text: i need a joke explained.  it just simply popped into my mind in my dream last night.? although i used it in my dream last night, to me it was not funny nor made sense, has any one heard a reference to it?  it was "and then there is the british calculator which starts coughing when it gets to 7".  just curious if dreams can allow you access to info which you shouldn't know otherwise. deep within your mind is everything you need to know. the human brain is amazing.  try putting your question on a 'slow search' in your mind, and you shall find the answer, sooner or later.  dreams are subliminal hints about what we truly think and feel; most people already know the answers they seek, they merely have not realized how to access them.