pulling the bedclothes up to the pillows when you roll out in the morning but not being intimidated or otherwise influenced by bed-making nazis making the bed is an important way to maintain order in a chaotic world
fyp
― WmC, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah thats a fine approach imo - tho hospital folding the whole thing up like a perfect lil package has its appeal too
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
omfg who knew there were so many instructional military videos about hospital corners, breaking out the rulers and everything!!! oh man
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL Tom, I thought you'd have set a few clips to nosebleed techno by now.
RECOMMENDED: you lazy fuckers incapable of hosp corners could just buy a fitted sheet and a duvet/comforter cover.
― ☜ no, over there (suzy), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i am not a lazy fucker
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
we have a fitted sheet and a duvet comforter cover but we also use a regular bedsheet because we are not savages
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
hi TOMBOT btw
― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes but getting the comforter back into the duvet cover is a pain the ass beyond that of hospital corners!!!
― quincie, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes TOMBOT it is lovely to see you!
hospital corner TOMBOT military ruler duvet fitted sheet
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
is suzy recommending eschewing the flat sheet altogether :O
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Britishes dispense with the flat sheet when the comforter cover is also made of cotton sheet. Flat sheet comes into play if comforter cover is made of different material than cotton sheet or there is some other blanket between you and the comforter cover.
― ☜ no, over there (suzy), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
disgusting, but not surprising
― jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
tombot did u get married?? congrats
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
britishes dispense w/rinsing their dishes ive heard
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
We have to make the bed, or the cats will shed all over the sheets. In fact, we have to make sure there is no bit of sheet showing or the cats will lay on that little bit of sheet and shed all over it.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
the point of the flat sheet isn't that it's made out of cotton, it's that it can be washed more regularly than pain-in-the-ass duvees!
― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
also key for regulating bed temperature
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
well, the duvet cover /= the duvet. it can be washed
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
when cats shed on sheets it just makes the sheets more soft and cozy!
― Chillwave Is an Ill Wave (askance johnson), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
still you must have a flat sheet imo
xpost
― bitter about emo (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
why has no one addressed my problem with getting king size comforter back into stupid duvet cover after washing???
― quincie, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Just thinking about sleeping in the resulting nest of cat hair makes my throat itch.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Putting the duvet back in the cover, two person method
Lay the duvet cover on the bed, with the opening towards you.One person grabs the corner of the comforter. The other person grabs the other corner.When one person says GO, both people use their hands to guide the corner of the comforter into the corresponding corner of the duvet cover. This is more fun if you race.Once the corners of the comforter are snuggly encornered in the corners of the comforter, grab the cover and pull it down over the rest of the comforter. Nestle the bottom corners of the comforter into the bottom corners of the cover.Pick up the comforter and the cover from the bottom and give it a few good snaps to make everything settle in properly.Button or tie or zip or whatever to complete.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Once the corners of the comforter are snuggly encornered in the corners of the COVER
sorry
― quincie, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 11:57 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
1 ok grab the corners of the duvet cover that are farthest away from the opening where u put the comforter in
2 scrunch up the duvet cover like an accordion while holding onto the corners so that the corner end up v close to the opening which receives the comforter
3 grab a corner of the comforter and guide it into one of those two duvet cover corners
4 repeat w/the other repective corner
5 grab both the duvet cover corners so that youre squeezing the comforter corners inside in place
6 stuff the rest of the comforter inside the duvet while holding tight those corners
7 unfurl the the duvet like you would a flat sheet
8 reach inside and make the corners closest to the duvet opening match up
9 done!
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
1 person accordion technique^
You left out the step of stopping in the middle to stare at the whole thing for a few seconds & sigh in frustration.
― mascara and ties (Abbott), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
see I have tried a version of that, but the edge between the two corners you stuff into the accordion never seem to get aligned appropriately :(
― quincie, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
also folding fitted sheets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5k9nWcuFc
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm i dunno works for me? xp
why not turn the duvet cover inside-out, align out-turned cover corners to duvet corners, and have a second person pull the cover down, turning it right-side-out in the process?
nb. i do not have a duvet, have never done this.
― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
bonus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AWQ5aBjgE
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:54 (23 minutes ago)
yeah this
― super sexy psycho fantasy world (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i love folding fitted sheets tbh
― elmo leonard (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i didn't know people in america had duvets
― harbl, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
but maybe i have seen one before and didn't realize it was a duvet
― harbl, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
― quincie, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 12:17 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i think maybe trying doing this step vigorously - really snap it - so that the comforter unbunches thoroughly
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
See I can't really snap this big heavy king-sized monstrosity--I would need to be taller and like cutty-powered
― quincie, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"one of the biggest challenges you'll face in life is how to fold a fitted sheet"
if only, lady!
― quincie, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
God, I hate hospital corners. First thing I do when I sleep in a hotel bed is untuck those fuckers so my feet can get some goddamn space.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow – I've rarely heard you curse!
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
mookieproof to thread--that man has some very strong opinions on feet-tucked-in vs. feet-flapping-free
― quincie, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah if i hospital cornered my own bed i would be unable to sleep because i have to like, tuck all the blankets under my feet otherwise i'd be too cold
― harbl, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
― quincie, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 12:28 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ha i previewed a few diff vids and thats what really sold me on that one - finally someone acknowledges the gravity of this problem
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
feet-tucked-in vs. feet-flapping-free
this could be the subject of my marriage-testing memoir
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I would like to know how tim harford makes better marriages.
― quincie, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't sleep under a flat sheet, tucked or not. makes me go crazy.
who takes longer than 20 seconds to get a duvet into its cover?
turn cover inside out. hands inside, grab far corners, pick up duvet corners through cover, throw without letting go. done.
― caek, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
- Do you know what a duvet is?- A comforter.- It's a blanket.Just a blanket. Why do guyslike you and I know what a duvet is?Is this essential to our survivalin the hunter-gatherer sense?No.What are we, then?
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Inside-out duvet cover application is the key!! That's how I do.
Also prefer good duvet covers with little ties in the corners, keeps the thingy inside from shifting around.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link