It was standing up just fine until you touched it!
[Okay, he's got a point. With the temperature dropping, if it were to snow...theoretically, they'd be screwed. Not that anyone should have to sleep in a tent during a snowstorm anyway?! The poles are too thin to feign bravery during so much as a rainstorm, probably. RIP to their humble abode, destroyed by Hurricane Lance.]
The poles just have to go in deeper. [Semi-acknowledging that their home was flawed at conception. Nobody else is turning their tent-pitching ceremonies into Big Dig megaprojects (from what he can tell)...but how are they supposed to not???] You start on one end, I'll do the other.
ITS NOT EVEN OPPOSITE DAY
[Okay, he's got a point. With the temperature dropping, if it were to snow...theoretically, they'd be screwed. Not that anyone should have to sleep in a tent during a snowstorm anyway?! The poles are too thin to feign bravery during so much as a rainstorm, probably. RIP to their humble abode, destroyed by Hurricane Lance.]
The poles just have to go in deeper. [Semi-acknowledging that their home was flawed at conception. Nobody else is turning their tent-pitching ceremonies into Big Dig megaprojects (from what he can tell)...but how are they supposed to not???] You start on one end, I'll do the other.
[Their tent is gonna stand at 3ft.]