In rating the gods and goddesses of Greco-Roman mythology, I have always felt that Morpheus, son of Hypnos, the God of Sleep, deserved more attention for his gift to us of good nights of sleep and midday naps to augment them. When we want to be poetic about catching someone asleep, we say they are "in the arms of Morpheus," as long as we are not their supervisor.
Anyway, athletes need a good night of rest after all that work they do, and this summer's Olympics in Gay Paree are providing small bedrooms with cardboard beds for the Olympians.
Well, most of them, at least. Tennis player Coco Gauff, a flag bearer for Team USA at the opening ceremony, told social media that "all the tennis girls moved to a hotel" except her.
Her post summed it up handily: "10 girls, two bathrooms," and anyone who knows numbers knows they were eight bathrooms short.
Gymnast Simone Biles said on TikTok that the "bed sucks" but pointed out "we are getting mattress toppers."
They're sleeping on cardboard (the really stout kind like your new stove came in) bedframes and mattresses made from something called AirFiber by a company called Airweave. They wanted this to be the most sustainable Olympics ever, so these mattresses are going to be donated and reused.
Australian field hockey player Nathan Ephraums says the mattresses are like a "Scrub Daddy" sponge.
In just a few short years, we have gone from Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs to "Scrub Daddy" mattresses. Is that progress?
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