Conspicuous consumption

I beg the blogosphere's collective pardon, but this is just silly. If your duvet is ripped, the proper response is probably to sew the rip closed, not to drive all over creation and spend a bunch of money on a new one. Duct tape is right out as well. Maybe there's a good reason needle and thread couldn't solve this problem, but I am skeptical. Then again, I sew up holes in my couch, so I am clearly weird.