tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post6117916806355298664..comments2023-09-20T16:16:26.566+01:00Comments on I sold up and moved to Mars: The right to bear umbrellasArtoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846359529440273892noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-2682272748085166752011-10-23T18:34:48.568+01:002011-10-23T18:34:48.568+01:00I don't think my friends in the north know abo...I don't think my friends in the north know about my man bag.<br /><br />I've never been to Glastonbury, but if I ever do make it I think I'd like to wear a cloak (possibly with the moon and stars embroidered onto it) to keep the rain off. Knowing my luck it'd probably be sunny.Artoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846359529440273892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-20855395644782357992011-10-23T17:55:39.284+01:002011-10-23T17:55:39.284+01:00I use umbrellas too, and I often carry one of thos...I use umbrellas too, and I often carry one of those really small ones - always with me at Glastonbury, certainly (never in the crowd though, of course). No shame in a brolly..... My man bag feels empty without one (!)swisslethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-29093177786610057082011-10-22T19:03:19.841+01:002011-10-22T19:03:19.841+01:00I try to avoid extravagant swishing, my dad once n...I try to avoid extravagant swishing, my dad once nearly impaled an infant in their pram due to that.Artoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846359529440273892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-64768856968360066062011-10-22T18:44:54.374+01:002011-10-22T18:44:54.374+01:00I've started using a brolly recently. Rather l...I've started using a brolly recently. Rather like the gentlemanly swish of it.Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-70269607473377796122011-10-20T17:20:50.936+01:002011-10-20T17:20:50.936+01:00It's definitely weird how such a sensible item...It's definitely weird how such a sensible item is ever so slightly reviled. And practical considerations aside you'd think they'd be joyfully taken up by modern man as a spear/sword substitute.<br /><br />On the price side, I used to buy brollies from Boots or wherever but even they cost about a tenner, then a few years ago I nicked the one that's just broken from a big pot in the hall at my mum and dad's. I don't think it was a posh one, just old, and well made.Artoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846359529440273892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-13796652013794850152011-10-20T15:16:45.422+01:002011-10-20T15:16:45.422+01:00I think a lot of the stigma attached to men carryi...I think a lot of the stigma attached to men carrying umbrellas comes from Steve "The Wally With the Brolly" McClaren". (It put me off anyway.)<br /><br />But no, I suspect you're right and that it was always thus. Not for me, mind./ I never leave home without one unless it's either a) very sunny b) very windy or c) very both. I must say I was amazed at some of those prices you quoted though. I usually pay about three quid for my brollies!Kippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204054692989383519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-11769649877541086392011-10-16T23:46:59.442+01:002011-10-16T23:46:59.442+01:00Yellow socks! I feel queasy.Yellow socks! I feel queasy.Artoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846359529440273892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1820665525852614768.post-24150911483921350232011-10-16T23:40:16.703+01:002011-10-16T23:40:16.703+01:00With me it's yellow socks. There, I've sai...With me it's yellow socks. There, I've said it.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.com