Lucrecia Diaz Hudson writes: "A pin pan pun is what substitutes for a guest bed in non-Cuban households. However, unlike other guest beds, when entering the land of "pin pan pun" one needs to expect pain, torture and agony in the form of back pain, etc. No stories here, I've been able to avoid sleeping in one most of my life, but saw many a cousin crippled in one fast night on the "pin pan pun". For the non-Cuban reader the fast answer is that a "pin pan pun" is a trundle bed."
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Sorry a trundle bed is a bed that slides under a regular bed on wheels. A pin pan pun is a folding cot that is stored in a closet or "garaje". A trundle bed is what Westin hotels might call "heavenly" next to a pin pan pun. A pin pan pun has a bar that one feels through the 1 inch matress. Nobody has ever actually "slept" on a pin pan pun. Fitfull intermittent unconsciousness is the best that can be hoped for.
Posted by: Conductor | April 28, 2006 at 02:11 AM
agree with conductor, trundle bed is too good to be a "pin pan pun". it's closer to a cot, really, the slang name refers to how easy it is to set up... like "lickety split" or better yet bada-bing bada-bang...
Posted by: nonee moose | April 28, 2006 at 10:49 AM