Why? Because, by a combination of overzealousness and inattention, the cleaning lady flipped our electric blanket. Since I like to remain cool, sometime after midnight I groggily twisted the dial down. This produced no effect on my side of the bed did indeed lower the temperature on my wife’s side. Since She Who Must Be Obeyed prefers by contrast to remain toasty, she groggily twisted her dial up. Which made my side of the bed even warmer, causing me to twist my dial down once again, causing my wife to twist her dial up once again, causing—well, you get the idea. While my wife was fighting off hypothermia, I was nearly incinerated.

Just thought I’d share.