Comments on: Super-umbrella contracts to avoid inadvertent umbrella-related homicide

By: Tenders

Tenders — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:44:42 +0000

I must be one of the umbrella haters who run from awning to awning, the true reason for this is I keep losing them, I don’t think I have managed to keep one for more than three days, the one thing that does annoy me about them is that I feel because I dint have I have to run the gauntlet every morning going to work on a rainy day, no body seems to move out the way just because they have an umbrella, some morning I feel like Mike Tyson with the way I have to bob and weave just trying to get by them and survive at the same time. I enjoyed reading your post and ranting about it to lol. thanks.

By: fb687991878

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:21:28 +0000

Devin,
Do we live in different Seattle’s? The standard joke around here is “how do you tell locals from tourists?” answer: umbrellas. I know maybe one person with an umbrella, and she keeps hers in her trunk.
I, along with everyone I know, fall into the “awning” category or the “who cares if it is raining” category.

By: The Polite Umbrella «

The Polite Umbrella « — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:24:26 +0000

[...] This unique umbrella contracts to avoid collision with other pedestrians. (via Crunch Gear) [...]

By: JRetSapDoog

JRetSapDoog — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:22:19 +0000

It’s not “polite” unless you partially retract it early enough for the approaching person to notice such that they don’t have to take evasive action (but perhaps the maker/user thought that would look dorky). Then again, in that the approaching person in this case did nothing to prevent a collision, forget about them; save yourself.

By: Daily Crunch: Rainy Day Friday Edition

Daily Crunch: Rainy Day Friday Edition — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:00:27 +0000

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