big umbrella

The weather in london at the moment has been reading about monsoons and gotten a little too carried away. The temperature rises to around 33º, then the sky turns muggy and decides to go to the toilet all over the city.

As nico said this morning, to be truly english the essential accessory is an umbrella. Where there is rain, the englishman can conjure up a brolly from nowhere.

The old use for an umbrella was to shade one’s fair skin from the sun (the word “umbrella” is from the Latin word “umbra” for shade or shadow).

Whatever their use, umbrella’s are always rather selfish - they only fit one, or one and a half, people under them. They also have those viscious points that end up poking you in the eye.
However the BIG umbrella is LOVE.