Is it acceptable for a man to be seen with an umbrella? Or are they a sign that you are, well, a bit crap?
I don't use one (apart from on the golf course, when standing in the rain is utterly unpleasant, and they look kinda cool), and I don't think I would ever walk down the street carrying one.
Well? Umbrellas - yes or no?
Not for me
I'd rather look like a drowned rat (not that I don't anyway)
Don't they say...
that it's acceptable for a man to have a hook ended umbrella but not a straight one?
I dunno, I don't use one and just get wet.
Big golf umbrellas
that you can carry about like a big stick or sowrd then YES.
Small umbrellas, especially hose with cubed handles - NO.
curbed / curled handles that is
Of course
it's acceptable, why wouldn't it be?
not unless your
wearing a suit.
like the avengers.
Curly handles are for
da freaks.
I always carry an umbrella
have you ever seen a ninja without an umbrella?
umbrellas are shit
for boys or girls. They poke people in the eye, are really cumbersome to carry around inside or when it's not raining and get lost a lot.
I'd rather get wet or invest in a hood.
fuck yeh
thanks! my mum thinks i am a twat for thinking that.
and the popular opinion is...
GET WET.
i would carry one, but i can never work out what the bloody hell i'm meant to do with it to try it off once i get wherever i'm going!
I love umbrellas
you can pretend it's a sword AND a shield
Yes, and a bowler hat to match
I used to see a guy walking around with a bowler hat and umbrella - and it was autumn... Tres sexy, indeed.
I love umbrellas even though Fellalady and Brainers have one apiece of mine
I think the city gent type are fantastic - I feel like John Steed when I have mine and love spinning it round my hand as I 'potter' to work - I may even use it onstage FYI
Those little ones that 56 year old little beetling bachelors have though are gay and rubbish
there was a man in town the other day
with an umbrella so big that it literally took up the width of the pavement. there was only him underneath it.
this meant that everyone walking past him or who he passed had to duck or jump into the road to get out the way.
i really thought seriously about killing that man.
Definitely yes
They keep you dry, therefore they are brilliant. I can understand it looks a bit silly if you're carrying a giant golfing/businessman umbrella around, but those little fold-up ones are great.
I really don't understand why any man wouldn't use an umbrella if it was raining. You don't look any more manly, you just look wetter.
whatever next?
is it acceptable to wear shoes?
of course umbrellas are fine.
but wet = sexy
see music videos of less than 100% attractive girls, James Blunt is an exception.
I don't not use
one to look sexy, I just can't be bothered with the hassle. And I think they look a bit stupid.
Perhaps
But I still believe any man who deliberately walks in the rain with no cover to appear attractive to the opposite sex needs some kind of support group.
I have an umbrella in my bag at all times.
I did however get to work the other day and I was soaked because of the rain and I realised I could have just used my umbrella. I'm a dunce.
you are silly then really
silly silly silly
I love that word 'SILLY'
I just
fill other peoples umbrellas with confetti when they nip to the loo in
the pub.
You always take confetti to the pub?
Is that in case there's an impromptu wedding?
sometimes
i make my own out of a newspaper.
No
If you're a male with an umbrella, you've climbed aboard the express train to Twatsville. It always rains there
Only twats carry them surely?
The worst thing is shorter people who poke your eye out with them. GRRRR...
Me and stevierob == like that obviously!
:D
(I was only referring to men, btw.)
all twats
well i'm 6 foot 4, so every twat pokes my eye out.
I like to carry one theo
but only in the winter -if I did walk round doing silly gestures with it like I was john Steed or in a Madness video I would accept your 'response' -silly silly silly - what a word!
Prole
I used your umbrella (the one with the red handle) on Sunday, it kept me dry as I strolled around Kew Gardens in the rain. I think one of the spokes might have broken....possibly.
Although I would like to say, I think they are a rubbish design and the use of them should be banned from crowded pavements.
top tip
You can of course use umbrella tips to inject poison into Russian dissidents arses
yes especially Golf and corporate ones
sorry, Liz, did you just write you went to 'Kev Gardens'? I need glasses. Theo?
I got that one in the Isle Of Mull - its almost a 'sport' one - am going to invest in a nice city gent one - then leave it at SCL's for Brainers' magpie hands - grrrr (but nicely)
yes
what's so bloody manly about getting wet?
i concur
umbrellas are a wonderful thing. well-made ones, anyway.
small ones are fucking crap whether you're male or female, because they're almost always flimsy and badly made. fit in your bag they may, but they don't justify the extra weight because within about a minute of using them, they fall apart pitifully. even the expensive ones. long ones with crook-handles are absolutely the classiest, most practical option.
plus you can spike people with them if they give you hassle.
Ah another pet subject of mine!
I have two whangee-handled umbrellas (like Steed has on the avengers and as on the right here http://www.james-smith.co.uk/). I always carry one if it's wet. It's an essential item for any gentleman. Always has been. It's less manly to have to wait in the entrance of a shop (or rely on a girl!), surely??
men always look dashing
When they have a black unbrella with a wooden handle.
YES!
I'd like to give a roaring yes for the umbrella, unless you live in a very windy place. They are convenient, and you when waiting for the bus, you won't have to aimlessly fiddle with stuff in your pockets. That also looks a bit dodgy.
but ten the thung hoodie thing can be deemed attractive...
But not as attractive as an umbella and a big wooden handle slung under the left arm.
then*
thung*
Bollocks!
thug*
I swear I saw an ad in the met today
Young woman, mid 20's, looking for tall man, with own income and a black umbella slung under the left arm with a wooden handle. Looking for friendship maybe more.
A umbella is VITAL to society.
an*
I wonder...
why she specified the wooden handle?
I suppose nothing beats having a solid piece of wood in your hands sometimes...
my conclusion is that she doesn't like to get hurt when she's having sex.
That way, she is able to find a man who compinsates his small willy by having a big wooden handle on his umbella.
Who knows? She sounds like she'd have more of a baggy fanny to me.
Anyway.
I was actually...
trying to think of that quote from Spinal Tap about having a cricket bat before I thought of denegrating it into smut.
yes yes Tom
Honest!
Where have you been anyway Marilyn? Haven't noticed you on these fair parts for ages.
I've been getting into trouble
Nothing exciting. Do you use an umbella, Tom?
No...
I like to keep both of may hands free at all times...
And I'm scared the wind will blow me away.
move to London and join inuendo weekly
Takes place every Thursday at Wandsworth Town Hall, 7pm. Bring gin.
Shall do.
Again I didn't notice the innuendo at first.
yea bollocks
Once I did notice...
it of course I had to post it, I feel I should cut down on the bad joke/pun/innuendo stakes.
Perhaps someone will take me seriously then...
i cant velieve this is even a discussion
if you have a bag to put it in when its not raining, a million trillion yeses
but then it dribbles inside
It's a no win situation.