My wife and I, and a few friends, attended the recent Dave Matthews Band concert in Dallas, Texas.  The weather had been especially foul during the whole day, interrupting our dinner plans with heavy rain and lighting.  We had only hoped that the weather would hold up long enough for us to get to our seats.  You could imagine how surprised we were to to learn that although we all had reserved seating at the venue, our seats were situated just outside of the perimeter of the covered pavillion.  As soon as I had made that determination, it began to rain.  Despite the willingness of some fans to allow themselves to be covered in mud and rain in the lawn seating area, my group stayed dry thanks to the help of these emergency ponchos.  They fit in the smallest of places, and don’t hold up beyond one or two uses, but they really came in handy when we needed them.   We finished the concert to the tune of Ants Marching with a cool beverage to help us brave the weather.