In metric land we simply state the size of the mattress. I've got a 160cm wide and 220cm long bed, for example.
Length is typically 200cm, but sometimes I encounter 190cm beds in hotels (which are too short for me, as I'm 1,92m tall). 220cm beds are extra long (and mine was 200x220 before I cut the aluminum profiles to reduce it to 160x220 after I divorced)
Note how we also measure humans in meters and beds in centimeters, but it's just a matter of a decimal point/comma.
14 Comments
deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 2y
In Alaska, the whole family sleeps in the same bed to stay warm.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
"Super Single" lol
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
With the character pictured crying in the foetal position haha.
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
Of course all the needlessly, wastefully large sizes are named after American states.
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
Are any of these even used outside the US except Queen?
PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Nobody outside the US knows because of the stupid units.
Freeman@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 2y
So true. Also I have never heard of so many different sizes. I think there are max. 4 different sizes for a single, adult person.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
I guess not everything is bigger in Texas. Alaska said hold my pillow.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y
There's an old joke about that to piss off Texans. If Alaska was split in half, Texas would be the third largest state.
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 2y
Is there a metric version?
froh42@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
In metric land we simply state the size of the mattress. I've got a 160cm wide and 220cm long bed, for example.
Length is typically 200cm, but sometimes I encounter 190cm beds in hotels (which are too short for me, as I'm 1,92m tall). 220cm beds are extra long (and mine was 200x220 before I cut the aluminum profiles to reduce it to 160x220 after I divorced)
Note how we also measure humans in meters and beds in centimeters, but it's just a matter of a decimal point/comma.
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I wish I had a room in my home that could fit an Alaska king
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 3 pts · 2y
Wrong. Alaska King is 9' x 9'.
lemonmelon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Yup, the one listed as "Alaska king" is actually an "XL family bed". It's two California kings wide.