I wrote:
 (snip)
 > And the dreaming mind, because it can't communicate by talking, makes great 
 > use of punning 
 > and metaphors, sometimes with really obscure wordplay. It's a little like 
 > someone trying to 
 > explain something in sign language that they have to make up on the spot. It 
 > can be startlingly 
 > creative but usually in a down-to-earth way.
 

 Charades. That's what it's like, the game of Charades. I knew there was 
something it was very similar to, but I couldn't bring it to mind when I was 
writing the above.
 



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