Somewhere an evil sadist lurks…

Somewhere an evil sadist lurks…

And do you know what this bastard does for a living? You don’t, do you? But you will recognise his work the instant I enlighten you… he designs… the carry bags for tents!

A harmless enough occupation I hear you say – ordinarily; yes. But this bastard designs them 10% too small to comfortably fit the tent into!

The people in the factory who make the tents don’t know this – they use a folding machine which folds the tent to an accuracy of 0.00001mm and having folded it they squeeze the air out with a 6000 ton press and they find the carry bags are perfect for the job because _their_ tents fit into the bag with room to spare. Only now, I sense, is it beginning to dawn upon you what a devious, sadistic and evil mind this man has.

In the shop, of course, you viewed the tent in an assembled state, you didn’t think to say “How well does it fit into the carry bag” – none of us ever do! You proudly arrive home with your new purchase and commence setting it up on the lawn; “Oh good plenty of room in the carry bag” you think almost cutting your finger on one of the folded tent creases.

The following day you start to pack the tent away – will it go in the bag???!!! Will it hell! Eventually, after 6 attempts at folding it in different ways and using your winch to fasten the zipper the tent is in the bag. Trouble now is you are afraid to unpack the damn thing again because you know it’s not taking the tent down which takes too much time it’s the 3 hours to get the bloody thing into the bag which is the killer!

Mike Harding