22.05.12
By Lori Borgman
I was at a sporting goods supply waiting to pay for an item when a woman ahead of me said, "I like your vest." It was a quilted corduroy vest with a impostor fur collar.
"Wouldn't that be perfect for running in and out of stores in the cold?" she said to her cobber.
"Like sleeping with one leg out," the woman said.
I was stunned. Speechless.
Here, all this at the same time I thought I was the only one who slept with one leg out.
The ladies represented an entire demographic (and one clearly going public) that sleeps with one leg out.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're not one of us.
We are a set of sleepers who control our internal thermostats by throwing one leg out from beneath the covers to keep from overheating.
Some refer to it as the thermostat-conduct leg.
There are also variations on the theme. There is the thermostat-control arm and the thermostat-control foot for those who can adjust their internal temperature by merely venting a foot or an arm. And special glory to those who can regulate something as delicate as body temperature by venting only the big toe.
Source: The Seattle Times