Mach said:

I have one just like this

I have about 5.

I check the weather online before I leave the house to see if it's going to rain.

If it's been rainy for a while, I might carry a small one in my purse, just in case I need it.

There's also one in my desk at work in case I forget and it rains later in the day.

I always carry a backpack with me to work that I can put my compact lunch cooler in as well as my MP3player, 8GB USB drive, etc., etc., so I ended up buying a compact umbrella to go in there, too.

CarrieMpls said:

One of my five is a lovely umbrella a fellow orger gave me.

MoniGram said:

That reminds me that I own the purple one with the s that was sold in the NPG store. But I never used it.

I have 2. One with me and one in the car. I think you just need to get yourself and Umbrella. Or put plastic grocery bags on your head like the little old ladies do.

hokie said:

Omg! I didn't know that's something international.

Cheek said:

My grandma still does it. She doesn't want her perfectly coiffed Queen Elizabeth hair to fall flat.

i HATE using umbrellas. Especially if its windy.

If its raining i'll wear a hoodie or something.
Its so not cool to be walking down the street with an umbrella and the wind breaks it.

DanceWme said:

That's why you get the super duper sturdy ones. Not those cheap dollar store ones.

hokie said:

the super duper sturdy ones are too big for me



plus i like the spongebob and spiderman ones

DanceWme said:

My son has a Spongebob one.


He's 5.

hokie said:

Yes, one, but it's dusty. I don't think I've used it in the past 3 years.

I live in Seattle. The natives are known for our avoidance of umbrellas, because they end up being impractical in this climate. It rains often, but it's not usually a downpour. For drizzle or sprinkles, it's too much of a pain in the ass to be perpetually toting a damp umbrella. Most of us just wear layers, including something with a hood.

I pretty much only use an umbrella for job interviews at the like. Something where I really don't want to get my hair messed up.

Yes, and I take it with me everytime I leave my house I'm not about to mess up my hair, mmmkay?

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PANDURITO said:

That reminds me.....I forgot mine at work. I don't like keeping it there. Some umbrella-less person might take it on a rainy day. I do keep one in my car too.

DanceWme said:

I like the Hello Kitty and character ones too, but they really aren't that sturdy. lol

DanceWme said:

I wants me a big ig'nant ass umbrella, I just don't know here to find them....I HATE HATE HATE getting wet outside.

Rolling used to ask thread questions just like this one...

KidaDynamite said:

so u like gettin wet inside? giggity giggity

DanceWme said:

i left mine at my sister's house...i used to have one that was white with black
music notes on it...it played 'singing in the rain' (electronically) some dishonest person at work took it... sometimes, the way it rains here, the umbrella doesn't do a bit of good...

one at the house, in the car and at the office

I like this thread.

Not anymore. I have a rain jacket with a hood. When I lived in LA, it would rain and we'd all get out these ratty unbrellas. But in the Bay where it rains more, and also Seattle, where it always rains, people don't seem to use them as much.

I think it's way better to just wear a hood, personally, unless I needed to be dressy.

hokie said:

In college I had a cheap dollar store one and I had it open one night walking to campus and the wind was so strong, it bent the metal center tube into a j-shape like an invisible Superman.

Yes. I live in Vancouver. I have two.

As for how do people know it's going to rain? Well Sparky, in the 21st century we have these far out, neato, and hip things called weather forecasts. Sometimes they're even right.

meow85 said:

Hahaha!

More than I can count! I swear those things multiply on their own!