How does an Umbrella keep from getting soaking wet?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Who invented the Umbrella? What were the earliest Umbrellas made of? How many different types of Umbrella are there? Have you started your FREE TRIAL of Who Smarted?+ for AD FREE listening, an EXTRA episode every week & bonus content? Sign up right in the Apple app, or directly at WhoSmarted.com and find out why more than 1,000 families are LOVING their subscription! Get official Who Smarted? Merch: tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more, at Who Smarted?

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0:00.0	Pse!
0:01.0	Hey, Smarty Pants, I'm glad you could join me!
0:04.0	I was just about to take a walk on this crisp fall day.
0:08.0	Uh-oh, did you hear that?
0:11.0	Um, maybe it was just a truck or an airplane?
0:15.0	Nope, not a truck or a plane.
0:18.0	I think we're about to get a little rain.
0:22.5	Or a lot of rain.
0:24.5	Quick, smarty pants, get out your bumbershoots.
0:27.7	You did remember to bring a bumbershoot, right?
0:30.0	After all, the forecast said there might be rain today.
0:33.7	What's that?
0:34.6	You didn't bring a bumbershoot?
0:36.3	Huh?
0:37.0	Oh, you don't know what a bummer shoot is? That's
0:39.6	understandable. That word isn't used a lot these days. How about your brawly? Your gam? Your paraplowy?
0:46.5	Oh, wait, I know. Open your umbrella. Phew, that's better. Thank goodness for your
0:52.7	trusty umbrella. Or your umbrella, Ella, Ella, if you're Rihanna.
0:57.5	But whatever you call it, when it's raining cats and dogs, meo, hawk-hawk.
1:02.7	It's certainly good to have one, right, smarty pants?
1:06.9	But who do you have to thank for the handy umbrella? How did a gawky sun canopy manage to transform itself into a fashion accessory?
1:16.2	And why is it bad luck to open one indoors?
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