Samuel PepysI lay down in my gown upon my bed and slept till the 4 o’clock gun the next morning waked me, which I took for 8 at night, and rising to piss mistook the sun rising for the sun setting on Sunday night.
the roamerHappened to me once. Hectic work week before going on a trip with a morning flight. Did my packing on the day before and went to bed late afternoon, exhausted, having booked the taxi for 7am next morning. Woke up shortly before 7, rushed outside with my suitcases and waited for the taxi. It didn't come. Called the company and demanded they urgently send me one. When it arrived it turned out it was still the evening before.
(In the days of analogue clocks and no mobile phones!)