<b>Kishore Singh:</b> Why lying in bed is no comfort

Author is talking about chores that one is expected to do while lying on bed for post-operative care

If you’ve ever fantasised about lying in bed and being fed by hand while supine, banish the thought. For one, it is the deadliest, most boring of the seven deadly sins — or, at least, sloth is — and for another, the wife likes her sheets spotlessly clean, so even the thought of a stray crumb can cause her to forget that you are not lying amidst them by choice but because of post-operative care. People equate lying down — mandated by the surgeon-general, or, in my case, retina surgeon, which I think counts pretty high in the pecking order