Posted by
GeorgeBruno on Monday, August 03, 2009 10:56:58 PM
I'm listening to conservative talk radio like I usually do during the day while I am driving and I hear a Select Comfort commercial. You know, the one they call "The Sleep Number Bed"
Then I hear Bill Bennett, God bless'em, reading the script thrust upon him. I don't think this was his language, but he says "You can have one level of firmness, and your sleeping partner can have another." Sleeping Partner? What the heck is that? (tongue in cheek). I could be wrong, but I guess that's the conservatives way of saying guy or gal-pal.
Boy ...we've really come far from Ricky and Lucy having separate beds havent we?
If that very technology and radio ad were done in the 50's or 60's, the term used would be "wife" or "spouse". But now we are way past the prudish era. We are way past the sexual revolution. Now it is just out there...with no excuse. The post...post sexual revolution. The FWB era. You know, FWB...Friends With Benefits....and I don't think those benefits are referring to medical, dental, and tuition reinmbursement either.
I do remember when the term "partner" was being used. That referred to someone (implied) that you were living with or dating or shacking up with on occasion. Everybody knew it. Yeah, intimacy was probably part of it...but there was also some implied committment somehow, someway.
God forbid that you have just a plain old mattress. You need Select Comfort so your "Sleeping Partner" can have a good night sleep too.
God forbid your "sleeping partner" comes over and sees that their "35 sleep number" side of the bed is now a 42. Things could really get hairy now. Forget about trying to hide the toothbrush, comb the blonde hair out of the brunettes brush, and quickly hide that stray garment. Whatever happened to the good ole' days of non-committment and how easy it was to keep things organized. Now the philanderer has to remember what partner has what number.
I can just picture the partner saying "When I left on Sunday morning, my side of the bed was a 35. Now it's a 42. Who was here? Who was sleeping on my side of the bed?! Who is he/she?!
You: Uhhh..there was a slow leak in the bed.
Them: A leak that went UP?!
NOW...you have to remember the sleep number of your Saturday "sleep partner" and make sure that your Wednesday night "sleep partner" doesnt see their number.
Geesh...technology makes things so difficult these days.
Reason #5,472 for celibacy in 2009!