Comments on: Nothing Really Mattress http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 23:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069314 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069314 <blockquote>it belongs in the garbage</blockquote> Enough with the sanctimonious Posturepedic-ing! (Where's Airpillo when you actually need him? There's a fella that knows how to keep his Tempur-Pedic.)

it belongs in the garbage

Enough with the sanctimonious Posturepedic-ing!

(Where’s Airpillo when you actually need him? There’s a fella that knows how to keep his Tempur-Pedic.)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069322 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069322 <blockquote>Funny slogan or not, it belongs in the garbage.</blockquote> You have a trash can large enough to hold a mattress? It's sitting on the sidewalk waiting for trash pick-up.

Funny slogan or not, it belongs in the garbage.

You have a trash can large enough to hold a mattress? It’s sitting on the sidewalk waiting for trash pick-up.

]]> By: jonobo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1070611 jonobo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1070611 This stuck in my brain, so i got up this morning and created a RL-Comment on a mattress on my street: NOTHING ELSE MATTRESS Photos over here: http://motherbyte.com/nothing_really_mattress/everything_mattress.html This stuck in my brain, so i got up this morning and created a RL-Comment on a mattress on my street:

NOTHING ELSE MATTRESS

Photos over here:
http://motherbyte.com/nothing_really_mattress/everything_mattress.html

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069602 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069602 I'm just a bed bug, nobody loves me. He's just a bed bug, from the Cimicidae family, spare him his life from this mattressity. I’m just a bed bug, nobody loves me.

He’s just a bed bug, from the Cimicidae family, spare him his life from this mattressity.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069094 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069094 Are you Serta? Are you Serta?

]]> By: Spencer Cross http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069096 Spencer Cross Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069096 I've seen a different photo of the same thing written on another mattress. It's the "'Please Wash Me' on a dirty car" of the 2010's. I’ve seen a different photo of the same thing written on another mattress. It’s the “‘Please Wash Me’ on a dirty car” of the 2010′s.

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069608 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069608 Hey New York Cityzens! I just got a $100 fine for tossing out a box spring bc it was not wrapped/bagged in plastic. So, just in case you plan on throwing one out in the near future find a bag...a really, really, really big bag. Hey New York Cityzens!

I just got a $100 fine for tossing out a box spring bc it was not wrapped/bagged in plastic. So, just in case you plan on throwing one out in the near future find a bag…a really, really, really big bag.

]]> By: yepmatt http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069100 yepmatt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069100 In lay terms, it's existentialism, but to be more philosophically precise, it's actually bedbug nihilism. In lay terms, it’s existentialism, but to be more philosophically precise, it’s actually bedbug nihilism.

]]> By: ihakes http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069101 ihakes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069101 Mad this dyslexia, I cannot dear. Mad this dyslexia, I cannot dear.

]]> By: spocko http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069102 spocko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069102 Nobody's a Perfect Sleeper. With the exception of Joey Heatherton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYDwMm8Ud_s Nobody’s a Perfect Sleeper. With the exception of Joey Heatherton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYDwMm8Ud_s

]]> By: hallpass http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069359 hallpass Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069359 This reminds me of finding a washing machine in the woods while mountain biking that had "Be the agitator" spray painted on the side. It became a rallying cry for a small group of friends. Also, Rob Cockerham's Levitra couch discovery (prank?). http://www.cockeyed.com/science/levitra/levitra01.html This reminds me of finding a washing machine in the woods while mountain biking that had “Be the agitator” spray painted on the side. It became a rallying cry for a small group of friends.
Also, Rob Cockerham’s Levitra couch discovery (prank?).
http://www.cockeyed.com/science/levitra/levitra01.html

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069105 BDiamond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069105 But is it Queen-sized? But is it Queen-sized?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069364 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069364 Very pillowsophical Very pillowsophical

]]> By: bobk http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069369 bobk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069369 They must have it pretty soft. They've been featherbedding for too long. Lying down is unbelievable. They must have it pretty soft. They’ve been featherbedding for too long. Lying down is unbelievable.

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069630 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069630 Anyone can sleep. Nothing really mattress... to ZZZZZZZ. Anyone can sleep. Nothing really mattress… to ZZZZZZZ.

]]> By: Quiet Wyatt http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069376 Quiet Wyatt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069376 What if the sanitation dept. won't pick up anything left on the curb that *doesn't* fit inside one's personal dumpster, or sealed in a trash bag sitting beside it? And what if charity orgs won't take mattresses in any condition? Advice? What if the sanitation dept. won’t pick up anything left on the curb that *doesn’t* fit inside one’s personal dumpster, or sealed in a trash bag sitting beside it? And what if charity orgs won’t take mattresses in any condition? Advice?

]]> By: burritoflats http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069124 burritoflats Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069124 I guess someone was just throwing cushion to the wind I guess someone was just throwing cushion to the wind

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069130 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069130 I prefer my own version of the "please wash me" original. Tlahuiz. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150103986695798&set=o.113997915287366&theater I prefer my own version of the “please wash me” original.
Tlahuiz.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150103986695798&set=o.113997915287366&theater

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069388 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069388 <blockquote>Advice?</blockquote> Consult your local mattress store. Often, if you buy a bed, they'll take your old bed away for recycling. But even if you aren't in the market to buy, if you catch a nice salesperson on a slow day and explain your quandary, he or she might be inclined to point you to a useful way to dispose of the old mattress. Besides, you might thereby end up being suitably impressed by their helpfulness and more likely to shop there when you <b>are</b> in the market.

Advice?

Consult your local mattress store. Often, if you buy a bed, they’ll take your old bed away for recycling. But even if you aren’t in the market to buy, if you catch a nice salesperson on a slow day and explain your quandary, he or she might be inclined to point you to a useful way to dispose of the old mattress. Besides, you might thereby end up being suitably impressed by their helpfulness and more likely to shop there when you are in the market.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069137 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069137 Photo by Trixie BEDlam. Oh you... Photo by Trixie BEDlam. Oh you…

]]> By: Boondocker http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069393 Boondocker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069393 10 years ago, I was a poor guy traveling in Australia. I needed a mattress, saw one on the street, and judged the one chewed-on corner to be less of a flaw than a feature. I took it home to my rented, furniture-free apartment (I'd been sleeping on three couch cushions wrapped in a bedsheet to that point) and used it for a couple of months. I <i>shudder</i> to think of that now. 10 years ago, I was a poor guy traveling in Australia. I needed a mattress, saw one on the street, and judged the one chewed-on corner to be less of a flaw than a feature. I took it home to my rented, furniture-free apartment (I’d been sleeping on three couch cushions wrapped in a bedsheet to that point) and used it for a couple of months.

I shudder to think of that now.

]]> By: Tristan http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069155 Tristan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069155 Someone had one of these in my neighborhood as well. Thought it was rather comical at the time. http://twitpic.com/2co2yp Someone had one of these in my neighborhood as well. Thought it was rather comical at the time.

http://twitpic.com/2co2yp

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069411 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069411 "What if the sanitation dept. won't pick up anything left on the curb that *doesn't* fit inside one's personal dumpster, or sealed in a trash bag sitting beside it? And what if charity orgs won't take mattresses in any condition? Advice?" Hire/rent a truck and take it to the landfill yourself? Hire/rent a moving company to take it to the landfill? Call city hall or county administration and ask them wtf? Set it on fire and let the F.D. deal with it (or not)? Put it over on your neighbor's property? Just leave it out there on the curb? Move away? I guess the option I'd try first would be #3 “What if the sanitation dept. won’t pick up anything left on the curb that *doesn’t* fit inside one’s personal dumpster, or sealed in a trash bag sitting beside it? And what if charity orgs won’t take mattresses in any condition? Advice?”

Hire/rent a truck and take it to the landfill yourself?
Hire/rent a moving company to take it to the landfill?
Call city hall or county administration and ask them wtf?
Set it on fire and let the F.D. deal with it (or not)?
Put it over on your neighbor’s property?
Just leave it out there on the curb?
Move away?

I guess the option I’d try first would be #3

]]> By: Jamie Sue http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069158 Jamie Sue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069158 Did I just experience spiritual enlightenment? Or is that a bite? Did I just experience spiritual enlightenment? Or is that a bite?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069167 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069167 Damn, came in here to make the "Queen-sized" joke and was beaten to it. Damn, came in here to make the “Queen-sized” joke and was beaten to it.

]]> By: StevieB http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069176 StevieB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069176 Ha!:) Ha!:)

]]> By: j.black http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069182 j.black Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069182 I saw one of these in Brighton, UK last July -- o' the humanity! I saw one of these in Brighton, UK last July — o’ the humanity!

]]> By: M Ridenour http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069962 M Ridenour Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069962 Is that a Jean-Paul Serta? Is that a Jean-Paul Serta?

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069203 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069203 ...Anyone can see. Nothing really mattress to meeeeeeeeee... …Anyone can see. Nothing really mattress to meeeeeeeeee…

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/29/nothing-really-mattr.html#comment-1069208 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1069208 I can't believe someone ruined a perfectly good mattress when there are children in Uzbekistan sleeping on piles of goat dung. Damn hipsters. I can’t believe someone ruined a perfectly good mattress when there are children in Uzbekistan sleeping on piles of goat dung. Damn hipsters.

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