Hampering Laundry

"Nic doesn't know what's more exhausting: one hour of cardio-boxing or changing one king-size duvet cover."

There's certainly not a Duvet Wrestling setting on any Wii fitness-type game, but you know? I'm pretty sure fifteen minutes of fighting with a heavy bedspread, and trying to escape from a cover that could swallow you whole is worth at least half an hour of  Wii baseball. Wii golf? Wii yoga, perhaps.  

I should contact the company. I reckon there's an untapped gaming population out there just aching to Iron their arm jiggle away, or have a satisfying game of Beat Your Carpet badminton. For the even more traditional we could have Washboard Scrub Rowing, marvellous for the upper arms, chest and back muscles; Pin The Heavy Washing To The Line Shoulder Press; or Scrub Your Floor Core. Primarily aimed at men and women who want to recapture those golden, precious times when life was unencumbered by modern, helpful, cheating technology, a time when you had to live by your wits and strength, and there was no opportunity for recreation because you were spending every waking hour trying not to die from starvation, the common cold, or overwork. For players aged thirteen or over, to be viewed on plasma screens of at least 42" for best all-round gaming experience.

But I'll stick with the late Twentieth-Century British adoption of the duvet, because as much as it's time- (but also, thankfully, calorie-) consuming to duel with a duvet and its second, it's still preferable to attempting Extreme Blanket Mountaineering, where the dangers include being buried from sheet avalanches, and contracting altitude sickness from sleeping on too many layers.