Collapsible Things

I don't think we ever really pay attention to how we, as a society, appreciate collapsible things. SO in a tribute to CT here is my list of cool and unique collapsible things.


1. Collapsible Christmas Trees - pre-lit pre decorated you just push a button and it mechanically rises out of a box and TaDah you have tree. Amazingly lazy.

2. Collapsible file folders - personally I have one and you can just shove 20 inches of paperwork in one and shut it and and you have about 18.5 bulging inches of space left

3. Space Saver bags - just throw in clothing or bedding that is not made of silk or taffeta or any material that is slick and you can suck that joker down to a pancake using the vacuum.

4. Lungs - Just amazing that they can deflate and then be re-inflated. Of course when you go to get a cortisone shot in the chest and the nurse says "I hope you are not nervous. THe Dr has only punctured a lung once" , well that doesn't really put you at ease!

5. Collapsible Golf umbrellas - I swear they take an umbrella with a 10 foot diameter and by the time you are done retracting and folding you are left with a 3 inch stick. AMAZINGLY expensive

6. Collapsible Cane chairs - once again a clarification - not chairs made of cane wood but wooden canes used by the elderly and cripple which once unfolded can be opened into beautiful Chippendale style chairs and then folded back down into a sleek circular walking stick - really!
(AND NO I DONT WANT TO DISCUSS THE MERITS OF CANE AS WOOD!!)

7-20...collapsible eating utensils - and the point would be?
collapsible tables - very useful when you have more people at your house than you would like
collapsible swimming pools - def the latest trend in CT's
collapsible lunchboxes - because the small lunch box takes up SO much room in your locker/desk
travel grills, camping gear, portable toilets, frisbees, cups, spyglasses, and toothbrushes etc etc

Love the Collapsible obsession....astronomer "I just invented the worlds largest telescope and have discovered life on a planet in another galaxy" The rest of the world " umm yesss...but is there any way you could just sort of fold it up or retract it? Yeah...that would be great..."