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humor The Needling 2026-09-06

Seattleites Abandon Bumbershoot Upon Realizing They've Been Supporting An Umbrella For Decades

The music scene is in total disarray after festival-goers realized 'Bumbershoot' is just an old-timey word for an umbrella. Apparently, spending five decades at a festival named after precipitation gear is just too much cognitive dissonance for a Seattle hipster to handle.

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