# I hope both sides of your pillow are warm **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184 "2025-06-04T02:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/1 "2025-06-04T02:58:42Z")
What does that mean. Spotted in a post where someone was complaining about another person. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/2 "2025-06-04T03:02:14Z")
Most people find a warm pillow uncomfortable, especially in summer. If you flip a pillow over, the other side is usually cooler. It would be disappointing to find boths sides of a pillow warm. So wishing this on someone is to want them to be uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/3 "2025-06-04T03:21:36Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If you flip a pillow over, the other side is usually cooler. Yup, in a warm room that can be so relaxing. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/4 "2025-06-04T04:13:17Z")
Love the cold pillow side. The Mostest! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/5 "2025-06-04T05:10:49Z")
A similar sentiment shared these days is “I hope you step on a LEGO.” ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/6 "2025-06-04T05:15:59Z")
No, not equal. Stepping on a Lego brick is infinitely worse. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/7 "2025-06-04T05:36:11Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Most people find a warm pillow uncomfortable, especially in summer. If you flip a pillow over, the other side is usually cooler. It would be disappointing to find boths sides of a pillow warm. So wishing this on someone is to want them to be uncomfortable. That’s how I would interpret it. The late Stuart Scott, who was a sportscaster for ESPN, used to use the term “cool as the other side of the pillow” to describe athletes who were calm under pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/8 "2025-06-04T05:58:23Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bf6HhkhL7DU/hqdefault.jpg "Family Guy: The Cool Side Of The Pillow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf6HhkhL7DU) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/9 "2025-06-04T09:43:22Z")
Ugh. The warm side is the good side. Summer, winter doesn’t matter. The worst part of going to bed is giving up body heat trying to warm the bed up to a comfortable temperature. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/10 "2025-06-04T12:08:55Z")
Huh. You’re probably in the minority in that regard about the cool side of the pillow. It absolutely is the best side! But, yes, regarding “I hope both sides of your pillow are warm,” as stated, it’s basically a sardonic malediction. It would be in the same sort of spirit as “I hope you bite into a raisin cookie thinking it’s chocolate chip” or “I hope you always hit a red light when you’re in a hurry.” Like that. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/11 "2025-06-04T12:48:29Z")
Ugh, indeed. Cool pillow, warm bed. I keep a spare pillow getting cooled from the air conditioning so I can swap them out every time I roll over. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/12 "2025-06-04T13:26:11Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It would be in the same sort of spirit as “I hope you bite into a raisin cookie thinking it’s chocolate chip” or “I hope you always hit a red light when you’re in a hurry.” See also: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RiBYhHlJmIo/maxresdefault.jpg "May the Bird of Paradise (Fly Up Your Nose)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiBYhHlJmIo) ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/13 "2025-06-04T13:50:13Z")
I remember hearing a radio ad some time back where some guy with the smoothest voice (like a true jazz cat) was going on about some service and his closer: “as cool as the other side of the pillow.” I liked that expression. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/14 "2025-06-04T16:13:26Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > some guy with the smoothest voice (like a true jazz cat) was going on about some service and his closer: “as cool as the other side of the pillow.” Sounds familiar 😉 > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The late Stuart Scott, who was a sportscaster for ESPN, used to use the term “cool as the other side of the pillow” to describe athletes who were calm under pressure. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/15 "2025-06-04T16:29:15Z")
I’m with you. Everyone else is crazy. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/16 "2025-06-04T16:29:44Z")
I guess that might be where he got it. Or maybe folks have been saying it for ages…it’s still an awesome phrase! ---
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/17 "2025-06-04T17:03:33Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > I guess that might be where he got it The first time I heard it was by Gary Mccord on a CBS golf broadcast in the late 80s. I think it goes back a way. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/18 "2025-06-04T19:53:32Z")
I know Scott definitely popularized the phrase, but I vaguely remember him saying that it was an homage to a pioneer black sportscaster. Other cites have him claiming that he made it up himself so that memory might be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/19 "2025-06-05T00:49:06Z")
Yeah, LSLGuy is pretty awesome and spot on most of the time, but pooped the palliase on this one! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184/20 "2025-06-05T00:56:42Z")
I was born cold and will die cold. The tropics and deserts are almost warm enough for me. @puzzlegal accused me of being a lizard person and she’s not far wrong. 'tis a curse. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-both-sides-of-your-pillow-are-warm/1019184.md?page=2)