Sleep Tight

[susandennis]

In my family,growing up, we said "good night, sleep tight" every single night. Every one. My father would often add "don't let the bedbugs bite". In later years that last bit got real when bedbugs started infesting mattresses for real, but I never did know exactly what was the origin of "sleep tight" and, turns out, Google doesn't agree with itself.

A while back when I set up my Google Assistant routines in the bedroom, I set one up for going to sleep. I told it what to do and I told it what to say. When I say "OK Google, good night." The lights go off, the fan comes on and the guy in little box says "Good night Biggie, Good night Smalls, Good night Susan. Sleep Tight."

And, even though, I programmed it that way, it still... every single time, makes me smile.

Comments

[likelydisaster.livejournal.com]

OMG, that is the sweetest thing! My family also did the "good night, sleep tight" routine as well.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Schlaffe gut.... or in mom's rendition - Slop gut!

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

We said the same thing...including the bedbugs.

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

That just made me smile, too.

[carriea31.livejournal.com]

That's so fun.

Just last night when I was taking the little girl to bed, I said "good night, sleep tight!".... and I stopped myself short of the bedbug part!!

We didn't say it every night, but that saying was popular in my house growing up also.

[christalin80.livejournal.com]

That made me smile. : )

We also said the whole Good night, sleep tight, bedbugs thingy.

[yesthatjill.livejournal.com]

I love that the box tells biggie and the Smalls goodnight, as well.

[susandennis]

me, too :)

[zippybeta.livejournal.com]

love that! Reminds me of the Waltons.

[rejectomorph]

My mom said "nighty-night, sleep tight."

Now it reminds me of the lines from Annie Ross's song "Twisted":

"Well I heard little children were supposed to sleep tight
That's why I drank a fifth of vodka one night"

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

I think the sleep tight comes from the old days when rope was used to support the mattress instead of springs as now.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Our Google says goodnight to each of us too :D