Do you know what I mean by thread count (talking sheets here)?

[SarahB]

Just curious if gender has any bearing here? :7

[Redstone]

1. I have NO idea what you're talking about,

though I don't think that has to do with my gender, just my obliviousness (or would that be oblivity?).

Redstone

[nosmokes]

5. I am a man and I know what this means. and...?

i can cook and i know how to sew too.. but only cause i made my livin as a stagehand. well, cept for the cookin part. that's cause i like to eat well and impress women.

[MrScorpio]

2. Don't tell me, you're contemplating buying expensive linen

Right?

How much?

[SarahB]

4. No someone else was (more like linen in general).

Then asked for advice about it.

[fortyfeetunder]

3. Yeah and the thread count can be bogus

Consumer Reports had an article on the true meaning of thread counts. Some mfrs will count the number of fibers in a thread to make it look as if a sheet has a high thread count...

For example, sheet has 120 threads actually but there are 2 fibers per thread....therefore looks like a 360 thread count...slick marketing...

A hollowed out log doesn't sound so bad after all...

[bridgit]

6. yup...

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Yes.

But I generally think of it in connection with the fabric of a suit, not that of sheets...

[El Fuego]

8. Ralph Lauren 280 tc blue stripe sheets = HEAVEN!!!

Aaaaahhhh they are wonderful... I've had other so-called high tc sheets before but it's never been like this before...

[SarahB]

9. Nice!

:thumbsup:

[trof]

10. the higher, the softer

[warrens]

30. and the quicker they wear out, too

That's thread count per square inch. To pack 600 threads into an inch, they gotta be really THIN threads. And they wear out much more quickly. Not saying buy muslin, but 200 or 260 is about as high as you should go if you're going to be actually sleeping on them regularly.

For you wealthy prats who have six sets and change them every week or so, never mind.

[xmas74]

11. I always look for thread count.

I don't like to buy really cheap sheets. I want something that will last a long time.
But I am a woman so that might make a difference.

[MrSlayer]

12. I have read "American Psycho" several times so I know all about it.

Bateman was really obsessive about clothing and shit.

[ClintonTyree]

13. I've e been divorced for 25 years now.........

and vowed I'd never marry again. I know more about homemaking than many women.
I will not sleep on ANYTHING under 350 thread count. A man has to make a stand somewhere! ;) Scratchy sheets are a bummer.

[Pale Blue Dot]

14. Is 200 count satisfactory?

I know it's not 250 count or anything, but it is Martha Stewart.

By the way, where do you get talking sheets? :P

[GalleryGod]

15. 800 or nothing,.

Prison sheets ,my man!

[SarahB]

18. It's fine.

Besides, I'd sleep on a burlap sack with you. (Well for a few nights anyway. :P) Then we'll have to crash GOPisEvil's house for his bedding. (Hey David, can we borrow your sheets? :evilgrin:)

Talking sheets! Hee hee! You goofball! :loveya:

[DS1]

16. Yup - just bought me a 300 count fitted sheet for my bed

Eeeegyptian cotton, and shit.

[GOPisEvil]

17. 300+ baby!

:thumbsup:

[Clintmax]

26. Where I work, we sell 600 and get this...

1024 thread count sheets! Holey Moley are they SOFT!!!

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. I'm a man, and I know that the higher the better!

600 minimum for me!

Though actually, I love flannel sheets, and you can't get them in high thread count.

[SarahB]

20. Actually, me too! Flannel is the best!

Would anyone be surprised to know I have pink Laura Ashley ones on right now? :silly:

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. i even use 'em in the summer!

I love my flannel!!

Especially the flannel pillow cases, and I love my flannel comforter cover, whatever the fuck that's called.

[SarahB]

24. A Duvet!

:D

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Yes, that's it!

A duvet!

[Aristus]

22. I am a man, and I know

how happy my wife is when she is laying on 300-thread count sheets. :7 B-)

[Redstone]

23. Aha. I guess I saw your post before you edited it and

actually PUT the poll up where we could see it, as well as the subject of the poll.

So it's not me, after all. For once.

And yes, I know what "thread count" means.

Redstone

[Bombero1956]

25. just bought

500 thread count sheet set today

[Redstone]

29. Smooth.

Redstone

[shanti]

27. check these out

www.frette.com

the rolls royce of linens....