New umbrella
Posted by Chris @ 9:13 pm
It is raining in the UK at the moment, and that fact led us to realise we needed new umbrellas. Me because mines pretty broke now, and Dawn because, like a lot of her things, lost her last one.
So why does this mindless rambling about umbrellas deserve a blog post? Well, one, because its my blog and I'll post what I like, and two, because my new umbrella has a fantastic automatic opening action that I discovered after I'd decided to buy it! Check out the groovy video below (sorry the brightness isn't great).
Is that cool or what! I like to think it sounds like “click...whooommmph” Having it rain on the way to work shall now be an enjoyable experience, I can pull out my umbrella, “click...whooommmph”, and be the man about town.
Yeah, I know, I'm cool.
6 Comments
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:51:00 pm
Nice brolly you've got there. Did you nick it off Mary Poppins? ;-)This comment posted by
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:57:00 pm
Firstly, it is not a brolly, as you put it, but an umbrella.Secondly, Mary Poppin's umbrella wasn't this good, she had to open it herself if I recall correctly.
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:59:00 pm
Mary Poppin's umbrella wasn't this good...So your brolly allows you to fly does it...? Pull the other one Riley... yours just makes a cool noise. And that's where the fun ends!
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:07:00 pm
In theory yes mine does allow me to fly. Wikipedia quite rightly explains that "Mary Poppins was blown by the wind with an umbrella." So given the correct wind I too could also fly with my umbrella. Whether this flying would be a good feature of the umbrella or not is an assumption on your part, which I would consider wrong. And the noise is cool, but the action is even cooler!This comment posted by
Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:16:00 am
Its a sad day when you feel the need to keep your blog alive by blogging about umbrellas.How come theres no sound with the video so we can all share in the experience??
But whatever, you'd best bring it with to the bbq on the 16th just in case!! (I've probably just jinxed it now!!)
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Monday, August 07, 2006 9:57:00 pm
Firstly, thought the BBQ was on the 19th?Secondly, there is no sound on the video as Dawn was in the background loading the washing machine, and I think the sound of the umbrella works better with your own imagination.
Thirdly, at least my blog is alive!
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