A priest and a nun were lost in a blizzard. After a while, they came upon a small cabin. Being exhausted, they prepared to go to sleep. There was a stack of blankets and a sleeping bag on the floor - but only one bed. Being a gentleman, the priest said, "Sister, you sleep on the bed. I'll sleep on the floor in the sleeping bag."A sleeping bag shaped like a man!
Just as he got zipped up in the bag and was beginning to fall asleep, the nun said "Father, I'm cold."
He unzipped the sleeping bag, got up, got a blanket and put it on her. Once again, he got into the sleeping bag, zipped it up and started to drift off to sleep when the nun once again said, "Father, I'm still very cold."
He unzipped the bag, got up again, put another blanket on her and got into the sleeping bag once again. Just as his eyes closed, she said, "Father, I'm sooooo cold."
This time, he stayed in the sleeping bag, giving the woman a wink and a smile, then said, "Sister, I have an idea. We're out here in the wilderness where no one will ever know what happened. Let's pretend we're married."
The nun said, "Bring it on, big boy!" To which the priest yelled out, "Okay then - get up and get your own damn blanket!"
I'm conflicted on this one. It is clearly an inventive product, but I ask myself, what is the need? I like to think this Selk Bag extends beyond mere novelty, that there is some purpose outside of sleepwalking for which this bag exists. I am left to think that it is solely to be able to move your arms around while keeping them warm, and also to ensure that you don't feel like George Costanza when he forgot to ask the hotel for "no tuck." I guess in many ways, this is the Jerry Seinfeld of sleeping bags, and regular shmoes like George are stuck with regular sleeping bags. OK, so there are other uses.
Wintercamping -- check
Snow angels -- check
Vitruvian man -- check
Still, what if you happen to be camping with a group of people, one of whom is the boy/girl you like and all you can say is, "hey want to sleep next to marshmallow man?" There's no doubling in these. And for people who can't sleep without feeling like they're being covered, this won't fly either.
Overall score: 76%
Justification: Comfortably ridiculous or ridiculously comfortable?
Title from the late, great Mitch Hedberg
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