OK, so I’m getting ready for work this morning and I stop the program I’ve recorded on my DVR and the tuner goes to the informercial running on the channel I’d been watching earlier. It’s a pitch for some Miracle Foam mattress, and the last thing I hear before switching it off is a claim to the effect that the Wall Street Journal had reported that over 10 years a mattress would double its weight by the leavings of dust mites.
Now I thought that was a crazy claim and was certain that it wasn’t true. But, I was curious as to what the Wall Street Journal may have actually written that would have led these mattress merchants to make such a claim. So, I made plans to post to the SDMB and ask when I got into work.
However, knowing that Google is my friend and not willing to risk the wrath of my fellow Dopers, I searched “dust mites” and “Wall Street Journal” before I created my post. Imagine my delight when the first search result was this .
So now I just want to say…Thank you Straight Dope. You have increased my knowledge in countless ways. It’s good to know that no matter what bizarre question my fevered mind conjures, there’s a solid resource I can turn to for the answer.
