For one thing, this is a toboggan.
And this may be a beanie, a non-serious piece of headgear
That aside, I really want to tell you that I sometimes wear a toque in bed. Well, not really in bed but in chair on a cold night. I don't wear it to go to sleep exactly, but I leave it by the side of my chair and sometimes grab it in the middle of the night because we let our house get quite cold, and I have a lot of bare scalp up there. Those who have a nice head of hair probably don't appreciate just how well it insulates your head.
When I settle in my chair on a cold winter's night, I decide between donning my hoodie or engaging my heated throw. When I opt for the heating, assuming I remember, I place my toque by the side of my chair just in case my head gets chilly while the rest of me is comfy cozy. Come 4 or 5 o'clock when the house is at its coldest, I may reach blindly for the toque.
That is what this silly, old Canucklehead has to do in his silly, elder years, and yes, that is how I sleep, or try to, non-horizontally in my recliner. I think it is the ledges (arms) on which I can use to prop my legs that make it better for me than a flat bed
Your sleeping habits are like my husband’s, toque and all!
ReplyDeleteI've done the toque thing too! When I didn't feel well and couldn't get warm I stuck on a nice knit cap and used Charlie as a heater.
ReplyDeleteI've also slept on the couch recliner occasionally. One has to do what works!
Good looking sleeping man photos! Toque is kind of a new word to me. But I have several knit hats, which might be related. What about the kind that has a pompom on top? Yay to the Canadian Figure Dancers the other night in Olympics...they were fabulous. Sorry they didn't win.
ReplyDeleteYou wear it well! I might have to get one of those heated throws. It seems every night I sit under the heating pad with a blanket over it. It works. But the throw is a great idea. I remember toque from the Louise Penny books!
ReplyDeleteI've always been puzzled by the use of toboggan for a knitted cap. Here in rural western NC some of my neighbors call them boggins. Growing up in Florid, I sisn't have a word for those unnecessary items, but my husband's stint in the Marines introduced us to the word watch caps. Which is what I tend to use now. Or just kknit cap. Or boggin, like my neighbors.
ReplyDeleteI grew up calling them stocking caps or hats. I believe that is the more common phrase here. But then I don't know much about the 'here' anymore.
ReplyDeleteWoolly socks in bed yes, but I've never resorted to a woolly hat!
ReplyDeleteYou look so cozy and warm. I have never heard a toque being called a toboggan.
ReplyDeleteSince you didn't mention it, it must be acceptable to call them stocking caps as we do around here.
ReplyDeleteNo to stocking cap, eh? Sorry Ed.
ReplyDeleteThe importance of the proper appellation cannot be overemphasized. However, I am unable to decide if what goes on the caput is a pilleus or an apex. (And, yes, I had to look it up.)
I can't decipher the difference between your toque and the cat's beanie? Other than his little triangles sticking out. I'm glad you're keeping YOUR ears warm tho!
ReplyDeleteI love ❤️ the toque. You look so peaceful. The cat 🐈 illustration is cute.
ReplyDeleteIf you had asked me what a toque is before reading your post, you would have gotten a blank stare. Turns out I were them often on cold weather hikes. Thanks for the education!
ReplyDeleteI haven't worn my toque to bed, but I do pull a blanket over my bald head in those early morning hours. However I do wear a toque outside all winter long.
ReplyDeleteOh I do wear my toque to bed. Just keeps me warm.
ReplyDeleteDan wears one when he's cold up in his study.
ReplyDeleteAnother time I was drawn over from Ed's sidebar. I call it a watch cap.
ReplyDeletethank you for the lesson. Over here all are beanies and my husband is rather fond of them for in bed as well as using them for various chair adornments.
ReplyDeleteBeanie it is down here - woolly hat or bobble hat when I lived elsewhere. We don’t heat bedrooms so when it gets cold overnight in our draughty 1960s house I’ve been known to wear one in bed (and elsewhere)
ReplyDeleteIsn’t toque something to do with cars or is it spelt differently
Torque, maybe?
DeleteToque is VERY rarely said in my region. But, toboggan hat IS used frequently, as is knit hat, beany, and even your least favorite, wool hat.
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My toquey hangs on the side of my bedside table drawer. The head of my bed is against a non-insulated brick wall. When it's 3 degrees below zero F, it helps keep me warmer even with the heated mattress pad. Some article long ago described that you lose lots of heat out of the top of your head. In the late '60s, my OB/Gyn Dad requested "bonnets" to be placed on all newborns heads, devotedly knitted by the hospital auxillary ladies, called Bricker Bonnets. Standard item these days in nurseries. Guess mine is an Okie Toquey. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteWe keep our house on the cold side, so I usually wear a blanket draped around my head like the olden, olden days. You look very dapper in your togue and I like the look of that heated throw. I will most definitely call it a toque from now on and not a titfer, cockney rhyming slang derived from "tit for tat", rhymes with hat. So now I'll be telling my husband to put on his toque instead of the other ;) Sounds much better.
ReplyDeleteOkay, this old hiker , backpacker would tell his student to put their touque on if they got cold. Yes kids, put your touque on when you go to bed. Most of your body heat leaves through your head.
ReplyDeleteCalled boggans here, or beanie. You look so warm and comfy, AC, it makes me think about giving it a try! Not really, though. I rarely, if ever, wear a hat even in the coldest weather. I guess I still have enough hair to do the job! But it is beginning to thin, so who knows?
ReplyDeleteStocking cap here, don't be mad. It's a shame you have to sleep in the chair but you do look comfy!
ReplyDeleteAh, yes…. Stocking Cap is perhaps the most common term in my area too.
DeleteJust because we are Americans, don't assume we don't know what a torque is! Bob and Doug explained a lot about Canada back in the early 80s, so just take off, hoser!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day to you two lovebirds.
ReplyDeleteIt's tUque, eh. Canadian Press Style, that is.
-My Kateness
Good to be cozy! You keep your house pretty cold at night, don't you? I set it for 16 C. Joe will often wear a toque in the house.
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