Friday, July 31, 2009

Friday Five - mattress commercials

Who of you regularly entertains guests by serving wine on your mattress?
Anyone bowl in bed? Anyone? Bueller?
Then why on Earth does Tempur-Pedic think I should be impressed with their TV commercial demonstrations of steady bowling pins and level wine glasses? These are not things I deal with on a nightly basis. These things do not keep me up at night.

If Tempur-Pedic wants to sell me a good night's sleep and convince me their mattress is what I need to get it, then they need to show me real-life scenarios. Therefore, here are...
Five things I'd like to see Tempur-Pedic demonstrate...

1) The Sock - I honestly can't believe how much the entire mattress shakes when The Husband puts on socks while sitting on the bed. Show me that. Put a woman on the bed and see how much she gets jostled when a man sits on the edge putting on socks.

2) The Sneeze - Forget the bouncing bowling ball. How many pins stay upright on a mattress when someone sneezes?

3) The Pet - Sure, you no longer have to worry about spilling your drink while your wife jumps up and down in one spot on the bed. But, what happens to your beverage when your dog leaps up for a good morning kiss? Show me that one, Tempur-pedic!

4) The Toilet-Training Toddler - And just how waterproof is that mattress? Hm?

5) ??? - What demonstration do you need to see to prove you'd get a good night's sleep?

10 comments:

Mrs. Who said...

The socks test would do it for me. Who knew socks could be so rowdy??

Dani said...

I'd like to see a mattress that is large enough for me & the cat (forget Dave). I'm not sure how a 12 pound cat takes up a whole Cal-King bed but he does.

Richmond said...

For me I would want to see "the barrier". That special barrier that makes it so I cannot hear the hubby's alarm clock go off every 10 minutes for an hour.

I *hate* snooze buttons...

Anonymous said...

I'd like to see a mattress that doesn't shake while he's stealing the covers. And doesn't shake while I'm stealing them back. Yeah, that'd be a miracle.

Roses said...

Anonymous: If you let up on your grip, the bed doesn't shake so much when he steals the covers. Makes for a smoother transaction.

Roses said...

Richmond: Amen, sista!
Some mornings, I go straight for the outlet. No power for clock, no snooze for man.
Get OUT!

Rave said...

Personally- I'd like a mattress that shakes once in a while....ROFL

DogsDontPurr said...

I once saw an ad for air conditioned mattresses. It was on some funky foreign site, and the price translated into something like $4000 US dollars.

At the time, I thought that was a little over the top, but right now I'm vacationing with family in a house WITHOUT air conditioning....and it's 110 degrees outside!

I'd pay ANYTHING tonight for an air conditioned mattress!!

Thank God we are leaving tomorrow!

Anonymous said...

Roses: If I let my grip up he'll take it all! Can't have that. Can't make it easy for him. Then he'd think he could do that EVERY night.

;P

Shinny said...

I want a mattress that muffles the damn snoring already. Perhaps showing the husband's head slowly sinking into the mattress to be surrounded by the "heavenly" foam with not a peep out of him until morning? That is what I want. Verlo does a pretty good job but still needs more work on that. ;)

I totally set my wine on the bed and dance around, just like on the commercials. NOT! With my nylons on with my nightie too.