Beds.
You lie down to sleep each night, letting all the cares of the world slip off of you, never once thinking about how your choice of bed could be considered bigotry. I'll let that sink in for a moment. Here would be a good place for elevator music. Girl from Ipanema or something of that nature. Shock worn off? Ok good.
It's true though. What shape is your bed? Rectangular isn't it? In our perfect little rectangle houses and rooms we place little rectangles with little rectangular pillows. Why? Because it's easy? Because there's no demand for other shapes? I think it's deeper.
If I say circle shaped bed, what comes to mind? Something sleazy, dirty, cheap and cheesy. We're predisposed to thinking of beds in that shape as something bad. Thoughts of red shag carpeting, mirrors in the ceiling, horrible music and clap on candles flutter through the mind at the mere mention. Circle, it would seem, is nature's perfect shape, except where beds are concerned.
Who decided that rectangle was such a puritan shape? I guarantee a lot more depravity goes on in rectangular beds then it does in other shapes (except possibly triangle, we all know how dirty triangles are). Can't we as a society move past our own misguided upbringings to a new age of enlightened bedding? What will it take to put decades of bias away?
Sadly, I think only one thing could offer such change. If we were all to walk a day in circle pair of shoes.
I like to imagine a world where people sleep in oval shaped beds and wear pajamas with little bunnies in spaceships on them. ~ Winston Churchill (possibly)
if i had a circle shaped bed, i would put the headboard at a diagonal in the corner of my room. i think people USUALLY use rectangles as space savers. you didn't mention that, but of course, that COULD fall under the "because it's easy" category.... yes, i think it's easier.... it's more "make the bed" worthy.... if i looked at a round bed daily, i would likely dread making it.... because it would be all bunched up in some areas, i'm certain of it. even if they made perfect circle bedding. i'd still find a way to make it look not perfect.... and besides... that would mean that some body parts would be hanging off of the bed unless jason and i both pretty much slept on top of each other in the CENTER of the bed, which could be a horrible thing.... apparently i fart in my sleep, (lies) and he drools.... bad combo for 2 people trying to sleep on top of one another.
ReplyDeleteI would own a round bed, but only if it rotated and there was a disco ball hanging in the middle of the room.
ReplyDeletegreat and thoughtful post! I'm happy to report that I am free of bedroom bigotry
I am like 'The Princess and the Pea' boxspring and three mattresses because it's a good way to store them (so I tell myself). I just like feeling like the Lord of the Manor.
ReplyDeleteI think one reason for making beds and their outfits squarish/rectangle-ish is because there's less waste of materials in the cutting of those shapes, from a textile point of view, since most of the goods are loomed in a straight line.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing.
I'd be afraid of falling off of a circular shaped bed. I need corners to feel secure.
Idk about you but I sleep in a pentagon shaped bed and my pillows are parallelograms.
ReplyDeleteBut TS... What about those of us who live,I mean, sleep on the edge? I think it's circular beds with the bigotry problem, they just scream... NO EDGE SLEEPERS ALOUD!I happen to be attracted to squares over circles... even the diamond in my ring is square, princess cut, I believe it's called.
ReplyDeleteAlso circular beds are just tacky, so there's that.
I agree with cottage...I would be afraid of falling off unless I stayed in the center.
ReplyDeletePlus, it would be too hard to make the bed, and sheets would have to be custom-made...
I don't get it. I sleep in hammocks. Am I missing something?
ReplyDelete(And of course all of my hammocks are rectangular with rounded corners. So clearly I am non-bigotorical.)
Viva la circle revolution! But I am sure the wife would sleep right in the middle and I would have my feet dangling off.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Clearly... I meant "allowed" but I'm sure when they are screaming they're doing it "aloud"... so it still works.
ReplyDeleteSheesh! Could one of you just follow me around all day with a red ink pen?
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ReplyDeleteIts harder to pick a side in a round bed, you have to be near the centre or you're hanging off. Perosnally I din't care about the shape, just make if comfy please.
ReplyDeleteMy feet tend to hang off of a round bed when I rollover and that tends to lead to a slow twisting full-body descent to the floor. I did love my waterbed the most.
ReplyDeleteYou people have actually slept in one before??? Sickos!
ReplyDeletemy ex-boyfriend bought a round bed.
ReplyDeleteit was actually pretty comfy.
Churchill was wise.
ReplyDeleteI don't think a round bed would fit in my bedroom. Unless it was a very small round bed. Maybe I need a round bedroom?
You're on to something here.
The round bed reminds me of Quagmire. Giggity giggity.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure where I would put the side tables and lamps, or exactly what part gets tucked in. I can't stand it when tucked gets untucked!
ReplyDeleteyou just blew my mind with your square puritan theory.
ReplyDelete1) I imagine most beds are rectangular because the shape of a human being is normally rectangular.
ReplyDelete2) Even if you had a circular bed, I feel like it would have to be pretty big to be a real circle, and not an oval. Also, it would be easier to fall off a circular bed, since it doesn't just "end" like in a pre-Columbus world. You could be rolling over in your sleep, thinking you have more area, but your butt is confused and your head and legs have nowhere to go.
what does it say about you if you prefer to sleep in the couch?
ReplyDeleteI want a rhombus bed with Isosceles triangle pillows along with a Jedi Penguin Comforter!
ReplyDeleteI don't give a shit what shape my bed is....as long as I have room....oh, and my hubby keeps the snoring on HIS side.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of a circular bed. One could never get up on the wrong side of bed anymore.
ReplyDeletexoRobyn