http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/sleep-tight/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/sleep-tight/comment-page-1/#comment-3780 Futons Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:54:52 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=513#comment-3780 Jonathan, you should tell them to get an old college futon mattress then. Lol. Jonathan, you should tell them to get an old college futon mattress then. Lol.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/sleep-tight/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Jonathan Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:28:29 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=513#comment-203 I always wondered about that! Usually when I have a client asking for a mattress for the guest room they usually say "Get me something that's comfortable...but not so comfortable that they over stay their welcome...actually on second thought...just go ahead and get me something uncomfortable." I always wondered about that! Usually when I have a client asking for a mattress for the guest room they usually say “Get me something that’s comfortable…but not so comfortable that they over stay their welcome…actually on second thought…just go ahead and get me something uncomfortable.”

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/sleep-tight/comment-page-1/#comment-162 phil Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:06:56 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=513#comment-162 I had always found the comment "sleep tight" as being odd until one day it was explained to me that centuries ago beds used to have rope supports beneath them and when those got loose people would fall through the bed, mattress and all. Kind of funny when you think about it. :) I had always found the comment “sleep tight” as being odd until one day it was explained to me that centuries ago beds used to have rope supports beneath them and when those got loose people would fall through the bed, mattress and all. Kind of funny when you think about it. :)

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/08/sleep-tight/comment-page-1/#comment-158 juliebird11 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:17:26 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=513#comment-158 Finally, someone saying "sleep tight" has nothing to do with rope beds. I live in an area with multiple historic buildings and the tour guides always come up with that line. When my kids were little, I bought a rope bed and used a feather mattress(we live in a historic house ourselves) and slept on it a number of times. Trust me, a tight rope bed is like sleeping on a knife bed. Give those ropes some slack! Hammocks aren't stretched out between 2 trees. They hang loosely between trees. Tight ropes on a bed are bad, very, very bad. Finally, someone saying “sleep tight” has nothing to do with rope beds. I live in an area with multiple historic buildings and the tour guides always come up with that line. When my kids were little, I bought a rope bed and used a feather mattress(we live in a historic house ourselves) and slept on it a number of times. Trust me, a tight rope bed is like sleeping on a knife bed. Give those ropes some slack! Hammocks aren’t stretched out between 2 trees. They hang loosely between trees. Tight ropes on a bed are bad, very, very bad.

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