Umbrella Amnesty Launched for Inside-Out Brollies; Bins Overflowing With Spokes
Council asks residents to stop leaving dead umbrellas 'artfully draped' over hedges.
An umbrella, deceased. Photo: AshokaJegroo, “Broken umbrella after Sandy”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
PERTH — After two storms, the city has declared an Umbrella Amnesty, inviting residents to hand in inside-out brollies with no questions asked.
“We’ve had 400 so far,” said a fictional amnesty officer. “One was still open. It had clearly been through something. We gave it a cup of tea.”
Experts recommend tying down garden items before Tuesday and, in the case of umbrellas, simply accepting the inevitable.
The real story: Fictional.
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