Bed out of loaves of bread

Have you ever stood on the bread aisle in the grocery store and just stared at all the loaves of bread and thought "If I could take these all home I bet I could make a pretty comfortable bed out of them." I have. It is my dream someday to make a bed out of loaves of bread.

In fact every time I grab the bread to make a sandwich, I give the loaf a little squeeze and think "This sure would be soft to sleep on." You know the squeeze that I am talking about. The one where you squeeze the bread just enough to feel how soft it is but not so hard that you squish it.

Think about it. What could be softer to sleep on than a bed made up entirely of loaves of bread? People have suggested bags of marshmallows but that just wouldn't work. Although they are soft, I just don't think that they would stack well. You see, in order for this to work, it would have to hold its shape and not just spill out everywhere when you laid down. Bread is perfect in that it is soft and also has proper shape for stacking. The long loaves of bread can be laid in alternating directions, therefore making a stable bed to sleep on.

Which answers the question, would you unwrap the bread or leave it in the bag? Leave it in the bag, of course. Otherwise you would have the same problem as the marshmallows and the slices would just spill out everywhere. I suppose that this could be remedied by baking the bread at home and not slicing it. But then the home made bread would get crumbs everywhere, and who wants crumbs in their bed? I also don't think that home made bread would stack as well. The loaves are shorter and they are really rounded on top. Somehow in the store, they have managed to make loaves of bread with almost flat tops, which I am sure they do just for the purpose of stacking.

So the next time that you are at Walmart on the bread aisle and you pick up that loaf of bread and give it that little squeeze to make sure its fresh, don't think about peanut butter and jelly, think about a good night rest.

NOTE:
If you have a bad back and are considering make a bed out of loaves of bread, you may still want to consider home made bread. A good whole wheat home made bread is often more dense than store bought bread and the extra firmness may provide needed back support while sleeping.