
One day while I was making my bed, I once again happened to read that tag on a mattress that says "do not remove under penalty of law" or something along those lines.
That's where this idea comes from. It's meant to be a completely absurd explanation for this mundane and entirely insignificant mystery that many of us have thought about but few of us know the answer to. The basic premise boils down to this:
At some point, there was some horrific disaster which happened, and the Foundation somehow determined that the whole thing began when some unfortunate fellow removed the tag from his mattress. Further testing confirmed that whenever someone removes a tag from a mattress, whatever horrible event I decide on occurs.
Their solution? Outlaw the removal of tags from mattresses.
Does this seem like a good idea for a joke SCP?