ABOUT

"Sometimes, I dream about cheese" is a random quote from the 2004 game Half Life 2. It is mostly used as a completely random thing to say, designed to confuse people and distract them from the current subject.

ORIGIN

The video game Half Life 2 was released by Valve on the 16th of November, 2004. As the sequel to the revolutionary Half Life, and simply because Valve made it, it immediately became wildly popular and rapidly grew a cult following.

While a player progresses through the game, NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) will occasionally talk to Gordon, (the protagonist) especially if he walks into them or deliberately stares at them while the player presses the USE key.

The speeches made are randomised, and occasionally a Rebel will say, "Sometimes, I Dream about Cheese."

This phrase was most likely based on the following quote from Treasure Island:
"Marooned three years agone," he continued, "and lived on goats since then, and berries, and oysters. Wherever a man is, says I, a man can do for himself. But, mate, my heart is sore for Christian diet. You mightn't happen to have a piece of cheese about you, now? No? Well, many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese--toasted, mostly--and woke up again, and here I were."
(Quote courtesy of Peter/jpest17)

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