h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

He'd nick em both then moan at me for making him too hot

This is one of the (many) benefits of being single. I like to sleep on the edge of my kingsize bed, facing out. When it gets too warm one side I literally just roll to the other side for instant coolness. And the quilt is always just where I want it.

Deb

Likewise, Deb! My bed is double, and great. My boyfriend's bed is a single. He's almost 6 ft. That's not great.

Robyn, just be glad you don't have to share a bed with me! I also do the rotating the duvet thing, and if I have another blanket on top of it, that usually ends up being rotated 90 degrees the other way.

That's on the nights when I don't throw it out entirely. (My pillows usually end up scattered to the four winds, too.)

I've even managed to wake up inside the duvet cover a few times, or sitting up at the foot of the bed, or other little surprises.

I'm, er, an active sleeper.

Sorry, but as an old bird, I claim the right to defend the right of others to to get tattoos, even if they are as common as they get!

However, my personal petty hate has to be tomato ketchup (I know this is going to be majorly unpopular, but ketchup on a burger without knowledge of such, can cause unexpected explosions).

It's really not nice.

Heh, Then I will be grateful Mala

In relation to the previous PH however, I can't stand cheap 'brown sauce' that just has a shed load of cinnamon in it. It's a careful balance, spicing a sauce like that. Filling it with cinnamon won't hide the fact it's the only spice the company bought, it will RUIN MY BACON SANDWICH .

Certain toilet paper manufacturers who use too much glue to hold down the free end. This makes it hard to get the end free to use and affects the absorbency of the sheet below and the sheet below that. It also leads to several ripped and unusable sheets.

Oooh! loo roll is a whole world of petty and not-so-petty hates for me. Scented toilet roll should be illegal. As should toilet roll that's really expensive and is supposed to be imbued with the healing properties of aloe vera when in reality it's too thick and brittle for it's own good and is less use than a piece of greaseproof like we used to get in public toilets.

Tissues impregnated with lemon balm.

I once grabbed one of these while driving, to wipe some dust off my glasses. The resulting smear nearly caused me to crash. They should be banned.

I hope you're all saving the planet by only using one sheet at a time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZoBVWzrVbU

People who whine about being ignored and invisible all the bloody time, but seem to have blocked your number or just aren't picking up your call never mind responding to the bloody email you send them! Hypocritical sods. I'm not ignoring you, you prat.

Ah, It takes two to tango, if someone's not got their dancing shoes on, it's not your fault if you aren't asking them to dance

Oh SWL Right now, more than winning the lottery, having a long and successful life or just about anything else, I'm *really* hoping the guy in that video was joking. Please don't tell me it aint so

Actually I'd pretty much do anything to 'save the planet' before resorting to wiping my erse with one sheet only of bogroll. I'd never set foot in a car again, light the house with candles and give up meat, before I'd give up having a clean botty

Good heavens, I go on holiday for a couple of days and there are 111 new posts to this thread.

I haven't checked the link yet, but I'm guessing that swl's link shows the method that we all learned* in the Army.

*learned. I never used it...

Well, we *certainly* weren't taught that in the Senior Service.

One sheet at a time, yes - three or four times per sheet, that is

"the method that we all learned* in the Army."

I remember, many years ago, watching one of those programmes where plucky children go to do grown up stuff (BBC, natch) and they were shown that "method" and after giving it the required amount of time to sink on and everyone watching to feel the Sergeant giving the talk said that any soldier with half a brain makes room for a couple of rolls of Andrex in their pack!

Apparently Sheryl Crow says she only uses 1 sheet ... can't listen to her music the same way now I know she'd most likely stink if I sat next to her