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Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:47 am
by frurseessesia
Hey,
I've been on a trip in a tent. It was cool! But I was thinking is it old fashoned?
Hale namiotowe

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:56 pm
by iamtheverb
Dear frurseessesia,

Thank you for your kind query dated November 10, 2010. My answer would depend entirely on the sort of trip which you were taking.

Was this trip a trip of the camping variety? If so, accommodating oneself by tent is hardly old-fashioned, even if it is a practice that predates the common era. A temporary means of housing such as a tent is simply the most logical and practical method of braving the elements associated with the Great Outdoors.

Or perhaps, did you travel to one of our modern cities, full of skyscrapers of glass and steel? If that were the case, the idea of sheltering oneself in a tent seems unnecessary and perhaps a bit old-fashioned, when there are any number of seamy flophouses and crack dens available in our crime-ridden contemporary society.

In any case, old-fashioned methods and devices are undeserving of our collective scorn. They might seem obsolete or eccentric to current modes of thinking, but they often display a unique character, and may even build it within those who employ such out-dated practices.

Yours truly,
The Verb

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 11:40 pm
by War
But the real question is whether or not he was speaking about a tent or perhaps the trip in it self being out dated.

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:18 pm
by War
I DEMAND YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION VERB!

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:11 pm
by iamtheverb
Dear War,

In regards to the clarification you seek, I fear I can offer nothing definitive as only frurseessesia can answer your question with any degree of certainty. However, I am free to speculate, and when offered this freedom I am typically inclined to indulge myself.

frurseessesia wrote:Hey,
I've been on a trip in a tent.


Clearly, "trip" is the operative subject in Frurry's opening statement. But also note the importance of the prepositional phrase "in a tent," which functions as an adjective and provides a layer of description which we should be wary to divorce from its original context. If he merely intended to inquire as to the superannuation of his trip or trips in general, why tease us with unnecessary details?

Given this line of thought, I can only conclude Frurry's specificity was designed to insure we addressed both the excursion and canvas habitation as relatively equal partners with regards to their obsolescence. If you feel my original reply failed to meet these speculated expectations, I can only offer my sincerest apologies.

With Deepest Sympathies,
The Verb

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:20 pm
by LunC
Wow.

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:39 pm
by Koren The Wanderer
verb's post made me feel dumb.

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:04 pm
by Wellsy
Full of win, this thread is.

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:34 am
by War
Wellsy wrote:Full of win, this thread is.


Now that you have posted in it.

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:10 pm
by Strayed Wanderer
WELLSY! WHAT THE FUCK!

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:45 pm
by Wellsy
I know, right? I'm just really interested in tents and how timely they can be.

Re: Tents are old fashoned?

PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:28 pm
by War
For reals!