We tend to see less of certain furry mammals in winter as hibernation occurs, the opposite applies to the common hot water bottle. You are not likely to catch a glimpse of it until the first signs of winter begin to appear. Then, hey presto! There it is at the bottom of the bed
Of course this is nonsense, but I just wanted to highlight that for most of us a hot water bottle is an aesthetically-challenged object. i don’t have a clue when was the last time that I actually went into a shop and bought one. I am sure it would have been a last-minute idea for an elderly relative at Christmas.
As a country we still appear to have an unbreakable link to them. Once we as a nation were ridiculed by a Hungarian born British author called George Mikes. He is quoted as saying in his book ‘How to be an alien’, “Continental people have sex lives, the English have hot water bottles”. Maybe there was an element of truth about the jibe, especially in the days when the designs were extremely dour and limited. These are adjectives that probably match a typical continental view of Anglo Saxon sex.
Hold on a minute! Lots of things are different now. Could it be possible that these things have become ’sexy’? I found a site that other day that stocks many styles and shapes that are different from those that you would normally see. If ever I was looking for unusual gifts to buy, things that you wouldn’t normally find in the high street, this would certainly be the place to start. They have everything here, from buddha statues to retro telephones, and most things in between!
But if you are just concentrating on hot water bottles then my favourite was the cushioned shaped products, like the ‘Giraffe cushion’. All of these looked extremely comfortable, and probably had therapeutic values for those suffering from lower back or neck pain. For the environmentally conscious, they are also manufactured from recyclable material and are guaranteed not to fade.
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