Pondering the Poncho

It seems like it has rained or threatened rain at every outdoor event we’ve attended or hosted this year. So we’ve kept our ponchos handy. The first time I pulled them off the shelf this year I accidentally grabbed an old grill cover. Fortunately it didn’t rain that evening. Have you ever had to wear one of those grill covers in a downpour?

One of our ponchos is one of those clear ones. When I use that I always feel like people look at me and say, “Tommy doesn’t have a poncho; he’s using his shower curtain liner again”. Conversely, have you ever used a shower curtain liner that had a hood?

Remember the clear plastic umbrellas from a few years back? What was the point of those? Were we supposed to look up through the plastic and see if it was still raining?  Was it OK to put one up in the stands at a soccer game ‘cause the people behind you could “see through it”?

Have you ever attempted to fold the poncho back into the little case it came in? Legend says that it has never been done. Should there be a Boy Scout merit badge for poncho folding?