Saturday, 22 July 2023

Today is...National Hammock Day

I have slept in a bunk bed, four-poster bed, air bed, sofa bed and even a waterbed but never have i even attempted to get into a hammock and when i look at the flimsy piece of fabric slung between two trees it's very unlikely that i ever will.
Firstly, they are just too darn hard to get into. You see all these pictures of people gracefully lounging in a hammock, but the reality is you have to awkwardly clamber into it often resulting in a spin and a painful looking face-plant on the ground. And don't even get me started on trying to get out of it with any grace.
Secondly, if you do manage to get into it, the slightest movement or gust of wind will have you flipped upside down and either suspended in mid-air like a massive fly caught in a spider's web or it's face meet ground, ground meet face again as the sound of the neighbours snickering floats your way.
Thirdly, as you are unable to move, you are there dangling in the open air like a juicy piece of fruit at an insect buffet.
If you want to waste your time trying to get into and out of one of one then go ahead but I'll stick to my good old-fashioned King Size double thank you very much.

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