# Bathropes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251 "2018-03-08T17:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/41 "2018-03-09T14:26:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > How do you change your ‘in’? Does it require surgery? 😉 Only if you want it to out out ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/42 "2018-03-09T15:06:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > How do you change your ‘in’? Does it require surgery? 😉 :smack: Mind in. Gonna stop posting now until after the caffeine kicks in. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/43 "2018-03-09T15:09:13Z")
Jim Gaffigan does a hilarious bit about getting a robe for Christmas. I use to always have a robe. I’d come home from work, change my clothes and don my robe. Now that I think about it, I’m not sure what clothing I’d change into! I don’t think I would have put on pj’s that early. But the robe is what we’d lounge around in. Then, thankfully, loungewear like sweats, flannel pants, etc. came into style. I ditched the robe and never looked back. I haven’t had or worn a robe in 25 years or more. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/44 "2018-03-09T16:01:52Z")
On the chance that the OP is monitoring this thread, it would be helpful to know what material and style you have now that is “uncomfortably warm”. If you are currently wearing a full length, asbestos lined bear skin robe we may be able to help. If your current robe is thigh length light cotton, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/45 "2018-03-09T16:07:23Z")
I ought to buy a bathrobe myself. During the winter sometimes it is too cold in the house right after a bath and I want something absorbent and warm until I warm up and dry off, a role which is currently filled by pjs and/or a sweater. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/46 "2018-03-09T21:57:23Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > On the chance that the OP is monitoring this thread, it would be helpful to know what material and style you have now that is “uncomfortably warm”. If you are currently wearing a full length, asbestos lined bear skin robe we may be able to help. If your current robe is thigh length light cotton, not so much. Hmm it is cotton. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/47 "2018-03-09T22:05:41Z")
Do you live in the tropics? Cotton is supposed to be cool and light. Look for a single layer light weight cotton robe. Non-brushed. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/48 "2018-03-09T22:56:09Z")
I have three silk robes that I love. They’re wonderfully cool in the summer and keep me cozy in the winter, which in Orlando(ish) isn’t that winter-y. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/49 "2018-03-10T02:48:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Decades ago a woman gave me a silk bathrobe. It was fine in the summer. I didn’t really like it, (no absorbency) but for some reason it really turned her on. When we broke up, she kept it!? (I hope accidentally and then was too embarrassed to return it) That’s not a bathrobe: it’s a dressing gown. Or possibly a smoking jacket (although those are often shorter, they don’t have to be). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/50 "2018-03-10T07:38:24Z")
This thread made me smile. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/51 "2018-03-10T11:40:59Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > That’s not a bathrobe: it’s a dressing gown. Or possibly a smoking jacket (although those are often shorter, they don’t have to be). Yes, when she gave it to me she described it as a smoking jacket. I considered it and used it as a bathrobe. Worn while smoking a bowl, I’d likely melt holes all over it. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/52 "2018-03-11T18:34:20Z")
Bamboo isn’t very absorbent, but very cool and light. I have a thick cotton robe for the winter and a bamboo one for warm weather. (I am also disappointed that the actual subject isn’t what was advertised. As to bathropes, I would think that silk would be best. Soft and strong, won’t stretch when wet and pretty light. Cotton would be heavier and rougher against the skin. I would probably avoid hemp as too scratchy.) ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/53 "2018-03-11T19:37:42Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This thread made me smile. So you own a thread-weight bathrope? I’ll bet that’s comfortably cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/54 "2018-03-11T20:56:44Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > That’s not a bathrobe: it’s a dressing gown. I see you’ve played robie-gownie before! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/55 "2018-03-11T21:00:55Z")
The game of dis-robie/un-gownie is more fun.IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/56 "2018-03-12T06:04:56Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > I have one from LL Bean that I love. It’s a sweatshirt material and has a hood. Sort of like what a boxer what would wear, but it’s longer. I went to their website to get a picture but it wasn’t on there anymore. Then why bring it up damn it!? You made me want something I can’t have. :mad: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/57 "2018-03-12T06:19:50Z")
Bamboo in fabric, ropes in baths. WTF? Do we live in the future? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/58 "2018-03-12T09:27:53Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Bamboo isn’t very absorbent They make towels out of it. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/59 "2018-03-12T14:30:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bamboo in fabric, ropes in baths. WTF? Do we live in the future? Not right now you don’t, but it’s always less than a second away. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251/60 "2018-03-12T14:41:52Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > On the chance that the OP is monitoring this thread, it would be helpful to know what material and style you have now that is “uncomfortably warm”. If you are currently wearing a full length, asbestos lined bear skin robe we may be able to help. If your current robe is thigh length light cotton, not so much. You just gave me my first good laugh of the day! Thank you [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathropes/810251.md?page=2)