At what point do you pull out an umbrella?
A raindrop here and there
2.3%
4
Light drizzle
11.4%
20
Steady downpour
22.3%
39
Heavy rain
24.0%
42
Never
40.0%
70
175 votes
KyuuA4 said: Born and raised in western new york for 13ish years, moved to Washington (state) for several more, and I'm now in Cali for uni, tyvmkyonkundenwa said: I'm writing this from the sunny land of California, where it is currently raining, of all things. I've noticed that at the slightest sign of rain, some people here dress up in complete raingear- boots, poncho, umbrella. My pacific nw pride forces me to walk around in normal clothing regardless of rainfall. Actually, I rather enjoy the feeling of freezing rain dripping from my hair, along with the numbing sensation of being drenched to the skin. What about the rest of you? You Californians are spoiled for that very reason. Go get some heavy snow. |
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| Just depends, lately I haven't been using an umbrella. |
| Never, since there is little rain where I live. |
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| There's not a lot of rain lately, and if there is then it's just a little.. I really like walking in the rain, so I don't use an umbrella most of the time. I don't really like hoods either, so I just put on my coat and walk to where I need to go. But if it's a serious downpour, then I'd whip out my umbrella. |
" ... carpenters fashion wood; wise people fashion themselves" - Buddhism |
| I live in Bergen now. So in other words, pretty much every time I go outside. |
Asako said: I haven't had an umbrella for at least twenty years. I'd kinda like another one, but I'm not entirely sure what to buy. I dislike those little foldy cheapo ones I see everywhere. :( I want something a bit sturdier, it'd make life easier since I live in an area that gets pretty decent winds, and those tiny popout ones are so flimsy. This is just weird. I mean, are there actually umbrella brands? More importantly: does it really matter? If it breaks you can always buy a new one for 3€. Oh well, I like those Chinese people sell. Have 4 of them, all in different colors, but left the green one at a friend's car. I like my Black Cat umbrella I bought in Paris, it has to get some fixing now because the wind blew a piece of it away (apocalypse, I tell you). I have 3 small ones that fold, one is over 40 years old (was my grandmother's and is neon green), one is striped (but I left it at the bathtub of a friend...), other is brown. I also have my small Budapest umbrella, but it's on hiatus... Then there are two exclusive for my mother and one exclusive for my sister (only the cat one is truly mine, nobody else can use it) I like the ones that fold, because you can have them inside your purse. They only break if a diluve pours down, which is actually not that common. The downside to the long ones is that if it does not rain after all it's boring to carry it around. |
 Waratte Oemashou Sore ha Chiisana Inori |
| Only when it's heavy raining |
Nika-senpai said: Totally off in both cases, I live in Southwestern Ontario. Lol. But, it still gets cold when it rains, and since the summer of 2005, which was really warm and awesome, we haven't had a summer that hasn't been ridiculously rainy and cold (14 fucking degrees? COME ON) for at least four out of eight weeks... By east I meant anything east of BC, so I was right. |
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| I use them when the coat I'm wearing doesn't have a hood. Option not on the vote so I guess heavy rain... |
| I voted for "Light drizzle" because I'll whip out my umbrella sometimes for that. It depends, though. My light jacket doesn't have a hood (if it's during the summer, I often go out without a jacket at all) and I walk and take the bus everywhere, so having an umbrella on me is extremely useful. My winter coat, however, has a hood so if it's a light drizzle, I often won't bother taking out my umbrella until it reaches "Steady downpour" level. Then again, it doesn't usually rain during winter, but this year, it's a warm winter so we've gotten some rain instead of snow =/ |
| I don't really like using umbrellas. But, if it was raining really hard, I would use one. I don't mind getting soaked a bit. |
| When it rains hard. |
| If I've got it I use it. It's short, lightweight, and collapsible, there's no reason why I shouldn't. |
Confucius say man who stand on toilet is high on pot. |
| Heavy rain only :D as a guy im more or less sure that its a rule... :O |
-= Quote of the week=- "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction." -Isaac Newton |
| Wow a lot of people chose never as well, i like the rain and getting wet... wait. |
| Needs more Drill Hair. |
| I carry around a backpack most of the time so that I can carry anything I buy when Im out and about so I can grab onto the handlebars on skytrain without having my groceries/ whatever in the way, and I keep an umbrella in there all the time. I use it whenever its raining enough to get get my glasses wet. |
| Only in heavy rain I like running around in rain even if I get soaked. |
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| I usually don't bring an umbrella with me but if it rains heavily then I use it... I remember walking in the heavy rain for a good 30 minutes because I had to walk t my apartment, even my underwear got soaked xD terrible experience. |
| It depends on what I'm wearing. If it is drizzling and I'm just running to the mailbox or something then I'll just throw on a swearshirt. If I'm going to school or what have you, am dressed up, or have my hair done up, then I take an umbrella because my hair gets frizzy when it gets wet and air dries. |
| "When he will, the weary world Of the senses closely curled Like a serpent round his heart Shakes herself and stands apart." - A.C., Equinox I/I |
| Never. |
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| I never use them. I take the rain! xD |
| I never used them, lol. Cause i don`t like to keep something in my hands for... nothing? I like rains, i like to stay in rain so i do not see a problem walking while its raining. |
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| Well, I guess when it starts to rain.. But sometimes I just use my .. hood (is is what you call that thing on your coat?). |
StephanBlackhawk said: Pfft. Umbrellas. I live in a city where it rains all the time the only time I ever use an umbrella is when it's showering. Seconding this. There's no point bringing around an umbrella almost every day. I just wear a jacket that has a hood. |
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| I never use umbrellas. That would be giving the rain the satisfaction of knowing it won. |
EmbahJan 23, 2010 4:02 PM
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| I never use an umbrella. |
| Only use a umbrella when it raining very heavy and when i have to go to work. But i forget my umbrella almost every time so ... |
| ....... |
| Never use it, a bit of rain won't get you killed the last time i checked. |
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| Only in really heavy rain. |
| sunny and steady downpour. but since moving to MA, it`s so windy here it`s pretty impossible to use them without breaking them. =_=;; |
| Our principal does: for 3 seconds just to cross the school gates and reach her car 7 feet away. It never rains/hails here. Only sun. |
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| When it's the phrase after drizzle :P I don't like getting my hair wet -_-; but I do enjoy the rain when I'm wearing rain boots (: |
| When I have one, even if it's a light drizzle, as long as it's not windy and my umbrella won't get blown away. JenJenx3 said: This is me... my hair does crazy things when it gets even a light mist of water on it.I don't like getting my hair wet -_-; but I do enjoy the rain when I'm wearing rain boots (: |
| When it rains heavily. But frankly I don't like using an umbrella. A cap will be just fine. |
| I always use my umbrella when it rains. Because I have to walk a lot and the few rain drops just add up and you get really wet after some time... |
Touka said: I never use an umbrella. |
| I don't really walk anywhere considering there are no sidewalks here. So I haven't had to use an umbrella in years. When it does rain if I have somewhere important to be, up goes the umbrella, but my hair is the type of curly that becomes amazing/sexy when it gets wet. I don't know why. So I'll typically let my hair loose and strut my stuff and laugh at the girls who are freaking out because their hair is becoming a frizzy mess. Makes me happy. |
| Only when I really need to, anyways I'd rather not use it because I have to rush to the bus in a narrow passageway (wired fences on both sides) and being careful about the umbrella would just hinder my speed. |
| I use umbrella whenever I feel like it or when heavy rain comes. It just bothers me everytime I uses an umbrella. It's like it's never made for guys in the first place. |
AlexSadist-sama said: When it rains heavily. But frankly I don't like using an umbrella. A cap will be just fine. This. |
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| I never use an umbrella. I haven't in years. Just pull up the hood on my hoodie, or make a run from the car to the building! |
| “It’s not so much that I care about what you’re doing, but the idiotic way you’re doing it.” Vincent Valentine |
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