It's raining outside, again. In about ten minutes I have to catch the bus, which means I will once again be standing there waiting for the bus in the midst of a downpour. Why am I not worried? How can I breathe easy? Two words, my friend. Rain pants.
Mine are a bright royal blue flecked with splotches of white exterior house paint. Together with my bright green waist-length rain slicker it creates the type of garish color scheme one usually only sees on the outfits worn by superheroes (Commuter Man!) or circus clowns. But do I care that I look ridiculous? No I do not. Why, you may ask?
Because I know that the moment I don the rain pants, the rain can't touch me. A big semi truck could drive by and splash that whole lake of water collecting next to the curb all over me and it wouldn't do a damn thing. I laugh at the inclement weather! Laugh, do you hear me? I laugh and laugh. Rain on, Seattle winter. You are no match for these pants.
Posted by flamingbanjo at February 2, 2006 04:17 PMIf you're like me, however, you will eventually begin to perspire inside the rain-proof pants, and of course, there will be no way for the moisture to wick out, thus making one slightly damp anyway.
That is, if you're like me.
Posted by: COMTE at February 2, 2006 04:57 PM"Because I know that the moment I don the rain pants, the rain can't touch me."
You know what happens when I don my rainproof clothing? Like, consistently? It stops raining.
Posted by: Joshua at February 2, 2006 07:14 PMMy downfall is the shoes. If I would just put on a pair of Wellingtons I could be impervious, but instead I find myself standing there with slowly dampening feet.
Posted by: The Green Man at February 2, 2006 11:29 PMactually, your rain-gear colour-scheme is similar to the upper level girl scout uniforms. which begs the obvious question:
Are your cookies also rain impervious?
HAPPINESS
Banjo had
Great Big
Waterproof
Boots on;
Banjo had
Great Blue
Waterproof
Pants;
Banjo had a
Great Green
Waterproof
Rainslicker--
And that
(Said Banjo)
Is
That.
(A.A. Milne rolls over and coughs gently)
Posted by: anne at February 6, 2006 11:13 PMThe white "paint" is actually marine grade adhesive I used to attach multiple thousands of c-7 lighting string clips to the retail and condo rooftops of a certain berg accross the water during torrential rains in thirty-eight degree weather standing in 6" of standing water 'cuz landlords don't clean drains unless they cause a problem. I owe you some new pants. They kept me warm, dry and not as miserable as I could have been in those circumstances.
Posted by: jaye at February 8, 2006 05:49 PM