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[edit] Hit the Sack

I am interested in finding the first use, or origin of the term "hit the sack," meaning, "go to sleep," or "go to bed."

One could imagine various ways in which "hitting the sack" arose in our language. Some of the diverse meanings of "sack" involve changing from upright to supine (quarterback sack), sexual reference (scrotum or ball sack), or sleeping accomodations (sleeping bag).

Pian88Fort 17:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC) Norman A. Ellis

It is far more likely to come from the fact that early mattresses were just sacks full of straw, like you said ONE could imagine, fortunately most people don't share your imagination! (91.125.77.169 20:57, 23 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] History?

How about a little more history please? What happened between the Romans and the box-spring? Landroo 13:40, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bed sizes

What about Asia, the Middle East and Africa? Do they have standard sizes? - Ta bu shi da yu 11:26, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Are we sure there is no Queen size in the UK? 129.31.82.148 15:58, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

So what are the standard dimensions of e.g. a king size comforter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.227.115.164 (talk) 14:16, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Related Pages - Sexual Intercourse??

Why is Sexual Intercourse a related page to the Bed page?

Good point. I've removed it. DWaterson 17:30, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

really, the bed has been a common place for sexual intercourse since its 'invention'. hopefully no citation is needed to justify this.

[edit] Making your bed

If you Google "Making your bed" plus "good bad," then you might find that making your bed can be a bad thing for people with allergies. not making your bed can be good for boosting your immune system's immunities. 70.111.238.17 14:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

How exactly did the term "twin" for a single bed come to be?

I'm guessing twin may mean double? It could refer to siamese twins as they are joined together. Cardboard boxA 16:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
My guess is that it is from trundle bed since one mattress was effectively hidden under another until use when they would appear to be "twins". Also these are sometimes pushed together to make an 80-inch wide bed similiar in size to a king, so like umm, two twins make a whole? Cheers. 05:07, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
I believe this is a result of using two of these beds in a bedroom separated or pushed together to form one sleeping surface. It was not unusual in the 50s and 60s to see these sold in sets. I have known of married people, sleeping in the same room, but on separate beds. Seems odd in these days when sex explains everything from marriage to what toothpaste we use, but there was a time when beds were used more for sleeping than other (recreational) activities.

[edit] Emporer Sized Bed

I have noticed several UK references to Emporer sized bed. Is this the "Super-King"? Should Emporer be referenced on this page for UK?

[edit] The use of a bed for sex

Should be moved down the page, at least beyond the view of a 1024x768 monitor at normal text size without scrolling. This would prevent many accidents. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by CompuHacker (talk • contribs) 03:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

What is an "accident"?! 129.31.82.148 15:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Types of bed

What about these beds that are fitted with a radio in them? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.132.157.47 (talk) 10:36, 29 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Size accuracy

I'm wondering about the accuracy of the size listings. I've gone shopping for sheets and I see sheets marked in the 'twin' size having the measurements for a 'queen' bed.--MythicFox 09:40, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, know what? Never mind. Apparently I didn't realize I was reading the packaging wrong.--MythicFox 09:54, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Important point though... a UK double is 4'6", i.e. 54", not 53". Also, 72" is just under 1.83m, NOT 1.84m. OK, so 1cm in 6 foot is not a lot, but the 53"/54" is important, as the size of a double bed is 4 and a half feet wide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.182.109 (talk) 23:04, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
I've fixed both of those - as well as changing a 41 inch to a 42 inch in the UK section and adding a metric conversion. Graham87 04:16, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

What's with the freakishly bad math here? Does someone not know how to multiply by 2.54? Virtually every single metric size in the entire article is incorrect. For example, the size of a US twin/single is listed as 38" x 75" and 0.99m x 1.90m. Well, 38*2.54 = 96.5cm, which isn't 0.99m regardless of rounding and while 75*2.54 does have 190 as the first three significant digits, normal rounding yields 191. Additionally, bed and mattrass sizes in Europe are generally listed in centimeters, not meters (just like US mattrass sizes are given in inches, not feet or yards). I hardly think this is the place to start enforcing SI units... Anyway, unless there is some grand scheme to this fuzzy math, I will correct all the figures in a few days. Fyo 08:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I've now fixed the math, switched to centimeters instead of meters and switched highlighting from always-imperial to whatever the authoritative unit is (imperial for US/UK/AUS, metric for Euro). Numbers are rounded to nearest inch and nearest centimeter, respectively. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fyo (talk • contribs) 11:50, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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I have failed this article for Wikipedia:Version 0.7. See Talk:Bed/Comments for more information. Funpika 00:49, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

This article could benefit from significant expansion. Beds are a big topic, and the history of beds covers a large time period. For example, I think it would be interesting to describe beds made from wood frames and rope lattace supporing the overlaying mattress(es) rather than a box spring. Such beds had mattresses of straw and (if lucky) a top mattress of feathers (one would never put a feather mattress directly on the rope). It's from these rope beds we got the expression "sleep tight" (a reference to having to tighten the ropes periodically to keep the bed from sagging) and from the straw mattresses: "don't let the bed bugs bite." Rklawton 22:18, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sleigh bed

The article sleigh bed was proposed for deletion for containing commercial links when it was created back in March. I'd like to suggest a merge to Bed instead, but I see that the "list of types of bed" assumes each type has its own article. As the article on sleigh bed is quite short and probably won't be expanded any time soon, I'm not sure that article can stand alone. I'd like to get your input on what to do. See also Talk:Sleigh bed. Matt Fitzpatrick 17:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Meh, either way. It is a very short stub, I agree, but if there was more to say it might warrant its own article. Probably merge it in here if the article is too limited in scope. DWaterson 18:32, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Divan

Is a "divan" bed specifically one with a drawer in the box springs, or is any bed with a box springs considered a divan? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.97.118.4 (talk) 15:50, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

A divan doesn't have to have drawers; in fact, usually you pay extra if you want drawers. It's still a divan if you don't want a drawer model, AFAIK. DWaterson (talk) 19:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)