What do you call your hot water bottle?

[Gabez]

Winter is nearly over (in the Northern hemisphere), but the nights are still cold.

 

According to Wikipedia, hot water bottles are popular in "developing countries" and "the United Kingdom," though apparently they are rising stars in Japan as well.

 

Speaking personally, my hot water bottle is, quite simply, a necessity for at least four months of the year. However, I have noticed a great variety of attitudes to hot water bottles, and names that people give them.

 

Some people don't even use hot water bottles! This is a great shame; they are missing out on a lovely bedtime treat.

 

I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on the matter.

[Astor]

I picked the last option, even though I don't share my bed with a 'real live person'.

 

I do, however, share my bed (with a thicker quilt for winter) with a Dog and a very large Cat.

[leXX]

Even though I am indeed English, I am very much ashamed to say that I have never used a hot water bottle. Feel free to stone me for blasphemy.

[Gabez]

I think dogs and cats count as a real live person. They certainly produce a good level of heat.

 

leXX: never? Not even as a child? :~ What about your own children?

 

For anyone who hasn't tried a hot water bottle, find one, fill it with boiling water, and secrete it under your covers tonight -- you'll never look back!

[jrrtoken]

In my country, we can't afford hot water bottles.

 

Then again, we can't even afford water.

[acdcfanbill]

I'm one of those weird people who owns a blanket. 5 minutes of sheet coolness followed by a whole night of warmth. Crazy huh?

[mimartin]

I thought hot water bottles were only used by the very old. I remember my great-aunt having one, but she was like 90.

 

Of course on the Texas Gulf Coast it doesn’t get that cold. We have a large warm water bottle a few miles away called the Gulf of Mexico.

[Mav]

wtf is a hot water bottle?

[Q]

Two words: down comforter.

[Ser'eck]

Last option.

 

Being married comes with benefits!

[JesusIsGonnaOwnSatan]

I have used hot water bottles for quite a few years when i was a kid. I just called it my hot water bottle.

 

After using it to warm my back, i'd always stick it down at my feet. (man, the neck used to get magma hot.. could really singe you if you're not careful). It was always quite cold by morning, but i always kicked it away in my sleep.

 

Nowadays, i relinquish any moisture in my body and irradiate myself with an electric blanket. i call it: my electric blanket.

[Drunkside]

I have a blanket! And i get so hot under it every single night that i dont even use the whole piece of cloth... Even though its -20> degrees celcius during nighttime. Not inside our house.

[K_Kinnison]

I have never used a hot water bottle. I keep the heat on (or turned down), and even like to bundle underneath several handmade quilts. Even my cat likes to burrow underneath the covers when he sleeps

[Pho3nix]

Heck, I'm Finnish and I've never used one

[Gabez]

Wow, I'm really shocked that so many people don't use hot water bottles!

 

It's not just about warmth, you know: I like to hug mine (in a protective cloth covering) as I fall asleep. It's a teddy bear for grown ups.

 

Electric blankets: this is a subject that terrifies me. The danger of wetting the bed and electrocuting myself would make me so tense that I would wet the bed and electrocute myself.

[Gurges-Ahter]

This is totally foreign to me - I'm trying to decide if those who said they do use it are joking or not. I sleep with the fan on and rarely use any blankets.

[Pho3nix]

It's not just about warmth, you know: I like to hug mine (in a protective cloth covering) as I fall asleep. It's a teddy bear for grown ups.

You need a woman bro

[Jae Onasi]

I have a man in bed with me every night, and sometimes my cat decides to warm up on top of us.

We use heating pads over here in the US, and they're waterproof, so no electrocution worries.

[Trench]

I like to stick it to Al Gore and his goons. Heater and a light blanket works for me.

[Jeff]

This is the best poll LF has ever seen.

 

Though I admit I didn't even know what you were talking about when I read the poll and wondered if you actually drank hot water. Maybe I will try it out tonight.

[ChAiNz.2da]

I have tricked a real live person to share a bed with me and they absorb my heat like a parasite.

 

Can you even still buy one in the states?

Haven't seen one in gawdz knows how long...

 

As for me, I'm one of those odd people that generate an exorbitant amount of body heat.. nothing more than a sheet and barely that at times.. otherwise it gets way too toasty.

 

The better-half and my cats don't complain though, seems *I'm* their proverbial water bottle

[Te Darasuum Mandalor]

I live on the sun! LOL

[mimartin]

Maybe I will try it out tonight.

Get one with one of those special attachment.

 

Pick up anything on the floor between you and the bathroom first.

[Hallucination]

As for me, I'm one of those odd people that generate an exorbitant amount of body heat.. nothing more than a sheet and barely that at times.. otherwise it gets way too toasty.

I wish I were like that, I've been told a few times that I feel like death.

 

@Topic: I use blankets and the fetal position as needed.

[jawathehutt]

I live on the top floor of my dorm. Even with the window open it still sometimes feels like the middle of summer despite being winter in Wisconsin. Aint physics grand! And when that fails I have a slanket. Snuggies for cool people.