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Dr. Beatrix Okonkwo-Lund, Professor of Sleep Logistics

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Dr. Beatrix Okonkwo-Lund

Professor of Sleep Logistics

  • Founding expert
  • Booked soon
“A fitted sheet cannot be folded. It can only be negotiated with.”

Beatrix Okonkwo-Lund folded a fitted sheet on live television, and the footage has been studied ever since. She has a theory that every household owns exactly one pillowcase that fits nothing. Her team measured how long people lie awake thinking about something they said in a meeting years ago, and the answer was "too long". She sleeps diagonally, as a matter of professional ethics.

Credentials
Chair of Bedding Engineering, Institute for Restful Studies; the only person known to have folded a fitted sheet on live television
Known for
Folding a fitted sheet on live television. Allegedly.
Weird fact
Sleeps diagonally, as a matter of professional ethics.
Specialties
  • sleep and bedtime
  • bedding and laundry
  • alarm clocks
  • naps
Joins from
Charlotte, North Carolina
Appearances
0 · first booking coming up

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