# How do you like your umbrellas?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-umbrellas/836924>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 11, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-umbrellas/836924 "2019-07-11T20:07:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-umbrellas/836924/41 "2019-07-15T16:54:58Z")

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> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> Just by the way, here in Saudi some ladies actually use non-waterproof umbrellas. You know parasols.

I once had a store customer ask me if an umbrella was waterproof. Uh, it’s an umbrella.

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-umbrellas/836924/42 "2019-07-15T16:56:13Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> I once had a store customer ask me if an umbrella was waterproof. Uh, it’s an umbrella.

Not a parachute? 🙂

~Max

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