# Sleeping in a bath tub? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986 "2002-12-06T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/21 "2002-12-07T15:33:45Z")
> [@](#): > > All we get here are hand sized huntsmen spiders :eek: [makes mental note never to move to Brisbane] [or the South Pacific] ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/22 "2002-12-07T17:41:21Z")
I have occasionally slept in bath tubs (usually the old large kind) and found them markedly more comfortable than hardwood floors especially during the summer when they are one of the coolest things in the house. And if you have to go to the toilet to either relieve yourself or throw up it is very convieniently located to the toilet. Perhaps the biggest negative is that people can come in and use the facilities provided by the host’s house and if they don’t know you’re there, it can provide for some surprise meetings. Although I must mention that a friend of mine met his future bride when he was sacked out in the tub and she began using the toilet. I suppose that after that beginning any relationship has to improve. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/23 "2002-12-07T18:39:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EarthStation \* > \*\*I slept in a tub once, but I was too drunk to make it back to bed. \*\* You ain’t the only one. . . At a friend’s party, I passed out on the front sidewalk, and they carried me in and put me in the tub. They got pictures. They got pictures of me cuddling up with a bottle of shampoo as a pillow. Fun times. . . Tripler Up until the pictures made their way to our graduation slideshow! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/24 "2002-12-07T18:54:12Z")
I slept in the bathtub once after doing some mescaline and drinking a bunch of Canadian Mist. It was actually quite comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/25 "2002-12-07T19:07:01Z")
Norwegian Wood = Norwegian Penis? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/26 "2002-12-07T19:08:55Z")
No, ratatoskK, norwegian wood was British slang for marijuana ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/27 "2002-12-07T20:24:51Z")
He: “I’ve got wood.” She: “Norway!” (So spank me.) ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/28 "2002-12-08T02:13:38Z")
Because those old movies were: “fiction”. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/29 "2002-12-08T11:29:03Z")
I’ve slept in the tub a time or two myself. Never because of drunkeness, however. Twice, the tub was much preferred over the skagnasty floor - so bad you wouldn’t even want your _dog_ to sleep on the floor. The other times the tub was choice rather than sleep in the same room as someone who snored louder than a bloody chainsaw! Any time we travelled as a kid and stayed in a motel, I always chose the tub over the bed. At least it was in another room, the door could be closed, the snoring a bit quieter, and I was first in the shower in the morning. Tubs aren’t too bad. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/30 "2002-12-08T12:24:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*:eek: > [makes mental note never to move to Brisbane] \*\* When my dad was young, and working in sub-tropical Brisbane, fresh from Sydney, he said that on his first night in a rented flat, he soaked some washing in the bath tub. Next morning, he found a pair of underpants motoring up and down the length of the tub at a fair rate of knots. As you do. Turns out a large frog had come in through the window, and was just having a bit o’ fun. As for the dinner plate sized spiders, I’ve never had one drop on my head, but having one scuttle across the ceiling of the car, and down the windscreen isn’t a lot of fun when you’re negotiating a steep, winding mountain pass. That’s happened to me. Huntsmen spiders are cool. Scary mothers, but harmless. Good Yank-freakin’ material. Gawd, I love Australia. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/31 "2002-12-08T13:45:30Z")
**TheLoadedDog:** my post makes it sound like I’ve never seen a hunstsman. I should have said that enormous _really scary_ spiders have a particular liking for my bathtub. I don’t know whether you’ve seen a fully grown female white-tailed spider (Lampona Cylindrata). They’re bigger than a male Sydney funnel web. The first time I saw one in the tub, I tried to just sort of bat it lightly with a fly swatter. It attacked the fly swatter. I slammed the fly swatter down hard enough that the spider was cut in half. The front half continued to rear itself up and threated the fly swatter. Scared the crap out of me. Now, whenever I see one, it’s smash first, ask questions later. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/32 "2002-12-08T18:22:36Z")
Spiders got **tails !!!** ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/33 "2002-12-09T04:19:00Z")
wait wait wait, isn’t Ikea Sweedish? Slightly back on topic, is the reason spiders are found in the tub is that they come up from the drainpipe or are they drinking water pooled at the bottom of the tub? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/34 "2002-12-09T05:15:24Z")
I think they just fall in, and then can’t get out again. White tailed spiders and huntsman spiders are both hunting spiders. They don’t use webs to catch prey, they prowl around looking for it. I guess if they prowl too close to the edge of the tub, in they go. Mind you, I’ve never seen a huntsman trapped in the tub. Maybe that’s just luck, or maybe their feet work better and they can climb out. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/35 "2002-12-09T05:28:53Z")
Come to think of it, huntsman spiders probably _do_ have better feet. I’ve often seen them walking on windows, but I can’t recall having seen a white tailed spider to that. ---
**Author:** ![ForbiddenFruitsalad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@ForbiddenFruitsalad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForbiddenFruitsalad)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/36 "2002-12-09T06:08:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blueapple \* > **wait wait wait, isn’t Ikea Sweedish?** IKEA is, or at least was originally, a Swedish company. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/37 "2002-12-09T06:22:47Z")
The IKEA thing was just a throw away line. It doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. The room couldn’t have been filled with Scandinavian furniture, or he wouldn’t have “noticed there wasn’t a chair”. It was just a joke, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/38 "2002-12-09T06:33:31Z")
And BTW, I realise that Paul did claim that it was about cheap pine furniture. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986/39 "2002-12-09T12:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ForbiddenFruitsalad \* > IKEA is, or at least was originally, a Swedish company. It is indeed very much a Swedish company and Norway has nothing to do with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-in-a-bath-tub/140986.md?page=1)