You lot probably think I spend all day here in my pyjamas tapping out rubbish highly intelligent analyses of world affairs but you would be wrong. I have certain household duties to attend to and God help me if I fail to do them! One of them is changing the beds as and when required, and that of course, entails changing the duvet covers. Thus, at regular intervals I enter a duvet wrestling competition in which the best of three falls wins the day and, shamefully, I must confess that usually the duvet wins.
However, all that is nearly at an end because riding over the horizon to my rescue comes the splendid Ms. Joyce Bert:
This lady, who came originally from Kenya, has a young son and thus is well aquainted with the difficulties of changing duvet-covers, but unlike me, a mere male from England, she is actually intelligent and after applying her intelligence she came up with - the 3-button-sided duvet cover! In my book that puts her up there with Einstein and Bohr. If only all Kenyan expatriates had her brains!
Does your wife have a bed skirt to hide the frame of the bed that keeps getting tangled when you tuck in the sheets? That was the first thing I got rid of. That, and the 10 pillows of different shapes and colors scattered over the top of the bed. After that, the duvet cover went. We just use the comforter and then once every year or two we get it dry-cleaned.
Now about those shoes she keeps buying ...
Posted by: Dom | Thursday, 26 August 2010 at 14:56
Yes, Dom, and the spare bed has those storage drawers underneath and trying to open them whilst tucking the 'bed-skirt' under your chin whilst reaching for the item which is, of course, right at the back . . . and so on ad infinitum and nauseum!
I sincerely hope Ms. Bert makes a fortune.
Posted by: David Duff | Thursday, 26 August 2010 at 15:03
Great idea but a little too late! I bought a duvet cover with a zip round 3 sides about 18 months ago and wouldnt be without it! I can change my kingsize duvet all on my own which is amazing, especially as I don't have height on my side :-) Its made by All Zipped Up.
Jenny, Downham Market
Posted by: Rob | Saturday, 28 August 2010 at 17:14
OK, Rob, I want you to have my babies!
I've just checked their website and whilst I know more about quantum physics than I do about duvet cover prices, they seem a tad expensive. Still, I'll run it past the little 'Memsahib' and see what she says.
Posted by: David Duff | Saturday, 28 August 2010 at 17:47
If only all Kenyan expatriates had her brains!
If only all Brit expats weren't a cultural bore...
Posted by: v | Friday, 03 September 2010 at 11:21
'V', if only my commenters would write correct English grammar; your subject was plural but your description was singular. Nor am I an "expat", thank God, although some Brits do think we're a bit odd down here in the West Country. However, I grant you that I may occasionally be a "a bore". Oh, alright then, frequently!
Posted by: David Duff | Friday, 03 September 2010 at 14:33