There is only one street umbrella salesman in New York City.
Normally.
When it is dry I'm sure he scuttles away to the dark end of an alley somewhere in Manhattan and waits.
And waits.
But the second it starts to rain the salesman splits and multiplies like an ameoba in the life-giving water and in no time at all umbrella salesmen are everywhere.
I'm convinced this is how it works.
The Umbrella Hypothesis
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Biology in the streets of New York is amazing, isn't it?
Are you sure that they aren't just the watch salesmen? They close their magic suitcase, turn it upside down, press a button, and it folds out into their umbrella dispenser.
That's a startlingly scary theory.
Probably accurate though.
How about the guy who seemed to be outside Duane Reade (86th/Lex) no matter what time of day I exited the Subway (like JLo, I used to "Take the 6")? He was purportedly selling "Dolla Lohses" which looked oddly like roses he was selling for a dollar.