Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Total Number of Broken Umbrellas...

sticking out of garbage cans and lying abandoned in the street from Piazza Goldoni to Via Roma just now...10.

This is because Triestinis insist on using umbrellas in any kind of rain or (in this case) sleet, even in the presence of the Bora. Coincidentally this is also the reason I have never met a Triestino willing to pay more than five euros for an umbrella.

Why not just put up your hood?

2 comments:

  1. Well, I tend to use reinforced umbrellas, those with 16 ribs instead of 8, but they are hard to find.

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  2. made me think of this:
    http://umbrella.treehugger.com/nominees/balenciaga.php

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