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SheilaT

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5. Can anyone come up with a non-sinister explanation?

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 04:20 AM

Mar 2013

I can. I may not be correct, but I can tell you that sometimes people use umbrellas simply to shade themselves from the sun.

I used to live in Tucson, AZ in the 1960's, and I can assure you that pretty much every single day I'd see people using umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun. I have no idea whatsoever if the "umbrella man" being discussed here was doing that, but I can absolutely assure you that there IS a non-sinister explanation for him.

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Sinister interpretations of otherwise normally explainable events: The Umbrella Man [View all] Poll_Blind Mar 2013 OP

Beautiful bit of wisdom. n/t defacto7 Mar 2013 #1

Great story :) n/t Tx4obama Mar 2013 #2

Sometimes it IS sinister pmorlan1 Mar 2013 #3

"What do you call someone in possession of all the facts? alterfurz Mar 2013 #7

Hiram Holliday. Downwinder Mar 2013 #4

Can anyone come up with a non-sinister explanation? SheilaT Mar 2013 #5

I watch the Documentary Channel allot... ReRe Mar 2013 #6

"Life is complicated" should never be confused with "There are no conspiracies" TalkingDog Mar 2013 #8

Though the Umbrella Man was peacefully protesting justiceischeap Mar 2013 #9