Fenders are for sissies, but they keep your back dry when the roadswet

I got a funny look the other day for having a traditional set of
fenders on my bicycle, but I didn't care, the road was wet and I
didn't have a wet strip of dirt up my back. So in the grocery store I
got into a conversation about bicycles and the clerk said "I don't
think bicycles are such a good alternative to a car, because I get my
back all wet when it rains." There you have it, a whole new generation
that never owned a bicycle with fenders. I'm old enought to remember
when all bicycles had fenders. No extra charge.