Well its that time of year here in the UK where its raining...well, OK that doesn't really narrow it down much, does it?
Its that time of the year where its raining and darker than the rest of the year when its raining.

This weather leads to panic in the streets, god forbid any one should actually get wet!

So everyone grabs their umbrellas when they need to go out into the midst of it...not a big deal...well not for some, but for me it is!

Firstly, girls, fully appreciate you need to keep your hair dry, no problem with that at all, just a piece of advice, when the wind is howling, the silly little thing that you are trying so desperately to take my eye out with, its not really helping you...or me, or anyone!

Then there are the chaps...what the hell is wrong with you???
Firstly its not a competition, so why do you have to try and have the biggest Umbrella in the universe, you know the kind that is a hazard to the person walking on the other side of the street!

Secondly, why??
Just WHY?

Nothing wrong with a little acid rain, its good for the skin, you would have thought you'd be used to it by now! Perhaps its because some of you spend more time in the bathroom than your girlfriends/wifes...etc, and I have heard nasty rumors about some of you using...I dont know if I can even bring myself to say this...but, you seem to be using hair straighteners...and that just breaks my heart!

I don't really know where I am going with this...it sounded a lot better in my head after yet another person almost took my eye out with one of those damned things earlier today!

Anyhoo...that is all, as you were!:}

I hate umbrella's.

Im singing in the rain:cool: Its a great time of the year to get wet;) dont you wish you were a duck, like water of the back...:D

Umbrella's what? And to which umbrella are we referring?

And to which umbrella are we referring?

Umbrella ella ella

Daughter used to call her see-through Mr Men one her 'umbrellella' - which stuck for many years . . .

Get ahead. Get a hat. :ok:

Daughter used to call her see-through Mr Men one her 'umbrellella' - which stuck for many years . . .

That's an example of the Banana Problem, after another kid who asked for "a banananana... I've started, but I don't know how to stop!" :8

Whatever happened to Pacamacs?

2 sheds...I have no idea what you mean!;)

Well its that time of year here in the UK where its raining...well, OK that doesn't really narrow it down much, does it?

Now that is one of the funnest posts I have ever read here in Jet Blast.

Well done. :ok:

Wear an 'at instead, much easier to keep the rain off. We need to wear more 'ats. The 'at making industry needs your help.

Although I do have a huge Golf type umbrella in the car. Comes from when I used to spend Sunday mornings watching Noisy jnr play rugger. I defy anyone to spend 2 hours on a Sunday morning standing by a rugby pitch in the Wurzels Republic of Cidersetshire when it's p!ssing with rain without an umbrella. We don't get 'a little acid rain' here in the WRoC, we get a hell of a lot of it!

Why are all mine not here, but in everyone else's pad, office, car, feckin train, pub etc, etc, etc???????????????

Just for you, merlinxx :

The rain it raineth on the just
and on the unjust fellah
But mainly on the Just because
the Unjust has the Just's umbrella....

Ripline

One source of amusement when walking up the pavement and being barged out of the way by someone with an umbrella held in front of them as a shield.

As they go past tap the edge of the umbrella sharply with ones finger, clasp ones hand in front of ones eye and stagger round crying 'Oh God, my eye, oh' and other words to that effect loudly. And watch the look of shock on the face of the umbrella wielder.

Whatever happened to Pacamacs


Still on sale G-C. Saw some at Killington Lake services on the M6 last Sat

Ain't gotta brolly, just wear my barbour jacket and put the hood up if it gets too bad. Less junk to carry round and big poacher's pockets as well. :ok:

Good God!!!!!!!!

ORAC is a hoody!!!!

Whilst agreeing with the advantage of the Poacher's pocket (in which one may secrete an unfeasibly large hip-flask), a gentleman should not, under any circumstances, possess a Barbour with a "hood"; a gentleman always allows the rainwater to trickle off his Donegal tweed cap and down the inside of the collar of his Barbour. Wearing a hood with one's Barbour is a capital offence, on a par with wearing trousers possessing an elasticated waist.

"in which one may secrete an unfeasibly large hip-flask (http://www.growlerflask.co.uk/images/gallon_main.jpg)" The growler 1 gallon hip flask.... :O

Nothing Shemy...as long as you're a girl.

I've a nice wee thick towelling Barbour scarf which catches the rain going down your neck.
That does mean that after a while you're walking round with a wet towel wrapped round your neck.
Ah well, what can you do.
But definately no umbrella.
And if a girl says 'Do you want to share my umbrella?'
'Darling I'd rather have my eyes sucked out by a donkey and replaced by red hot toffee apples. Never in the history of mankind has that worked, ever. So, thank you, but no.'
Fos

If one wears a suitably wide brimmed hat the rain drains off the hat, by-passes the corduroy collar, and runs off the waxed cotton with minimum interference to the wearer. One can then lean nonchalantly on one's brolly until one spies a fair maiden suffering in the inclement conditions. One can offer shelter from the rain under the umbrella. Always a winner ;)

Umbrellas
The presenter on the television series Coast is one Nicholas Crane. His back pack is equipped with a good sized brolly.
My agreement is against those who dont use their umbrella safely.
Getting wet is the beginning of losing body heat.

The only purpose of Nicholas Crane having a brolly tucked into his backpack is so if I bump into him in a remote area I can thrash him over the head with it shouting 'take the brolly out of your back pack you moron.' Or something like that.

Firestorm
The wide brimmed hat is dangerous territory. Wide brimmed hat worn with an ankle length stockman wax type coat could lead to ridicule.
But deerstalkers are right out, unless you're a deerstalker.
Fos

Whats wrong with straightners anyway? :hmm:

Implies that straighteners are required and therefore the admission of one's lack of genetic evolution. A properly evolved head doesn't have hair to block the production of Vitamin D during cloudy periods. Vitamin D is absolutely essential for the development of a proper sense of humour.

Whats wrong with straightners anyway? :hmm:

I'll tells ya then, you cant fit them in your make up bag :) (and yes that applies to the blokes aswel :suspect:)

Never did get the Barbour thing. Reminds one of chinless wonders and smelly dogs.
One prefers a DrizaBone and on the odd occasion a nice roo leather hat.
Still, one lives in the sticks.

I wasn't kidding about the hat. I currently use a M&S "Cricket Hat", wide-brimmed with a strap, which keeps the rain off my face and my specs. I bet I look a right <insert Aussie insult>, wearing it in the middle of winter, but I also look like a dry <insert Aussie insult>, so who gives a <expletive>? :E

Umbrellas are great in the right place. Here, we get honest, vertical rain, not like the evil Brownian motion clingy misty rain of Yorkshire. It's fun spotting northern European tourists during the rainy season: can't quite get to grips with the idea that it can be raining very hard and be very hot at the same time. Walking around in their macs, as wet on the inside as the outside.

No opinion whatsoever of Um, however I'm quite a fan of her brother,Jaques Brelle:}

A green felt fedora is ideal for wet but not windy weather. Wind speeds greater than 12-15kt dictate either a chin strap or a more closely fitting item, either a cap or bobble hat. The latter not to be worn where you might be recognised. The former with the peak forward at all times.:)

Fos: I quite agree that the only people who should wear deer stalker hats are: deer stalkers (not their clients); Sherlock Holmes (and John McCrirrick: he's a lost cause anyway). In the same vein, the onnly people who should wear Australian stockman style dusters are: Australian stockmen; Chelsea mothers on school runs; people who want to have the mick taken in large chunks.

The wide brimmed hat must be warned at the right angle, or other people could draw the wrong conclusion about one's character.

There is never an excuse for wearing a baseball cap, forwards or backwards, even if you area baseball player. And there is never an excuse for wearing a baseball cap whilst eating. Ever.

ORAC...........

Id love to take a sip out that Growler!!!!!!!!!!

What a strange name for a hip flask................. takes on a whole new meaning of " Show us your growler!":yuk:

I had to wear various hats for 25 years the RAF. Normally a No 1 hat with me Blues, though sometimes a Chip-bag was better as you fold it up in yer pocket. Then a beret when DPMs/greens.

None was really any good at keeping the rain off.

The problem with a hat with a decent stiff brim is what do you do with it when it stops raining? i'll stick with the hood....

p.s. I've rarely worn a tie since I left, and got rid of all my black Oxford shoes and blue shirts.

25 years of aversion therapy......

the purpose of the huge umbrellas? to keep their egos dry I think

Used to use an umbrella, but stopped after an "interesting" happening when I lived in Italy. I lived about 15 minutes walk from the office. One summer day we had a real downpour at lunchtime, so decided to use one of the companies promotional golf umbrellas. This had a metal pole. Laid it against my shoulder and cheek and left for home. On the way I had to walk under a HT power line. As I walked under it there was a "sizzle" and I got a shock down the side of my face and shoulder. T'was a bite sore so when I arrived home I looked in the mirror to find that I had a bl***y big burn mark where the umbrella pole had touch my body.

From then on umbrellas were out.

Pacamac?

Is that a burger made from an Alpaca?