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Does anyone remember when maybe 10 years ago they made those giant blankets that had sleeves?

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WokeKarenHereAskMeAboutStuff · 16/11/2024 21:12

Where did they go?
They were so smart!
I only had one, pretty much wore it out, had to throw it out and now I have none….

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MrsCarson · 08/12/2024 22:58

Snuggie.
They were rubbish, just put your oversized dressing gown on backwards that's what they looked like.

Isatis · 08/12/2024 22:46

MoggyP · 19/11/2024 08:14

Precisely - your dressing gown is nothing like a slanket

The dressing gown is worn on a different place for a different purpose (variant bed-jacket)

You don’t wear a dressing gown as a sofa blanket, and you don’t wear a slanket in bed

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You don't know what my dressing gown is like. Why can't I wear a dressing gown as a sofa blanket if I want to? It serves the purpose very well.

HoppingPavlova · 08/12/2024 22:06

Why wouldn’t you just get an Oodie? They have arms and you don’t get cold going to the loo.

Ethylred · 08/12/2024 22:02

I wants. Ooo precious, Ethylred wantsss...

Gingernaut · 08/12/2024 21:57

Slankets are still there an many shops sell knock offs

Dpresst · 08/12/2024 21:56

I wore my dressing down backwards today and it was exactly like a slanket.

KnittyNell · 19/11/2024 08:16

Weren’t they called ‘slankets’?
I have a lovely cosy one that my DH bought me from Amazon.

MoggyP · 19/11/2024 08:14

Isatis · 19/11/2024 07:54

Not so. I've got a big warm dressing gown that I wear that way in bed. It means my arms and shoulders stay warm for reading or typing. I also have a slanket which I keep in the living room.

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Precisely - your dressing gown is nothing like a slanket

The dressing gown is worn on a different place for a different purpose (variant bed-jacket)

You don’t wear a dressing gown as a sofa blanket, and you don’t wear a slanket in bed

MoggyP · 19/11/2024 08:12

Dpresst · 19/11/2024 07:20

I have one. Not sure what you mean.

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The post I was quoting suggested an alternative that was so very, very different to what you expect from a slacker that it appears to come from ignorance. A bit like saying on a thread about oodies ‘just wear a thicker t shirt’

Dressing is wrong cut, wrong length and likely unsuitable fabric

liveforsummer · 19/11/2024 07:54

I think they were over taken in trend by oodies which are a bit more practical to get up and walk around in. Can still find them though. Slanket was the original from
The home shopping channels before the copies went wild

Isatis · 19/11/2024 07:54

MoggyP · 17/11/2024 06:40

How to say you've never used a slanket without using the words "I've never used a slanket"

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Not so. I've got a big warm dressing gown that I wear that way in bed. It means my arms and shoulders stay warm for reading or typing. I also have a slanket which I keep in the living room.

Isatis · 19/11/2024 07:52

StandingSideBySide · 17/11/2024 03:03

Son gave me one for Christmas years ago.
Im under it every evening on the sofa
Although I never bothered with the whole sticking your arms in, to me it’s just a warm blanket

The great thing about sticking your arms in is that it means they stay warm when you're doing things ike reading.

RedRiverShore5 · 19/11/2024 07:40

There is a Percy Pig one on M&S website for £19.50, looks like a blanket with sleeves

Dpresst · 19/11/2024 07:37

MyKidsAreTooNoisy · 19/11/2024 07:25

So you can use the hood to cover up your face? Sounds good.

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😆 why would you do that?

tilypu · 19/11/2024 07:32

I think the slanket was way more than ten years ago - probably double that - but I'm guessing that's what the op is talking about, rather than the oodie type.

User364837 · 19/11/2024 07:27

I think of the Slanket as the forerunner to the Oodie

WTAFisthisnonsense · 19/11/2024 07:27

My first thought was Peter Griffin's yanket - I think we all know why his arms are fake 😉

Does anyone remember when maybe 10 years ago they made those giant blankets that had sleeves?
MyKidsAreTooNoisy · 19/11/2024 07:25

Dpresst · 17/11/2024 05:57

Wear a dressing gown backwards

So you can use the hood to cover up your face? Sounds good.

Dpresst · 19/11/2024 07:20

MoggyP · 17/11/2024 06:40

How to say you've never used a slanket without using the words "I've never used a slanket"

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I have one. Not sure what you mean.

MermaidMummy06 · 17/11/2024 10:22

JustJoinedRightNow · 17/11/2024 02:29

Do you mean the Oodie?

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Yup. The Oodie.

MoggyP · 17/11/2024 06:40

Dpresst · 17/11/2024 05:57

Wear a dressing gown backwards

How to say you've never used a slanket without using the words "I've never used a slanket"

Dpresst · 17/11/2024 05:57

Wear a dressing gown backwards

66babe · 17/11/2024 05:55

I saw a rolled up throw on a sale shelf in Marks a few weeks ago
It was a perfect colour for me so at 7 quid I just grabbed it

Got home , unwrapped the packing to find a throw over with hood and arms
It's huge .. almost square and really lovely and warm.

Love it 🤩

Snozzlemaid · 17/11/2024 05:43

I've got one by Silentnight.
Saw them for sale in Matalan today as well.

IAm16StoneHalloween2024 · 17/11/2024 03:40

Doesn’t your back and neck get cold in them?

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