Fitting Long Things Into Cars

People who ski know how to fit something two meters long into a regular car. No sweat.

People who do not ski, on the other hand, get worried looks on their faces as they approach their sedans, with carts full of lumber in the Home Depot parking lot. They sometimes even have arguments about with their spouses.

In case you don't ski, it goes like this: Open the rear passenger door, ideally on the driver's side. Poke the feet of said long thing (could be a beanpole, ski, mannequin, etc.) between the front seats and into the spot where the passengers knees would go. Keep poking down into the foot area, until the ass end of the thing clears the door. Once the whole thing is in the car, back the ass end up until rests against the rear window, and center it straight down the middle of the car. The front will fall in nicely onto the passenger's side of the hand brake. There will even be room for four passengers, no sweat.

And if the skis still have ice packed into the bindings, then the kids who sit in the back (it's always the kids) will get dripped on starting about fifteen minutes after you start driving.