I just realized something

You know that superstition about how you should never open an umbrella inside or bad stuff will happen?

Yeah! I just figured out why somebody came up with that!

It's raining here today and a lady in my cubicle row has her umbrella open, propped up to let it drip and dry all over the floor.

So- this must have happened in some lady's living room many moons ago, so she convinced the offending party(ies) that they would be struck dead by lightning if they ever did that again.

Because really, you probably deserve to be struck by lightning if you're ruining some lady's gorgeous carpet. (Ha- I said carpet! gorgeous carpet, even.)