Let me ask you this...

infinite monkey • Mar 30, 2011 9:21 am
Ask anyone or everyone anything or everything.

So, tell me, when it rains do you nearly drown, or do you have a separate umbrella so your upward pointing nose doesn't fill up?
limey • Mar 31, 2011 11:33 am
It's generally too windy round here for umbrellas (and that's even without the butterfly effect of Aliantha's garbanzo bean bonanza), so I tend to get wet. It doesn't go up my nose unless I am:
a) crawling in the gutter, or
b) lying on my back in the road.
In either of the above cases I don't think an umbrella would be manageable ...

A piece of clothing (not a favourite) develops a small fault (lost button, small tear or worn patch in an unobtrusive place). What do you do, usually?
infinite monkey • Mar 31, 2011 11:36 am
I'll probably never sew a button on.

Spots, tears...can I hide 'em? If so I'll wear 'em even to work. If not I'll keep it for lounging around the house.

Or, I throw it into a giant pile, Mt Clothesimanjaro, and forget all about it.
monster • Mar 31, 2011 11:39 am
infinite monkey;719997 wrote:

Or, I throw it into a giant pile, Mt Clothesimanjaro, and forget all about it.


sounds far too familiar
casimendocina • Mar 31, 2011 11:43 am
I do not believe in umbrellas.
glatt • Mar 31, 2011 11:43 am
I have a "rag pile" in my shop. It's getting pretty big.
monster • Mar 31, 2011 11:44 am
casimendocina;720004 wrote:
I do not believe in umbrellas.


They exist! Really! I just saw one in the back of my car! A bloody huge black and white one covererd with kid footprints, the little gits.
Trilby • Mar 31, 2011 11:50 am
Howard's End wouldn't exsist if not for umbrellas!
Pete Zicato • Mar 31, 2011 2:24 pm
casimendocina;720004 wrote:
I do not believe in umbrellas.

<matrix>There is no umbrella</matrix>
infinite monkey • Mar 31, 2011 3:25 pm
Brianna;720011 wrote:
Howard's End wouldn't exsist if not for umbrellas!


Neither would The Bad Seed.
casimendocina • Apr 2, 2011 8:43 am
casimendocina;720004 wrote:
I do not believe in umbrellas.


I've had a conversion experience: today I saw umbrellas used as lampshades. COOL!
DanaC • Apr 2, 2011 8:49 am
Can't remember the last time I used an umbrella. I hate 'em.

Too windy in the north. And you have to hold 'em up. Pain in the proverbial if you ask me. I'd rather get wet.
glatt • Apr 2, 2011 8:54 am
Umbrellas work well in certain situations. Poorly in others.
casimendocina • Apr 2, 2011 9:12 am
DanaC;720494 wrote:
Can't remember the last time I used an umbrella. I hate 'em.

Too windy in the north. And you have to hold 'em up. Pain in the proverbial if you ask me. I'd rather get wet.


Aside from their novelty value as lampshades, I'm with you Dana (and you have to remember to not forget them whenever you put them down for an extended period (e.g. at work or in a shop etc...)
Rhianne • Apr 2, 2011 3:00 pm
I have never owned or felt the need to own an umbrella. Rain is only water after all - the same stuff I wash myself with.
pensive pam • Apr 18, 2011 3:39 pm
infinite monkey;719581 wrote:
Ask anyone or everyone anything or everything.

So, tell me, when it rains do you nearly drown, or do you have a separate umbrella so your upward pointing nose doesn't fill up?


In NY, it's been raining a lot here, so I always carry an umbrella...interesting post though.