March 28, 2007

The Hard Way

This bed smells like farts.

*sniff sniff* Yeah. It does. Gross.

We should change the sheets. It's been a long time.

Yeah. It has. We should. Although what we should really do is just prevent the bed from getting smelly in the first place. Instead of showering in the morning, we should shower at night so we'll be all fresh and clean and sweet-smelling when we get under the covers!

But I don't want to shower at night. I can't sleep with wet hair or I'll get the scalp rot, and if I blowdry my hair and then sleep on it, it'll be bent at weird angles all day.

Here's what you do: You wear a plastic cap during your nightly shower and then in the morning you just wash your hair on your hands and knees over the tub.

Do you have any idea how hard that is?

Yes. When I had long hair I did it all the time.

And it sucked, didn't it?

Hey, I'm just trying to solve a problem here.

I know. I just don't want to have to shower at night. And I don't want to wear a showercap.

Well, then I guess we're stuck with a fart bed.

Or we could just change the sheets.

Oh. Yeah.

Posted by Leah at March 28, 2007 03:27 PM
Comments

Hilarious! And yeah, I am such a hot sleeper that I cannot shower at night (although, for mysterious reasons, I did so for four years in high school).

Posted by: Janssen at March 28, 2007 04:31 PM

Change the sheets and then might I suggest some Downy sheets that smell of lavender and vanilla...They do wonders.

Posted by: Heather B. at March 28, 2007 04:54 PM

And by downy sheets, I mean downy dryer sheets of course.

Posted by: Heather B. at March 28, 2007 04:54 PM

I missed the whole Rocky Horror Simon Phase, and would just like to say that I? PLAYED COLUMBIA.

(And I would suggest the real Downy for the sheets have nothing on actually putting the real stuff into it.)

Posted by: jonniker at March 28, 2007 05:24 PM

Febreze can help with the fart smell. Or burning something like candles or incense. Or spraying on some water from a spray bottle with a few drops of essential oil in it.

Or you can just learn to live with it, like I have. Hulk is the King of Farts, and I'm not innocent my own self. If we wanted fart-free sheet smell, we'd have to change the sheets several times a night. Heh.

Posted by: Emily at March 28, 2007 05:26 PM

Oh, and if Simon had just played a tranny a little longer I might have seen him. My first Rocky Horror experience in that area was in the fall of 96. I've always been bummed that the theater that used to have the Saturday Midnight Rocky Horror (among other things) died.

Posted by: Emily at March 28, 2007 05:28 PM

Jonniker--OH GOD. The pictures!

Emily--I used to love Febreze, but having used it to cover up various odors over the years, now it just reminds me of the odors whenever I smell its signature scent. Same with those bathroom sprays; now Orange Breeze Air Freshener just smells like poo to us.

The real problem here is that we need to change our sheets more than three times a year.

Posted by: Leah at March 28, 2007 05:36 PM

Too funny!

Posted by: teresa at March 28, 2007 09:04 PM

what's scalp rot?. . .

Posted by: bloopy at March 28, 2007 11:33 PM

i love how he suggests something more complicated as a solution to the problem. that is so funny.

Posted by: jeorg at March 29, 2007 08:05 AM

I highly recommend a housekeeper for this sort of thing.
Once a week we slip in to a turned down bed with freshly washed sheets...no mint on the pillow...I'll have to talk to her about that.

Posted by: iamnot at March 29, 2007 09:17 AM

I have a housekeeper and his name is Simon. (And he has a housekeeper and her name is Me.) Yesterday when I got home from work, the bed was freshly made with clean sheets. Then he did the dishes while I made dinner. Awwwww.

(Bloopy--Scalp rot is like jungle rot but on your head.)

Posted by: Leah at March 29, 2007 09:50 AM

Whenever I wash the sheets I always announce it for days, like I did something truly noble. It would be great if just once I could remember to transfer the sheets from the washer to the dryer sometime BEFORE we decided it's time for bed. I lose points there.

Posted by: Erin at March 29, 2007 11:02 AM

We have two sets of sheets, and I change them weekly. Plus I also wash the comforter cover weekly as well. I am a *nut* about my bed, it's like my personal haven, so if it's even slightly off, I can't sleep.

I would talk about clean pillows, but it would demand a dirty pillow joke and I'm not up for that at the moment...

Posted by: the slackmistress at March 29, 2007 11:48 AM

I'm reminded of Martha Stewart - did you know that when she changes the sheets, SHE VACUUMS HER MATTRESSES?

Or am I the only one who found that idea bewildering?

Posted by: chirky at March 29, 2007 12:10 PM

Maybe she eats a lot of cookies in bed.

Posted by: Emily at March 29, 2007 02:55 PM

Heh! I DO actually shower at night, so that I a) don't have to blow-dry my hair b) shower in the am c) can be cleany-shine in the mornings. I do admit to changing sheets no less than every 10 days/2 weeks and despite my husbands' (COPIOUS and DISGUSTING!!) farts, they stay good up till when I change them.

Posted by: Maya at March 29, 2007 11:12 PM