Okay, straight up: you know those big kettle drums you see in the symphony? The ones being pounded with padded drumsticks by a bald guy in a tuxedo? Well, the sound of rain from inside the tent feels like living in a kettle drum.
Now, let’s be honest. The best thing about the sound of rain inside the tent is that it means you’re inside the tent, not outside in a thick and wet T-shirt, on your mud-splattered hands and knees, trying to hammer some plastic stakes into the mushy ground. Yes, putting up a tent in the rain is pretty high up there on 1000 Annoying Things, a non-existent netherlist which also features #1000 Walking into spider webs and #999 When someone says the punchline to the joke you’re telling.
The sound of rain from inside the tent feels safe, secure, and sort of comforting. After all, you’re out in the elements, safe from the elements. You’ll get the marshmallow roasting sticks later, you’ll build a fire tomorrow, but for now it’s just time to lay back on the bumpy sleeping bag, put your hands behind your head, and smile.
AWESOME!
37 Comments
April 2, 2009 at 12:58 am
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April 2, 2009 at 1:02 am
Probably the greatest sound ever. I linked to your post from my blog out of the sheer force of camping-related nostalgia. Hope you don’t mind.
April 2, 2009 at 1:31 am
:) My favourite one yet
April 2, 2009 at 1:36 am
LOL– “1000 Annoying Things”
The round of rain from inside pretty much any dry place is very high on my personal list of Awesomeness.
April 2, 2009 at 2:37 am
Totally agree that the Blog’s first reference to “1000 Annoying Things” is totally awesome.
This is just like when Superman first meets Bizarro! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro)
If this blog existed in real life (and not just on the infoweb), and you kept this issue in mint condition for a really long time, #796 would totally be worth something!
What were we talking about again? Tents? Yeah – those are cool too.
But comic book stuff is way cooler!
April 2, 2009 at 1:37 am
LOL– “1000 Annoying Things”
The sound of rain from inside pretty much any dry place is very high on my personal list of Awesomeness.
April 2, 2009 at 2:22 am
This one is polarizing for sure. In my eyes, the entire purpose behind human evolution is to avoid being outdoors. To go camping is to spit in the face of progress. How do you think homeless people feel about people who PAY to live outdoors?
April 2, 2009 at 9:50 am
Did you perhaps see Jim Gaffigan’s King Baby? If not he stole your joke.
April 2, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Intellectual property theft is fun for the whole family
April 2, 2009 at 6:15 am
Man, I hate Annoying Thing #999.
STOP STEALING MY THUNDER!
April 2, 2009 at 8:02 am
That is a good thing. I hate getting wet.
April 2, 2009 at 8:33 am
Annoying thing #998 – Getting your socks wet by stepping in the shower puddle left behind by your inconsiderate roommate.
April 2, 2009 at 9:46 am
Hey, you pretty much have your own bathroom. Do we need to discuss this in front of Freddo?
April 2, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Mike – after having to listen all about Annoying Thing #998 from my SO, we finally solved the problem by laying a ratty old towel (folded over a few times) in the offending area. It’s easy to toss in each week’s wash, and avoids most of the “soggy sock” issues.
However, I never thought of just giving her a bathroom of her own. That might’ve solved things a lot better, not to mention keeping a ratty, soggy towel off my floor.
April 2, 2009 at 9:00 am
Ew, getting your socks wet is terrible.
This post makes we really want to go camping. I love it so much.
April 2, 2009 at 12:40 pm
lol, that’s the worst.
April 2, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I’ve started a website I’m calling 1000 Unawesome Things.
I’ve had the idea for a while, but now that the it (the idaea) is out there I figure I might as well secure it first. However #1000 and #999 are different than stated here.
April 2, 2009 at 9:14 pm
idea*
Also it has been suggested that I go ahead and use #1000 – #998. I suppose that since my site wouldn’t exist without 1000 Awesome Things, it is only right to pay homage by including something by the original creator. Thus the blog will be changed to include them.
April 3, 2009 at 7:52 am
1000 Annoying Things must happen!!!
April 3, 2009 at 7:20 pm
The site linked in my name is a 1000 annoying things of sorts, and I will readily admit it was somewhat inspired by this lovely site. For every awesome thing, there is an equally annoying thing.
April 3, 2009 at 8:11 pm
How about startin’ the 1000 annoying things too? :D
April 5, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Definitely Awesome! But I do have to remark that the kettle drummer in the Okangan Symphony is not a badling man in a tuxedo. She is a joyful woman with firey red hair, who always draws my attention.
April 8, 2009 at 9:07 pm
hilarious. i must say, youve inspired me.
1000thingstohate.wordpress.com
April 9, 2009 at 3:19 am
The style of writing is quite familiar . Have you written guest posts for other bloggers?
April 15, 2009 at 12:52 pm
The topic is quite hot in the net at the moment. What do you pay the most attention to while choosing what to write about?
April 22, 2009 at 6:46 pm
hey! that sound is one of my favorite childhood memories! even though my tent was always in my backyard! Great times, great memories. Thanks for make me remember.
May 6, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Total nostalgia. Reminds me of when I was a kid sleeping in a leaky tent and Dad going outside in the Rain with a patch kit every hour.
May 13, 2009 at 6:59 pm
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July 27, 2009 at 4:22 pm
my favourite sound ever
August 4, 2009 at 3:07 pm
This happened to me just last weekend.
As someone who usually gets rained on directly when camping, it was a nice change. We had beautiful weather during the day, then it started raining just when we were thinking of turning in anyway, and we got to fall asleep listening to that sound. Even better, no leaks in our tent — we woke up completely dry the next day, and the weather was back to beautiful!
August 26, 2009 at 8:13 pm
why have none of you recorded the sound of rain from within a tent and posted it for the world to enjoy? do it, do it now!
September 22, 2009 at 1:21 pm
http://www.stormsounds.com/home/index.html you will love this if you love that feeling too =)
November 18, 2009 at 6:53 am
the sound of rain on pretty much anything is awesome. but yes, on a tent is pretty damn awesome indeed.
November 21, 2009 at 8:39 pm
This one makes me think of my ex.. We used to go camping quite a bit, and before he left to go travelling, on our last day together.. We just put the tent up on a path in the middle of these fields, and had one last time.. Sex in a tent in the rain with someone you love.. Could maybe be a subtext to this one :)
November 23, 2009 at 11:33 pm
EPIC!
December 31, 2009 at 7:19 pm
#997 annoying things “people that talk in the tent while the rain is falling”
shut up and just listen to the rain. . .
February 10, 2010 at 9:00 am
I really enjoyed the post, I have also bookmarked your site for the future. Thanks!