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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
Big top, far more fun.
My tub of Horlicks has told me that the origin of "sleep tight" comes from Shakespeare's times when apparently mattresses were laid on ropes tied across the bedframe - you'd pull the ropes tighter to make the mattress firmer.
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Well, the skeptic in me doubts it, as does
World Wide Words, and the cynic in me would never trust the words of anything that has as its sole purpose the nefarious notion of intentionally putting you to sleep.
Drink Horlicks - wake up missing your wallet. You marc my words!
Cheers,
Marc