I can't remember half of the silly ones we mentioned over the course of the weekend 
but I'll let the rest of you remember them, and those that weren't there I bet can think of several too that we didn't even consider 
. The wonders of such a simple design were a source of entertainment and a godsend to us at the weekend (well except the two zelt tents that had indoor mud baths and deemed unsuitable for sleeping
1. They are actually useful at keeping you dry (relatively considering the weather they did a superb job 
2. Who needs a portaloo when you have a zeltbahn (no female should enter battle without one 
Sod "101 uses for a Zelt", i'm taking 101 Zelts with me. Then i'm gonna build something big enough to put one of my mountaineering tents inside....
anyway....
3: To cover the Sturmbanfuhrer's modesty after he burns the arse out of his trousers 
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
4: A self heater. A crafty fart will create heat which will become trapped under the zelt.
4: A self heater. A crafty fart will create heat which will become trapped under the zelt.
damn why did noone think of that at the time 
poor che was stood over a camping stove trying to create that effect without the erm gas you mention
5. If unacustomed to the Zelt... a wounderful puzzle for all ages, called "which feckin button goes where?" 
a handy blanket when feelin ill on the sofa,
an amusing way to hide the beer from your friends on a camping trip in the woods.
rolled up a perfect means of stopping the bloddy cat attacking the furniture when hurled across the room,
by buttoning up the head hole an amusing way to keep my flat mates girlfriend distracted for a good 20 mins.
combined with a bread bag, attach zelt through loops on the front of bag, fill bag with food and other useful items, attach to belt and we have the most amazing emergency festival kit. seriously, two minutes warning before going to glade and my zelt, and bread bag was all i needed, and was still better off than many well prepared festival goers
Get 24 originals and button them all together and put your display of living history in them. That's what I did at Beltring. The Germans only went as big as the 16 section Zelthaus but when I tried that there was no room for the display and the public. So it got an extention.
This chap does a translation of the original manual. http://www.germanmanuals.com/manuals.html
aka Stigroadie
AFRA
better by design
"Truth is a shining goddess, always veiled, always distant, never wholly approachable, but worthy of all the devotion of which the human spirit is capable. "
