Buckwheat Pillows

Where have the buckwheat pillows been?

     I’m pondering a big puzzlement. At least to me it is. Ancient civilizations from the Orient have invented many useful things. The first one that comes to my mind is gunpowder. This was mostly used for fireworks in the Orient, but now, and for many centuries past, it has been used as an explosive and as an ammunition propellant all over the world.

     What puzzles me is why it has taken the world nearly 3,000 years for another oriental discovery that would be of use to far more individual people, to even be recognized, let alone take advantage of it’s many benefits. I’m talking about buckwheat hull pillows.

     I realize that gunpowder, once it’s potential for warfare use was realized, was lionized and quickly developed by nationalistic interests to be used in warfare, but it still puzzles me why buckwheat pillows, given the dedication people develop toward them once they’ve somehow become aware of them and slept on them, didn’t capture the fancy of people everywhere almost immediately. I realize communications between cultures back then was really slow, but 3,000 years?

     Do you suppose it’s possible that when people discover the advantages inherent in sleeping on buckwheat pillows, they simply don’t want to share those advantages with others, and thereby try to keep their benefits a secret? I think I may be onto something here. If you share your advantage with someone, then you have just leveled the playing field, and you no longer have the advantage. Hmmm. Well, being the selfless person that I am, I hereby declare that I am going to share my advantage with you all, and I implore you to join me in divulging the little known advantages of sleeping on a buckwheat pillow to all the world.

     To get started you just need to invest in a buckwheat pillow so that you, too, can realize the advantages of sleeping on a buckwheat pillow, and you will want to shout it from the roof tops, so to speak, or should that be “so to shout”? I’m sorry, I just got carried away.. You have sweet dreams on your buckwheat pillow.