I'm not sure whether I like umbrellas or not. I hate carrying them. On the one hand, it's entertaining to be warmer and drier because of a spindly thing of cloth and metal, and it amuses me to hear the rain splattering to a halt just above my head -- like I've outwitted it, or something -- but on the other hand... I'm not getting wet.

Relevance? Why, none at all. Is it required?