sitting there I was flipping through Wor Lasses 'Dreams Explained' book.  It's not very good, but suffices when a brief five minute read is required.

Anyway, here's what it says if you dream of ladders:

"Ladder:  A symbol Freud associated with sexual intercourse.  If you climb the ladder successfully, the implication is obvious.  If you fall off, or encounter broken rungs, it may indicate worries about sexual adequacy.  Climbing a ladder can also symbolize ambition and the quest for happiness."

Do you think Freud took into consideration the dreams of window cleaners when he came up with this rubbish?  And does it matter if it's a double, treble or A Frame?

Also, would dreaming about water fed poles count as the same as ladders, or would Freud say that water fed pole users are sexually inadaquate?

Discuss!

[Philip Hanson]

Guys, come on.

Why are we doing this after I explained that its selfish to keep posting comments like this?

I'm all for having a laugh, but this is getting boring now.  Is this a useful thread?

I'm starting to think some here are posting comments just to annoy me, and if it doesnt stop they will be removed from this forum.

-Philip

[AuRavelling79]

So if you fall off a ladder in a dream is that a freudian slip?

Sorry Philip just lightening the situation!

[rosskesava]

If you think about it ladders, along with the wheel, figure throughout history.

From sieges over the centuries, to construction, and for access for countless purposes, to shipping (the rigging and so on) - the ladder is always there somewhere in the past whether near or distant.

On top of that, a ladder is only used when it's needed to be used. Hence my thing below about Neil Armstrong. He used a ladder to get down onto the moon.

How Freud related it to matters sexual is a mystery but there again a lot of his theories have long been thrown in histories dustbin as meaningless.

Jung (his student who suppased him by miles) reckoned things related to territory and ownership.

Anyway, what dreams mean can never be proved but one thing is for sure, I don't dream of ladders, I have nightmares about them as in 'falling off'.

Roll on WFP for us.

[dustycorner]

One day my dear old mum saw me climbing my ladder, she said "keep going son one day your reach the top".

Cheers Mark