have you ever had drips of rain form rivulets and run down the canvas? they are bigger than raindrops.how annoying. have a motor on your brolly to spin off the water away from you,and the spinning can keep up the material,rather thana wire frame.-- technobadger, Mar 01 2001 Neat idea, but won't this get everyone else all wet?-- PotatoStew, Mar 01 2001 Didn't the Penguin (from Batman, as opposed to Linux) have one of these?-- nick_n_uit, Mar 01 2001 Fit it with a gutter and downpipes as you would any house.-- UnaBubba, Mar 01 2001 halfbakery