L.L. Beans fans: Rain? You call that rain?

By adamg on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 7:49am

Channel 25 reports crazed outdoorsy types are, even as I type this, standing in the pouring rain in Dedham waiting for the new L.L. Bean to open this morning - in another hour and ten minutes.

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Rain Gear Test Zone

By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 9:46am.

They should send out employees with raingear for sale at discount, or for people to test and to buy if they like them. Then people coming in to the store, the media, etc., would see plenty of happy, dry people in highly effective rain gear.

Advertising gold!

My LLB rain gear certainly

By oddjob60 on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 10:13am.

My LLB rain gear certainly kept me pretty dry this morning... but I put it on before going outside. Not sure how much it would help someone who's already soaked!

The rain separates the true

By NotWhitey on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 10:33am.

The rain separates the true fanboys from the posers, and puts those who really care at the front.

Maybe these folks were able

By CorkyMuldoon on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:02pm.

Maybe these folks were able to get a life after the store opened.

Look on the bright side:

By Brighton Billy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 2:13pm.

LL Bean clothing keeps these people from breeding. It's so unattractive, it acts as birth control-- no one wants to shtup these people, not even themselves. Not entirely successful, but it does keep the WASP numbers down.