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Sunday December 9 2018 - Bed sheet clamps	Some thoughts
While I was waiting for a wrestler to show up while I was in Boston, I took a picture of these bed sheet clamps because I want to share a little story about them. They look very simplistic, but they are actually extremely helpful. You could call them straps, grippers, holders with clips, etc. Bah! They have a lot of different names. For us, motel and hotel wrestlers, they are a blessing. Each time I see these clamps, I think of WrestlingCoachSF (id 4731) and his priceless reaction. He came to one of my open rooms a couple of years ago, and he saw that my hotel room mattress was on the floor with a bed sheet on it. He immediately commented: - "Remove that bed sheet. It'll detach from its base midway in a match and it's just going to be in the way while we wrestle." I grinned and replied: - "Don't worry about it, coach. It'll stay in place." - "No, it won't. I wrestled many times before and I'm telling you now: they won't even last a minute." - "Well," I asked, "I'm telling you that they'll last much longer. Wanna wrestle me and test it out?" He took my offer and we tumbled around a little bit. To his surprise, the bed sheets stood in place. - "What's going on here?", he shouted out puzzled. He was doing moves that were strong enough to cause these bed sheets to fly away, but nothing was happening. He even pulled the sheets towards him purposely to remove them, but they still wouldn't budge. What was it? Did I put crazy glue? So, he interrupted the match, hurried and knelt down to the side of the bed, lifted it up and that's where he saw the curious contraption that was holding the bed sheet fixed to the mattress. I couldn't stop laughing. It's like playing a trick on a poor kid... or worse, stealing candy. Anyway, if you are a hotel wrestler like me, don't ever leave home without 4 straps like these. One for each corner of the mattress. They are not invincible though: I tend to bring 5 or 6 instead because if you wiggle a lot or do very fierce movements (mostly in sub), the straps can eventually break. Lucky you, the extra pair you brought will help you replace the broken ones.
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