Let it be known, I was wrong about something.
Shocking, huh?
Anyway, for many years I have harboured a grudge against anyone daring to carry an umbrella. Well, carrying it is fine. Using it is not.
This is really a height thing. Being two metres tall, that's 6' 7" in old money (or 6"7 in Spinal Tap measurements), I am at the optimum height for having my eyes scrapped by umbrellas. Especially golf umbrellas.
Golf umbrellas that are being used on the pavement rather than the golf course would make the list of the modern ten commandments:
Thou shalt not use a golf umbrella anywhere other than a golf course
Because it doesn't take much to work out that there's more room on a fairway than a pavement.
Other commandments would naturally read:
- Thou shalt not wear combat trousers outside a war zone
- Thou shalt not wear a comedy tie
- Thou shalt not walk slowly
- Thou wilt wear thy trousers so that no one can see your underpants
Anyway, I have noticed that an umbrella has its uses. Interestingly, I have found that it stops me getting wet.
Who knew?
The downside is, being a special cheapskate at the moment (economic conditions, crappy job market, poor decision making, Christmas is coming and the goose isn't even tubby, let alone fat) I bought a £5 M&S umbrella. And it's pretty good. It's compact, it keeps most of the rain off, it folds up and so on.
However, because it cost £5, it has also started to fall apart. Well, you get what pay for. Or I got what I paid for. That by the way is as daft an expression as, "oh, it's cheap at half the price".
Well, I've taken my first step into the wider world of non-golfing umbrellas. I haven't played golf in two and half years. Consequently I haven't used a golfing umbrella in, well around two and a half years. I need to find a happy medium (another silly expression).
This, by the way, would be a good next step I think. I wouldn't want to go for something too expensive until I've confirmed that I'm not just flirting with them.
