The Danger of Cheap Umbrellas

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I briefly owned two umbrellas. Now I own one.

I attempted to use the other today to shield me from the rain. The wind (strong, admittedly) first flipped it inside out, then I got it righted, then flipped it inside out so strongly that it a. first looked more like a tree than an umbrella, b. eventually folded over itself to look like a flag, and c. tore several of its metal spokes apart from the main stem, and from each other.

It ended its short life in a trash can on Amsterdam Avenue.