bed hunting

Dave (DH) and I admitted this weekend that we had to bite the bullet
and fork out for a new bed - our old one (which we've had for more
than 10 years and was second-hand when we got it) is begging to be
retired to the great mattress heaven in the sky.

Like many in this group, we have the perennial problem of the bed
being too small to fit the hoomins in after the cats have made
themselves comfortable, so in a fruitless attempt to restore democracy
in the bed-territory, we decided to go for a king-sized bed. I know
that it probably won't work and that the cats will expand to fit
slightly more than the available space, but we'll give it a go.

Anyhow, Dave came up with a fabulous way to ascertain whether or not
the beds were going to be big enough - take cat-sized stuffed toys and
arrange them about the showroom beds in similar places to where the
cats sleep. Gave me a real good giggle that one - can you imagine the
faces of the sales people if we wandered around the stores armed with
3 large-ish stuffed toys, explaining that it was impractical to bring
the cats themselves.

tee hee

Tish
no, we managed to shop without the aid of both stuffed toys and cats,
so the cats will just have to learn to live with the bed we chose.

in article , Tish S at
wrote on 3/28/04 1:50 AM:

Dave (DH) and I admitted this weekend that we had to bite the bullet
and fork out for a new bed - our old one (which we've had for more
than 10 years and was second-hand when we got it) is begging to be
retired to the great mattress heaven in the sky.

Like many in this group, we have the perennial problem of the bed
being too small to fit the hoomins in after the cats have made
themselves comfortable, so in a fruitless attempt to restore democracy
in the bed-territory, we decided to go for a king-sized bed. I know
that it probably won't work and that the cats will expand to fit
slightly more than the available space, but we'll give it a go.

Anyhow, Dave came up with a fabulous way to ascertain whether or not
the beds were going to be big enough - take cat-sized stuffed toys and
arrange them about the showroom beds in similar places to where the
cats sleep. Gave me a real good giggle that one - can you imagine the
faces of the sales people if we wandered around the stores armed with
3 large-ish stuffed toys, explaining that it was impractical to bring
the cats themselves.

tee hee

Tish
no, we managed to shop without the aid of both stuffed toys and cats,
so the cats will just have to learn to live with the bed we chose.

Somebody needs to make that idea into a mattress commercial!

Karen

"Tish S" wrote

no, we managed to shop without the aid of both stuffed toys and cats,
so the cats will just have to learn to live with the bed we chose.

LOL, but it was such an excellent idea! You should have tested it out for
the benefit of all of us! ;o)

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

ROFLOL!
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Tish S" wrote in message
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snip Anyhow, Dave came up with a fabulous way to ascertain whether or not
the beds were going to be big enough - take cat-sized stuffed toys and
arrange them about the showroom beds in similar places to where the
cats sleep. Gave me a real good giggle that one - can you imagine the
faces of the sales people if we wandered around the stores armed with
3 large-ish stuffed toys, explaining that it was impractical to bring
the cats themselves.

tee hee

Tish
no, we managed to shop without the aid of both stuffed toys and cats,
so the cats will just have to learn to live with the bed we chose.

"Tish S" wrote in message
om...
Anyhow, Dave came up with a fabulous way to ascertain whether or not
the beds were going to be big enough - take cat-sized stuffed toys and
arrange them about the showroom beds in similar places to where the
cats sleep. Gave me a real good giggle that one - can you imagine the
faces of the sales people if we wandered around the stores armed with
3 large-ish stuffed toys, explaining that it was impractical to bring
the cats themselves.
Tish
no, we managed to shop without the aid of both stuffed toys and cats,
so the cats will just have to learn to live with the bed we chose.

Last year I sold 4 kittens to a couple, tragically one was killed by a d*g
at 6 months, they decided to get another 2 kitties and then found that they
had to update their queen size bed for a king size to accommodate the extra
fur babies!!

Lois

Marina wrote:

"Tish S" wrote

no, we managed to shop without the aid of both stuffed toys and cats,
so the cats will just have to learn to live with the bed we chose.

LOL, but it was such an excellent idea! You should have tested it out for
the benefit of all of us! ;o)

Indeed! It sounded like an eminently pratical solution to a problem
many of us have!



--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki