Tents and Pyjamas

In addition to the usual kinds of unsolicited e-mail, which attempts to interest me in reasonably-priced pharmaceuticals, lurid porn-sites, and the like, I also regularly receive notifications of up-coming events in the nightclubs of São Paolo, and, more recently, business proposals from Chinese manufacturers. On three occasions over the past six months or so, I have received a message from a Mr Z____, marketing director of the Xia Men Jiao Xia Trade Co., worded as follows:

To Whom It May Concern,

We have learned from the Internet that you are interested in tents. We have been in the tent manufacturing business for many years and are currently in the process of expanding and our customer base. We are quite excited about contacting you and the potential for establishing friendly business relations with you as well as sharing the mutual benefits.

I would like to formally announce to the internet that I am not interested in tents; have never been interested in tents, and, in all likelihood, will never be interested in tents. In fact, I am strongly opposed to the idea of tents. I am anti-tent; a discon-tent. While I concede their utility for those who lack a roof over their heads, or those who enjoy sleeping in fields, forests & the like, I am thankful that I suffer no such need or inclination.

A couple of notes on the entry below reminded me that this publication has received some nominations in the first European Weblog Awards, aka, the Satin Pajamas. I wonder why these European awards are using the US spelling of pyjamas? My thanks to those who nominated or voted for the Giornale. By all means go along there and vote (ideally, for someone other than me) if these award things float your boat. I find I am a reassuring distance off the pace in the results so far…