SOS

Frosty, the me man
Was not that jolly at all
In fact, lil help please?


Reader Kate caught this battered soldier reaching out for help in Philadelphia.

Nervous system

Spotted by @Coujones on 9th and Walnut, Philadelphia

TKO

Broken umbrella: "well you can't say I didn't put up a good fight."

Spotted and sent in to us from Chayoung in Manhattan.

Don't look at me like I'm some kind of monster

And you think you're having a bad day?

Spotted by Courtney on 8th and Washington, Philadelphia

Nature, nurturing

Isn't the ivy just saying "don't worry little brolly, we love you just the way you are."

Another first-time submitter! Thanks JoAnne, who spotted ole rusty during a walk around Wilmington, Delaware!

Habeas corpus

I'm not litigious
Per se, but this seems like un-
lawful treatment, no?

We spotted this one in our favorite stretch - 16th and Spring Garden!

Forensics

Ask me about the email back and forth dissecting and finally confirming the anatomical identity of this fragment spotted on the floor of a Manhattan advertising agency's elevator. Go ahead, ask.

Spoke nub. It's probably Latin.

Special hat tip, and apology, to -2 for her perfect eyesight (and teeth, which I didn't get either.) xoxo

Forensics

Our friend Alanna is back and was minding her own business when she came upon this tragic crime scene. Given the victim's decomposition, we are led to believe it may have attacked first, although the punishment certainly doesn't fit the crime.

Don't pick up strangers

Unless you are Martha Stewart and happen to have a ream of all-purpose fabric and pincing shears in the back seat. Then consider this your lucky day.


Ginny spotted this during her lunch hour in Greenville, South Carolina. Our first from the upstate! Thanks, dear!

Emergency landing

Crime scene

Eagle-eyed Ruth does it again, from NYC! Thanks Ruth!

Adaptation

Dare I say we're looking at a beach-turned-city umbrella?

Another from one of our favorite snappers in New York, Ruth!

Bus-ted

Sent to us from Karen in Queens. Thanks lady!

Umbrellasaurus Rex

Died a sudden, catastrophic death likely from some undetermined mass event. Research ongoing.

Feist(y)

One, two, three, four, tell
Me this isn't awkward. An
Umbrella foursome?

Our favorite interior design secretary, faithful student, library book checker-outer and general victim of my whimsical hobbies with great musical taste, -2, sends this pileup in from the soggy streets of New York! Thanks, love!

Don't block the box

Write the ticket, assign the fine, Officer Inclement. This deadbeat's definitely not showing up for a court date.

Um(brella), reincarnation?

Our New York City girl Ruth qualifies as a Better Off Soaked paparazza with this amazing series. Not only is she fast re-acting and iPhone-using, she's got a great eye -- capturing for the first time in BOS history, the "Another Man's Treasure" (which we now regret using for an earlier post).





Ruth, we bow in your awesomeness and equally also thank you for helping us make the case for purchasing an iPhone.

Enjoy, reader!

When in Greece

This topless beach thing is taken very seriously.

Our friend Michael of the "take a year off and blog about your worldly travels while making cubicle dwellers everywhere green with recycled-air jealousy" blog Yobosayo spotted this while in Santorini, Greece. Harumpf.