Umbrella Dilemma (Or: How I learnt to stop worrying and love the rain)

It rained yesterday and today. Not all day, just at some times. Big thick heavy rain, the kind that gets you wet rather than just damp. Today I avoided it all. Yesterday I was caught in it a bit. My umbrella is sitting here beside me, but I don't want to take it with me since I may lose it in the pub. Yesterday I didn't take it with me since I was going to a gig. One day, I will have to take it - an umbrella that just sits there and doesn't open, protect, close, is a useless umbrella indeed.