Pickles by Brian Crane for January 07, 2014

Nice colour.

I never heard of a duvet.

I used to think that a comforter was a fancy name for a girl who charged by the hour.

Earl’s right…cause that’s not a duvet! (See yesterday’s strip discussion). A duvet is much bulkier, more like what used to be called an “eiderdown.”Interesting that in Dickens’ day, the word “comforter” was used to describe a woolen scarf, the kind you wrap around your neck in winter.But language does funny things, a word can mean different things in different areas of the same country. An elderly friend of mine from the SE US made handwoven woolen blankets on a loom, and called them both “comforter” and “quilt.”She never used the word “blanket.”

Still a blanket.

When I was growing up, everybody just called them “the covers”. Fancy-schmancy words like “blanket”, “bedspread”, “comforter”, “duvet” were for pretentious foreigners.

A “duvet” is really like a pillow case for your comforter! It is open on one end and you wriggle the comforter inside and button or zip the end shut…it’s to keep the comforter clean.

Until I met my wife I had never heard of a pillow sham. Just a fancy pillow that you aren’t allowed to use. So why are they there, then? Apparently, for looks. Wouldn’t want a burgler to sneak in while we were away and see an ordinary bed!

Anything with a French name is always more expensive.

Earl learned the code..It reminds me of Desperate Housewives episode in which children were not told if they were in the advanced, regular or slow class. Gabrielle simply looked at the homework difficulty and figured it out.School officials panicked, “SHE’S BROKEN THE CODE!!!”

Glad I live in a climate where duvets, comforters, and heavy blankets are unnecessary. Pillow shams and those silly ruffles that go around the bottom mattress are popular, though Lord knows why.As long as the sheets are clean and the mattress firm, that’s all I care about.

Man, Earl hit the nail on the head…

Nasty cat.

This strip is WAY funnier when cow-pie head isn’t in it. LOL

DavidHuieGreen: One of my French professors, who studied in Paris in the “Moveable Feast” days, said the French called them frites americanne. The originated in Belgium.

“Comforter” sounds better…

xxx

Must have “hospital corners”.

Do like I do and don’t tuck your side in.

Smart man! Stay away from French words!

I finally found out what a duvet was when I started working for QVC. It is a cover for a comforter.