Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

I discovered something quite important the other day....newspapers DO NOT make a good alternative to umbrellas. I found myself without an umbrella in the middle of storm and with a 15 min walk ahead of me. At first I figured it wouldn't be that bad but the size of London raindrops definitely are something to be reckoned with. I would have imagined that making a quick run for it with the newspaper over my head for a bit of protection at the time, however, once I made back home I realized I was still soaked from head to toe, rain dripping down my neck and into my shirt and to top it all off newspaper ink had streamed down my wrist and into my sleeve leaving the headline of the Financial Times soaking into my shirt. That is how I discovered that newspapers DO NOT make good umbrellas.