As a former pedestrian commuter through the City, I'd love to see the goons who think a golf umbrella makes a suitable and sociable rainscreen pelted with fruit.
I almost considered setting up a Tumblr of ridiculously oversized umbrellas at one point, knocking people off pavements.
I'm with you - I'm tall enough that the little metal tips of most umbrellas are usually at eye-level, and have received many uncomfortable jabs to the eyeballs (and more often than not people are annoyed that their umbrella was nudged, instead of being sorry)
"I do not believe the presence of moisture in the air is sufficient reason to overturn society's usual sensible taboo against wielding spiked clubs at eye level.”
I almost considered setting up a Tumblr of ridiculously oversized umbrellas at one point, knocking people off pavements.