Why Didn’t I Think of That?

This past week I went on a hunting trip (or slaughter, depending on who you ask) with my Grandpa and great-uncle.  What an adventure.  As an animal lover and city girl, I was shocked to learn actual bullets are used in this aggressive outdoor pastime.  Yes, perhaps naïve, I firmly believe in the cliché “ignorance is bliss.”  And traipsing through deep woods covered in dirt was not really how I wanted to spend my precious summer days. 

 And on top of everything else, my old Pops made me wear a bug hat.  Yes, you heard me right.  Also known as a mosquito hat, I heavily opposed having to wear this contraption, until I stepped foot in those darn woods.  Who knew they were so infested with swarms of mosquitoes, gnats, and other equally irritating flying insects? 

 The mosquito hat turned out to be fantastic because it had mesh netting sewn into the wide brim that covered down past the collarbone.  Then a drawstring was used to cinch the bottom so the little buggers (no pun intended) wouldn’t swarm around my face or bite my neck.  This got me thinking; what a fabulous invention!  Why can’t I think of something as ingenious to net me millions?  Certainly it served a wide range of consumers.  Think about all the outdoorsmen and military personnel that would find it very useful.  The inventor must be a gagillionaire (that means a very rich man – or woman). 

So if you plan on gallivanting through thick jungles or camping out in deep forests on your next trip, consider taking a mosquito hat; perhaps not the most attractive hat but certainly the most effective.