Raincoat or Coat yourself in Rain

I have heard people say one has to 'brave the weather'. I am not living in the days of the Merchant of Venice or Popeye the sailor man.  All I want to do is go shopping braving the ever-changing British weather. I haven’t relied on a raincoat since childhood. They are plastic contraptions and are hard to keep clean. Whoever thought that they are a replacement for umbrellas are at fault.

The weather man always promises a wonderful shiny sparkling day. ‘Weather’ undergoes an emotional turmoil as it over hears the newsman and strongly believes that it a shame for its kind to be so predictable and wants not to be part of the gamble.

Overcast skies but quite warm, how should I dress? Dilemma at the corridor as to which one to pick, should I carry an umbrella and possibly lose it in one of the shops or should I wear the ingenious invention of mankind , The Raincoat.

As I know the end to this story, I can at his stage comment that people who wear jeans that’s crying to be washed will have to wear a raincoat.

I can fairly judge from the clouds that it is going to rain anytime.

I went to the shops and on the way back it started pouring. I put my raincoat to test. I came home contemplating the fact that I was drenched in rain despite me wearing the raincoat. The technique as to how my raincoat managed to do this is interesting. All the rainwater collected at the bottom end of the coat and literally wet the whole of my jeans (if I carried an umbrella this would not have happened!) and soaked my socks as well. This could not explain why my hair (on my head) was wet. Well, the rainwater trickled back on the inside of the coat and the hood itself was creating extra warmth that I must have sweated quite a lot. The million dollar question is “Is there any point in wearing a rain jacket to keep the rain at bay?” No! The only good thing at the end of this is , my jeans went for washing and I felt as if it winked at me!