This is my submission to "Better off Soaked," a site that collects images of broken/discarded umbrellas:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXSkbwwKmXhfOYW0p8KXAKk885jtg7D0dR7Fyjzhe3EImsaHV8p76KAqvEqW-fJoe41O3sTlJ7myLPhrB082c9uMXEuGz5nIymSGEFdck2-VfmZHcAxCcmWIWpF3b_1Olzb4Meg/s400/DiscardedUmbrella.jpg)
At first I wondered why one would collect these images, but when I espied this noble weather-worn device embracing its abandonment with such dignity, I knew what I had to do!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXSkbwwKmXhfOYW0p8KXAKk885jtg7D0dR7Fyjzhe3EImsaHV8p76KAqvEqW-fJoe41O3sTlJ7myLPhrB082c9uMXEuGz5nIymSGEFdck2-VfmZHcAxCcmWIWpF3b_1Olzb4Meg/s400/DiscardedUmbrella.jpg)
After a long and distinguished career, he was inexplicably hung up to dry for defects unseen by the passing throng.
At first I wondered why one would collect these images, but when I espied this noble weather-worn device embracing its abandonment with such dignity, I knew what I had to do!
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