Comments on: The Greatest Philosophical Debate of Our Time

By: Phelps

Phelps — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:42:23 +0000

I can answer this. The good sides touch each other inside (which seems to be the most concrete way of putting it.) How do I know? Waterbed sheets have the top sheet sewn to the bottom sheet, and this is how they sew them together.

By: KCSteve

KCSteve — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:24:43 +0000

Simple system in our house: if you complain about how the other person is doing it then you get to do it. Eventually one us wises up and stops complaining.

Oh – and TP was over the top until one cat found out how much fun it was. (sigh)

By: Austin Mike

Austin Mike — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:57:23 +0000

Well, this is all very good for the relationship experts among the married commentariat, but here’s a real poser for you – squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom or the middle?

By: Mr. Bruce

Mr. Bruce — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:12:07 +0000

I make the bed, so good side out and labels out of sight (they give me the heebie-jeebies, go figure. Although there’s a girl in the KROQ listening audience who freaks out at the word ‘moist’ and the morning jocks torment her every once in a while, so semi-pseudo-objectively, I don’t have the weirdest phobia.)

But after 15 years of marriage, my wife still puts my fat pillow on TOP of the thin pillow. NO! Thin pillow on top!

By: nk

nk — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:44:13 +0000

There are three stages of marriage:

Stage 1, Casual Sex. Anywhere, anytime. In the car, in the vestibule, in the kitchen, in the laundry room ….
Stage 2, after a while, especially with kids,you settle down to Bedroom Sex.
Stage 3, Oral Sex. As you pass each other on the way to work, “Fuck You”! “Fuck You”!

By: Heh at Ninth Stage

Heh at Ninth Stage — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:42:28 +0000

[...] just had the same, err, discussion, with my wife this past [...]

By: triticale

triticale — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:07:27 +0000

This would be the top sheet, not the fitted bottom sheet, right? Not an issue. My wee wifey uses nothing but a top sheet during the summer when I’m down to two blankets. During the winter I’m under three blankets and a quilt, and she has a different quilt, but no top sheets are involved.

The sort of guests who would judge us by how the bed is made don’t get to look inside the bedroom.

By: USCitizen

USCitizen — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:34:39 +0000

There are two phases of marriage:

1st Stage) Pretty soon Both sides are not the good side.

2nd stage) Yes, Dear.

By: JustinB

JustinB — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:43:41 +0000

(Also, two sprays of Lilac on the bedding after turn-down are beneficial.)

I guess thats a woman thing. My damn wife sprays that shit on her pillows every damn night…

By: PawPaw

PawPaw — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:10:38 +0000

There are sheets on a bed? I usually just lay down on whatever is on top.

By: TD

TD — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:50:34 +0000

I’m a bachelor, so I vote for “falling asleep in the La-Z-Boy with the TV on.”

By: Alcibiades

Alcibiades — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:37:30 +0000

I sleep on top of the sheets, so the good side is up. The only times I’ve slept under a sheet were in hotel rooms. I didn’t find it very comfortable.

I believe hotels use special “double good side” (or “double sided good”?) sheets.

By: AlanDP

AlanDP — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:01:09 +0000

I don’t care as long as it isn’t put on sideways. My wife actually has done this more than once.

By: Sigivald

Sigivald — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:32:45 +0000

Scott: Over the top is Objectively Correct.

Because that way you can get paper off of it more easily; off the back puts it too close to the roll mounting surface, and makes it harder to grasp.

By: kris

kris — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:39:52 +0000

All y’all crack me up – _Jon; too much info (gave me chills), Brutal and Scott – that’s right! And Countertop – that’s typically how it goes….

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:17:50 +0000

Bitter, I’m on the side for which i provided an explanation. The other side makes no sense.

I made the bed last, so I won this time.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:07:41 +0000

I don’t give a sheet one way or the other. Jack.

By: Bitter

Bitter — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:05:28 +0000

I want to know what side of the debate Uncle was on. And who won.

By: nk

nk — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:20:12 +0000

What countertop said. In my house, we settle every argument with me saying “Yes, dear”. I know my wife loves me because she bought me my very own blanket for sleeping on the couch.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:04:47 +0000

Fortunately, I remain single, so my answer is somewhere along the lines of “Make the bed? Why would I want to do that? I’m just gonna mess it up again tonight….”

By: countertop

countertop — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:56:21 +0000

I don’t make the bed. My wife does. Whatever she wants.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:33:24 +0000

I say good side down, against your body, but I am frequently over-ruled.

I also say toilet paper rolls out over the top.

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:22:47 +0000

The side that goes up is whichever side my wife says. We have strategerized on one king-sized bottom-sheet with two separate twin comforters, one each – it keeps the blanket-theft and cold 3:AM leg-exposure down. Also it’s easier to make-up in the morning.

By: Drake

Drake — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:55:44 +0000

I recommend farting them up but good if you are looking to go nuclear over this.

By: drstrangegun

drstrangegun — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:44:59 +0000

Buy sheets with two good sides.

By: Brutal Hugger

Brutal Hugger — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:33:43 +0000

In my home, we setttle most arguments like this by agreeing to disagree. Whoever makes the bed gets to decide how the bed gets made. It drives me nuts to see dishes get put away wrong, but really, if I’m just standing around watching, who am I to complain?

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:12:34 +0000

Nah, good side up. That’s the way we did it in the Army. We didn’t use Lilac.

By: _Jon

_Jon — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:04:09 +0000

It should be made so that when turned down, the “bright” side is displayed.

And after being made, all beds should be turned down.
The bed should be turned down at least half-way. During the night, you sweat and the bedding must be given a chance to air out.

(And the bed should be made before leaving for work that day.)

(Also, two sprays of Lilac on the bedding after turn-down are beneficial.)

(don’t take this the wrong way – you argue because one — or both — of you needs to do some learnin’.)