# Is there a name for this action done in the bedroom? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306 "2011-08-19T12:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/21 "2011-08-19T20:08:51Z")
Of course if you live in a hot area and have old-fashioned cooling equipment installed on the ceiling you have to be careful when doing this, or the sheet can hit the fan. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/22 "2011-08-20T13:37:37Z")
In my head I call it “throwing the fleece” because a wool classer taught me how to do it. Out loud, it’s something more sheety. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/23 "2011-08-20T13:57:40Z")
Anyone else toss it up there and then dive under to have it settle over you? ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Luongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chris\_Luongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Luongo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/24 "2011-08-20T14:43:36Z")
Airing out the Dutch Oven? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/25 "2011-08-20T14:46:13Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Anyone else think this thread was going to be about something entirely different? Really. I came in to say “swirling.” Boy, was I disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/26 "2011-08-20T15:09:00Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Anyone else toss it up there and then dive under to have it settle over you? Not unless I want to really annoy myself. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/27 "2011-08-22T14:34:44Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Anyone else toss it up there and then dive under to have it settle over you? I do it to my cats. One of them really likes it (and will run up on the bed when you start making it just so she can get tucked in. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306/28 "2011-08-22T18:45:30Z")
Making bedwinds. Unexplained sniglets of the universe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-action-done-in-the-bedroom/593306.md?page=1)