On 19/12/2016 17:00, Scott wrote:
On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:58:39 +0000, wrote:

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:25:29 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

I understand that the latest thing this year is hi tech umbrellas with
carbon fibre spokes and very clever material that cannot get punctured or
turn inside out. It also has a blue tooth device to keep you up to date with
the weather forecast and a proximity detector t

I wish they had a proximity detector that collapsed them around the
head of the person carrying it preferably strangling them while it
does so when they get close to poking somebody's eye out. Umbrellas
are fine when there is space for them and people are not moving too
much like at a spectator event and even there they block others view,
on crowded pavements they are an antisocial menace . A mumbled apology
having turned someone into a Cyclops isn't good enough.
Light weight clothing for most weather conditions encountered in the
high street has been available for years ,there is no need to carry an
Igloo on a stick.

Has anybody's eye ever been poked out by an umbrella? It's an
expression like the one about tripping over your shoelace. I was
always told this as a child - and even now - but I have never heard of
anyone ever tripping over their own shoelace.

I've had some near misses over my undone shoelaces. I wouldn't doubt
someone could be less fortunate and fall.

I take it you use slip-ons or some other lace free footwear?