Europhile: C'est ma vie!

Pop! Goes the Weasel / Bed / Whatever. Rearranging Furniture.

Question: If a bed is to be used as a storage facility, such that the top (mattress) opens to reveal storage space, for what reason would one spring-load the blasted thing???

It seems to me – and maybe this is the engineer talking – that gravity is on your side here. You want the mattress to stay down, gravity helps you. You wish to open the compartment? You lift the mattress. It’s not heavy.

But perhaps there is a method behind the madness. Possible reasons I can come up with:

1) Developed by the French during one of many revolutions, this bed allows for quick conversion from “sleeping” mode to “barricade” mode.

2) Spring-loaded mattress allows easy access to the items of marginal importance normally stored underneath a bed (such as: seasonal clothes, boxes, and packing materials).

3) Developed with the moody sleeper in mind, this bed allows the owner to simply roll over and gently lift, thus triggering the springs and jettisoning the unwanted (or snoring) companion directly into the wall.

4) Originally developed by the U.S. Military for military transports, so that soldiers wouldn’t have to wake up in the event of an emergency ejection.

But whatever the reason, it sure makes moving the bed a pain in the arse.

posted by europhile @ 06:02