It’s an afghan that my mom crocheted for my husband, as a birthday gift a few years ago.
It’s warm and fuzzy, and if you cover up with it, you’re guaranteed to be sound asleep inside of 20 minutes.
So far, the only people I’ve known that can resist the energy-sucking properties of this afghan are children under the age of six. My children love to cuddle under the afghan, but after a few minutes, the afghan starts to get spazzy and runs around the house on it’s own. It then attatches itself to a larger person, drains the energy out of him/her, and settles back down to normal.
My couch seems to have some of these properties, too. But the couch is a bit tougher–my almost 4-year-old daughter enjoys a good nap on the couch, but my 15-month-old son is completely impervious to the energy drain.
I have one myself, and I am mildly ashamed of it. It is an old Spider Man blanket that my mom bought me when I was a kid, but it must be the warmest thing on the planet. My wife hates it, but it does keep those tootsies warm on a cold ::snicker:: Houston night.
We always keep a couple of BIG comforters by the sofa, and I’ve been known, on a quiet Saturday or Sunday afternoon in the fall or winter, to quite literally disappear under one of them and snooze away. Makes for a wonderful nap. (My eyes are getting heavy at the mere thought.)
Has the same effect on my wife, but you can still see her head above the blanket when she’s zonked out.
Like in your house, under the influence of my son, these same comforters turn into lethal weapons.
Mmmm, yes, it’s fleece and it has a unicorn on it and it is the softest, warmest thing ever…the energy-sucking effect is pronounced and what’s more, it works on cats and dogs, too! Had to give my dog her own fleece blanket to keep her off ours!
My boyfriend has what we like to call “The Death Couch.” It’s composed of big, soft velvet pillows on a wooden frame, and has to been known to induce light comas in people several floors away. Heaven help you if you actually sit down on it… not that mere sitting is possible, oh no, your ass hits The Death Couch, and you are horizontal within seconds, and asleep before you can say “Hand me the remote.”
I have a Comfy Chair, which can cause spontaneous napping, but even it kneels to The Death Couch.
Hearing about the Death Couch reminds me of The Couch of Eternal Sleep my friends used to be the stewards of (for one cannot own such an entity…)
It was a hideous shade of yellow, but was this lovely faux-velvet material, and incredibly overstuffed. This couch was older than me and all my friends put together I think. Swear to God, that thing emit rays that made all within a 10 mile radius go to sleep. To top it off, it was huge, and could sleep a small army comfortably.
I’d go over to their apartment to study, and without fail, the Couch of Eternal Sleep would always suck me in. Damn, I miss that thing…
I have a recliner that does that to me. Sit down, feet up, lean back, and in no time I am starting to doze off. It works on our cats too. I am forever finding one of them asleep in it.
I also believe that one of our cats has had a partial transfer of power with the chair. She will hop up in you lap and curl up. It tends to make you go to sleep too.