Pipe dream
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Pipe dream refers to visions experienced as a result of taking opiates (referring to the opium pipe). Opiates do not directly cause hallucinations of any kind, but large doses may cause the subject to become so relaxed that they experience dreams while partially awake; dreams which can be so vivid as to be confused with reality.
"Pipe dream" is also used as a term to describe a vain but fervent hope for an impossible or unlikely situation.
Pipe dream may also refer to:
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Music
- Pipe Dreams (Potluck album), 2009
- Pipedream (album), the first solo album from Lindisfarne front man Alan Hull
- Pipe Dreams (Murray Head album), 1995
- "Pipe Dream", a song by Project 86 from the album Project 86
- "Pipe Dreams", a song by Travis, from the album The Invisible Band
- "Spanish Pipedream", a song by John Prine from his self-titled album
- "Little Miss Pipedream", a song by The Wombats from the album The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
- Pipedreams, a radio music program from American Public Media featuring the pipe organ
- Pipe Dream, a 1997 album (and the titular song) by John Williamson
- Pipe Dreams, an album by Mark Salling
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Other media
- Pipe Dream, a 1989 video game originally called Pipe Mania
- Pipe Dream (film), a 2002 romantic comedy
- Pipe Dream, a famous animation made by Animusic
- Pipe Dreams (1916 film), a 1916 film starring Oliver Hardy
- Pipe Dreams (1976 film), a 1976 film starring Gladys Knight
- Pipe Dream (musical), a 1955 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
- "Pipe Dreams", an episode of Rocko's Modern Life (season 2, episode 2)
- Down Periscope, a 1996 film, also called Pipe Dreams in many countries, particularly in the Middle East
- The Wild Bunch, a 1969 film, also called Pipe Dreams in many countries, particularly in the Middle East
- Operation Pipe Dreams, the code-name for a U.S. nationwide investigation in targeting businesses selling drug paraphernalia
- Pipe Dream (newspaper), a student newspaper at Binghamton University in New York
- Pipe Dream (TV program) on the Golf Channel
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Other
- Pipe Mania, a 1989 computer puzzle game also known as Pipe Dream
- PipeDream, a built-in applications package for the Sinclair Cambridge Z88 ultra portable handheld computer
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