One thing that has been emphasized during our recent monsoon season is the lack of weather preparation skills possessed by many HRM residents. So many people getting needlessly drenched when it is easy to pop up an umbrella, and poof! You have your own personal porta-roof to deflect the rain. What is wrong with people? Walking around getting drenched while I am nice and dry… —Under my umbrella…ella…ella…ella…eh…eh…eh
This article appears in Nov 11-17, 2010.
An umbrella isn’t much use if the wind snaps it out of your hand and lands on Joe Howe’s statued noggin like a giant metal spider.
Halifax needs someone to take better control of the weather. They have a guy in new guinea somewhere on one of the islands who does it for them. There must be alot of jerks in halifax, otherwise, there is no reason for all the crappy weather. I really think toronto is full of lovely people because the weather is good here. Or maybe haligonians don’t eat enough canned artichoke hearts.
I’m not really sure why this is a Bitch entry. What do you care if a stranger doesn’t have an umbrella?
Canned artichoke hearts ? ? ?
How do you eat those…or what do you eat those with ?
I know unless someones put it in a dip or as an ingredient in something, I don’t believe i’ve eaten them.
TTFN knows what’s up. Umbrellas in Halifax generally have very short life spans. Here, rain is usually accompanied by gale-force winds that will either turn your umbrella into a useless jumble of metal and shredded fabric, or turn you into a pitiable imitation of Mary Poppins as you try to wrestle the damn thing down Wind-Tunnel Boulevard. I gave up on umbrellas long ago. Besides, there are times I actually enjoy going for a walk in the rain, getting soaked and knowing I can come home to a warm house and a hot mug of tea. DON’T JUDGE ME M’FER.
you do know there are people out there that don’t mind a little rain or… ghasp, actually enjoy it…
the umbrollies i see here generally don’t resemble their original shape. they look more like poke your eye out thingies☂☁☀
Anyone who calls what we’ve just been through…a little rain… has to have issues.
When the river is right up to the road…when over 100 feet of my backyard is under water…& I don’t mean no inch or so, my well top is still more than 3 feet under the surface. At one point last week it was more than 9 feet under water. That’s a lot of rain, not a little rain.
Anyone else remember seeing a bridge in Nova Scotia washed downstream ?
We see them where the banks erode away from time to time, but I don’t remember seeing a bridge go downstream from flooding !
only problem there o.p., is the wind that whips those little fuckers out of your hands, or just rips the shit out of them. then what good are they to one? in the last few days, i have counted no less than 20 fucked up umbrellas in garbage cans around hrm.
I would agree with your first bit there More.
though having no land myself, all I really experienced was some wind and light rain every time I stepped outside. perhaps my ‘little’ rain was not directed at the overall quantity, but the amount of rain experienced while I … say, wait for my bus or walk to my car. Since it was always light rain or drizzly…not torrential down-pouring for a week straight, it was a little rain here and there.
Manoevering an umbrella in the wind can be tricky, and in some winds not even possible. Most of the time mine remains intact, but sometimes even the most accomplished umbrella jousters are bested by the wind.
I bet the BubbleBoy never got wet.
I like the rain and every umbrella I have owned has been nothing but junk.
MOOPS? LET ME SEE THAT. THAT’S NOT MOOPS YOU JERK, IT’S MOORS. IT’S A MISPRINT.
Wonders if the OB is the Wicked Witch of the West who melts when water touches them.
The wind in Halifax isn’t exactly always kind to umbrellas…
I hope my umbrella blows inside out and impales you OP.
Not really … but uh whatever. This bitch is ridiculous.
OB apparently doesn’t actually live in Halifax because he obviously doesn’t know about umbrellas in Halifax.
I chuckle every time I see someone walking through Halifax holding an umbrella. The poor souls obviously aren’t from here and have no idea that attempting to use am umbrella in this city is a wasted effort.
Wishes OP was on Sackville Drive last Friday with me waiting for the bus.Then we would see how he liked the damn rain and how long his umbrella would last.
I kinda agree with rs and zZz, what the hell is it to you? Maybe I like rain?
Not to mention that as everyone else has mentioned, umbrellas probably have a one day life span.
And Monsoon Op? Really?
Why don’t you go live through a REAL monsoon and THEN make that comment.
Oh, and for the record, I absolutely fucking hate that song.
OB’s made of sugar.
I’m wondering which song it is 1fallingangels1 fucking hates since the OP has made reference to two songs. Burt Bacharach rocks!
singing in the rain comes to mind and clockwork orange. what’s the other one sis?
I was referring to the “umbrella elle x 50 = shoot me in the face” one.
Oh, the ella ella song! Appeals to the teenybopper crowd, I guess.
When I was that age I was grooving to Bacharach’s ‘Raindrops keep falling on my head’ “…so I just did me some talking to the sun, and I said I didn’t like the way he got thing’s done, sleeping on the job, I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining…”
well thanks, it’s become much muddier
Umbrellas are pointless when it’s windy because they break. I don’t bother with them anymore. A little rain doesn’t hurt me (but I was mighty cold this past week after getting soaked in the rain).
I’m guessing OP has a car and drives everywhere in the rain, because NO ONE who uses public transit or walks to work or spends any amount of time outside in the rain outside of walking from their nice comfy car would think an umbrella is any solution to not getting wet in the rain in Halifax. Go to any bus stop in this city on a rainy day and I’ll bet you’ll see at least one umbrella in the garbage. IT’S TOO WINDY IN HALIFAX FOR UMBRELLAS! Last week I ruined my WIND RESISTANT umbrella ffs.
Go shove an umbrella up your arse, OP.
some people aren’t afraid of the rain. walking in the rain is kinda nice actually. So what you get a little wet. I enjoy it
walking in the rain is nice yes, but not with 70 kmh winds to whip it at you like a knife. i love walking in the rain at a beach, nude. cleans and tingles the whole body. but with crystal cresent all fucked up now, that is just about impossible to do, damn it all to hell.
SO, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF MY HONER PICTURE?
what’s a honer suckulous?
sorry, homer.
Honer looks slightly photoshopped, but it is spectacular in all the wrong ways nonetheless.
i thought lifey meant honey, took me a minute too see the homer face
D’OH!
ahaha, nice LS
It’s quite titillating.
yes donk, very much titillating indeed. thot you guys would get a hoot out of it. a friend sent it to me, and no, not photo shopped at all. this is actually her.