That's gratitude for you. Didn't even say goodbye!
January 1, 2011 9:22 AM Subscribe
I blame Obama.
posted by Etrigan at 10:14 AM on January 1, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 10:14 AM on January 1, 2011 [5 favorites]
I am amazed that we haven't figured out the umbrella problem. It is a design basically unchanged for how long? Yet still the major flaw, flipping inside out and breaking, hasn't been solved. They can send a man to the.............
posted by Sreiny at 10:55 AM on January 1, 2011
posted by Sreiny at 10:55 AM on January 1, 2011
"They can send a man to the............."
or so they say.....
posted by HuronBob at 10:59 AM on January 1, 2011
or so they say.....
posted by HuronBob at 10:59 AM on January 1, 2011
It's a visual metaphor for the human condition, the broken umbrellas of course represent the flimsiness and fragility and of all of our plans and efforts. So, it's poignant n' stuff.
But if you see a broken umbrella yourself and snap a photo and upload it, then maybe you feel like you've just anchored the world in some small way - nailed a moment down and made it permanent.
posted by longsleeves at 11:57 AM on January 1, 2011
But if you see a broken umbrella yourself and snap a photo and upload it, then maybe you feel like you've just anchored the world in some small way - nailed a moment down and made it permanent.
posted by longsleeves at 11:57 AM on January 1, 2011
I am boycotting this site until it includes more parasols. No justice, no peace.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:04 PM on January 1, 2011
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:04 PM on January 1, 2011
Of course, there's always this.
Alternatively, this.
granted, if the wind is blowing that hard, you will get soaked anyways.
posted by mingo_clambake at 12:10 PM on January 1, 2011
Alternatively, this.
granted, if the wind is blowing that hard, you will get soaked anyways.
posted by mingo_clambake at 12:10 PM on January 1, 2011
HuronBob: "Of course, there's always this."
Oh yea, like I wouldn't lose a $200 umbrella in about a week.
posted by octothorpe at 12:44 PM on January 1, 2011
Oh yea, like I wouldn't lose a $200 umbrella in about a week.
posted by octothorpe at 12:44 PM on January 1, 2011
No - the solution is to buy a decent fucking umbrella. Everyone complains that the umbrella they bought stopped working, but they all bought the cheapest, shittiest umbrella possible, so of course it broke! I bought a well-made umbrella from a reputable shop, and it's still perfectly good, so there.
/grump
posted by idiomatika at 2:27 PM on January 1, 2011
/grump
posted by idiomatika at 2:27 PM on January 1, 2011
Clearly the solution is to move to Southern California. My sun parasol never fails me.
posted by 26.2 at 3:13 PM on January 1, 2011
posted by 26.2 at 3:13 PM on January 1, 2011
Those aren't broken umbrellas. They're just unbrellas. Led by Brokenbroll the king of the unbrellas.
posted by Hactar at 3:39 PM on January 1, 2011
posted by Hactar at 3:39 PM on January 1, 2011
I bought a well-made umbrella from a reputable shop, and it's still perfectly good, so there.
Oh yeah? How many days ago was that?
I don't own an umbrella. I don't think I ever have. I always figured if God didn't mean for me to get wet he wouldn't have made me waterproof. Of course I don't believe in God, so I can see the failure in my own logic there. This is the burden of being self-aware.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:35 PM on January 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh yeah? How many days ago was that?
I don't own an umbrella. I don't think I ever have. I always figured if God didn't mean for me to get wet he wouldn't have made me waterproof. Of course I don't believe in God, so I can see the failure in my own logic there. This is the burden of being self-aware.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:35 PM on January 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their thinking.
posted by norm at 9:35 PM on January 1, 2011
posted by norm at 9:35 PM on January 1, 2011
In Hong Kong these show up by the hundreds after every typhoon.
I call them 'dead umbrellas'.
posted by bwg at 4:57 AM on January 2, 2011
I call them 'dead umbrellas'.
posted by bwg at 4:57 AM on January 2, 2011
Now you know where to send your photos.
posted by cjorgensen at 1:37 PM on January 2, 2011
posted by cjorgensen at 1:37 PM on January 2, 2011
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