Sarcastic term for da infamous "government-surplus cheese" equivalent in da bedclothes-department --- i.e., da heavy rough scratchy deplorably-crappy grayish-purple "compressed and fused lint-balls" comforter dat da State doles out to indigent individuals/families during da colder months, and dat usually falls apart after just one season.
I can certainly see how ground-up-cloth-remnant blankets would indeed likely be comparatively cheap to produce, but real cloth is much sturdier and longer-lasting, and so it seems to me dat it would actually cost Uncle Sam less in da long run to give low-income folks actual-woven-fabric "layers of warmth" instead of those lousy-a** OSB blankets, since they would not have to keep being replaced with new ones so often.
by QuacksO October 9, 2023