One third of humanity's past in one video (plus a piss-take of unboxing videos)

Get £50 (or $50) towards any mattress purchase by visiting and using the code 'Lindybeige'. Terms and conditions apply. We spend a third of our lives lying in bed, and this is not a new thing. It is perhaps the thing we share with our ancestors more than any other aspect of life. Here I talk and talk and talk about beds and related matters for what may seem like an age, but actually is only quite a long time. I thought of three points to make about beds, and thought that these would be enough for a video. As is my habit, though, as I rambled, I sidetracked myself into more and more other things. Had there been a floor manager on duty in the studio, he would have been looking at his watch and waving at me franticly, but I just kept going. I might have chopped this into three smaller videos had I not embarked on the misguided gag involving the showing to the camera of various products that might have been paid-for placements. These gestures