# Sheets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065 "2008-01-18T19:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065/1 "2008-01-18T19:19:22Z")

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How \*does \* one fold a fitted sheet? [http://www.comics.com/comics/ben/index.html](http://www.comics.com/comics/ben/index.html)

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**Author:** ![outside\_artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@outside\_artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outside_artist)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065/2 "2008-01-18T19:24:53Z")

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It seems to me that one doesn’t fold them as much as get them into a shape neat enough not to cause further wrinkling. Once they are out of the package, forget it.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065/3 "2008-01-18T19:27:34Z")

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[BAM!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/catiecake/sets/515142/)

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065/4 "2008-01-18T21:53:53Z")

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Thanks, Zip, another one of life’s mysteries answered! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065/5 "2008-01-19T04:43:48Z")

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Yep, that’s how I do it! My aunt taught me.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheets/434065/6 "2008-01-19T06:01:13Z")

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I’ve found that cats are not helpful for sheet folding.