Posted: Oct 07, 2017 10:51 pm
John Platko wrote:
I feel certain that it's just my desire not to get wet that is the first order driving function of my accessorizing with an umbrella.
You may be onto something, here. How hard does it have to be raining before that desire kicks in? This is quantifiable, if you don't just want to open the umbrella at an arbitrary moment. When the rain diminishes, you have to do all the dirty work of figuring out when to close the umbrella, so you don't look like some putz who hasn't realized it's not raining any more. This is a parable of sorts, while an umbrella is just a parapluie.