tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post1817996105445171420..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Redeeming the Man HatBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-30227800650903044212008-11-03T05:27:00.000+00:002008-11-03T05:27:00.000+00:00dell latitude d600 batterydell inspiron 510m batte...<A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/latitude-d600-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell latitude d600 battery</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/inspiron-510m-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell inspiron 510m battery</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/inspiron-600m-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell inspiron 600m battery</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28621950010147740082007-04-17T19:29:00.000+00:002007-04-17T19:29:00.000+00:00I'm with binx. The "flat at" or cap is truly class...I'm with binx. The "flat at" or cap is truly classless as well as supremely practical. <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, after going open necked for the last 20 years, I have been forced to start wearing a tie by the desperate attempts of politicians and others to appear casual. It would be terrible to be thought to be following a trend!Big Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616917971432691081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-73917645995458879212007-04-13T19:00:00.000+00:002007-04-13T19:00:00.000+00:00As you're guilty of starting this surprisingly hea...As you're guilty of starting this surprisingly healthy debate Bry, I suggest the Campaign starts here! Bring Back the Hat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82734320234067807822007-04-13T18:54:00.000+00:002007-04-13T18:54:00.000+00:00Thanks Nige and Neil. Chess will certainly do, alt...Thanks Nige and Neil. Chess will certainly do, although I have a feeling dominos more appropriate to the Briton, while in a smokey pub wearing a hat, of course. Though I think we were all a little amiss in failing to mention pipe smoking which has really disappeared from the earthly firmament. ALways loved the smell from elderly relations' pipes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-64283566958714074422007-04-13T16:55:00.000+00:002007-04-13T16:55:00.000+00:00Is their rightful place in the cupboard? If so, ea...Is their rightful place in the cupboard? <BR/><BR/>If so, easy. Just say no. <BR/><BR/>If it is the place of dignity and beauty, then the trilby is the only answer, and you must never worry about the teenagers of Camden! My dauhgter has a torquoise felt trilby from Claire's Accessories but I think she would be no competition for a man in a hat.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the current tendency of men to Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-52663909359137121402007-04-13T10:05:00.000+00:002007-04-13T10:05:00.000+00:00But girls don't do hats much either, and that's a ...But girls don't do hats much either, and that's a great pity. I'm keeping the distaff side up with a raspberry beret, a tweed baker-boy cap, and a floppy, 70's 'Rhoda' (remember that?) big-brimmed titfer. They get you lots of attention.Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914896847679973163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-38574351912681851842007-04-13T09:16:00.000+00:002007-04-13T09:16:00.000+00:00Andrew - you've got it, I'm sure - brilliant. And ...Andrew - you've got it, I'm sure - brilliant. And Neil - Cary Grant's suit in His Girl Friday. Enough said. <BR/>NigeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-73061481488248934602007-04-13T02:37:00.000+00:002007-04-13T02:37:00.000+00:00It seems my main thought disappeared regarding Nig...It seems my main thought disappeared regarding Nige's question of the decline of the hat and smoking disappeared into the ether, thus making my after-thought a bit odd. Here goes again.<BR/>A thought that possibly randomly flickered into view(though what is random) was Margaret Thatcher's infamous line, "There is no society." This was followed with a brilliant exposition on how power is never Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-11869375350557557012007-04-13T00:03:00.000+00:002007-04-13T00:03:00.000+00:00You're a Manc, Bryan, but the Blue side, right? I ...You're a Manc, Bryan, but the Blue side, right? <BR/><BR/>I hope you could find it in your heart to treasure English footy's greatest ever night of European competition this week, even though the shirts were red. <BR/><BR/>If only Carrick or Ronaldo had got one more, this comment would also be at least figuratively relevant to the subject of the post.Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678545794431822288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86740939822921606772007-04-12T21:49:00.000+00:002007-04-12T21:49:00.000+00:00I would love men to start wearing hats again. And ...I would love men to start wearing hats again. And suits too. I quite like that 1950s look, a la Cary Grant. So smart. And masculine (although, didn't he turn out to be a bit Stoke. Never mind). And women too. Yes. Women in hats - we don't see enough of it. In fact, I would like to see a hat revolution. And what's wrong with affectation? All fashion is affectation. Wear you hat with pride, Bryan.Neil Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240393170374161007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-57361028954702819472007-04-12T21:15:00.000+00:002007-04-12T21:15:00.000+00:00Well I'd like to defend the cap and the freedom to...Well I'd like to defend the cap and the freedom to choose what is quite a practical hat. Fashion shouldn't exist, all styles should be allowed at any time and I won't stop wearing a peaked cap because of other people's prejudice. Surely there are undesirables wearing every kind of garment. What Pete Doherty says is of no interest to me, I actually think caps can suit the English man as our hair Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46923416650364767222007-04-12T20:41:00.000+00:002007-04-12T20:41:00.000+00:00Hats are in with the young, as well as the resurge...Hats are in with the young, as well as the resurgence of the trilby I have noticed a peaked version of the beanie that seems to becoming popular.<BR/>I'm with Bryan though I struggle to find a hat that feels comfortable or doesn't make me look like I am pretending to be something other than I am.Gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17979621132151870323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86142027562520741022007-04-12T20:01:00.000+00:002007-04-12T20:01:00.000+00:00It seems to me that fear of skin cancer is the mai...It seems to me that fear of skin cancer is the main reason that most men buy hats these days. In fact, almost every Australian I've met wears a hat while out and about.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13498913609937942352007-04-12T19:38:00.000+00:002007-04-12T19:38:00.000+00:00As an after-thought, the words of Aldous Huxley ar...As an after-thought, the words of Aldous Huxley are truly apposite in this issue; "Only a large-scale popular movement toward decentralization and self-help can arrest the present tendency toward statism. At present there is no sign that such a movement will take place.' <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the resurgence of the hat to its rightful place atop the human head could be a crucial tool in the igniting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-12951575921727538522007-04-12T19:34:00.000+00:002007-04-12T19:34:00.000+00:00As there are many poetry lovers on here, let me po...As there are many poetry lovers on here, let me post an apposite verse. This is by my friend and favorite poet, Ted Kooser.<BR/><BR/>"The Little Hats"<BR/><BR/>I saw the old men hanging down under their little hats/<BR/>as the hats pulled them stumbling along--/<BR/>those polyester hats with little checkers,/<BR/>with little feathers, yellow and red--/<BR/>and their eyes were wide behind their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75169406498731900972007-04-12T18:57:00.000+00:002007-04-12T18:57:00.000+00:00I realise you're not strictly a Norfolk man, Bryan...I realise you're not strictly a Norfolk man, Bryan. But I thought you'd appreciate the acceptance;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47888782206941479452007-04-12T18:34:00.000+00:002007-04-12T18:34:00.000+00:00Who would have thought a simple post about hats wo...Who would have thought a simple post about hats would have elicited such a response. It seems that Hats 'R' UsRichard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28071570958015802262007-04-12T18:14:00.000+00:002007-04-12T18:14:00.000+00:00I am indeed blessed, Lee, but I am not strictly a ...I am indeed blessed, Lee, but I am not strictly a Norfolk man. I'm a Mancunian via London. Here I am an interloper, an incomer, but it feels very like home and a pint of Wherry is a great joy.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-10998011377296354992007-04-12T18:12:00.000+00:002007-04-12T18:12:00.000+00:00Pete Doherty wrote the immortal lines: "There's fe...Pete Doherty wrote the immortal lines: "There's few more distressing sights than that/ Of an Englishman in a baseball hat."<BR/><BR/>It is strange how hats went out of style. One thing that stands out in these ancient Friese-Greene style pre-war films is that absolutely EVERYBODY wears a hat.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43174123063404176262007-04-12T17:10:00.000+00:002007-04-12T17:10:00.000+00:00Bryan, you are truly blessed with such well read c...Bryan, you are truly blessed with such well read commenters, with a wealthy source of commendable information. <BR/><BR/>My contribution: Baseball caps are for Chavs. But as (like myself) you're a Norfolkian, a Flat Cap should suit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-66293420432206450152007-04-12T16:50:00.000+00:002007-04-12T16:50:00.000+00:00Quite so, Richard - it's not the Trilby I have a p...Quite so, Richard - it's not the Trilby I have a problem with per se, just the swaggering TopShop teen try-hards who are driving me toward an early midlife crisis. <BR/><BR/>By 50 I hope to have negotiated the home jukebox/motorcycle phase which seems to afflict panic-stricken male midlife without grave incident. Only then will I consider a Trilby.Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678545794431822288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76133259625612927972007-04-12T16:26:00.000+00:002007-04-12T16:26:00.000+00:00Re Richard Havers and the origins of Trilby...The...Re Richard Havers and the origins of Trilby...<BR/>The fedora too takes its name from a play (there is also an opera of the same name, and a fine late film by Billy Wilder). These are surely the only hats named after plays - and, oddly, they are virtually the same hat. Funny old world, as Wittgenstein once remarked.<BR/>NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-53333141857000572692007-04-12T15:36:00.000+00:002007-04-12T15:36:00.000+00:00Johnny, I didn't quite wear a trilby the first tim...Johnny, I didn't quite wear a trilby the first time around but I'm a lot nearer my dad's age than I am Pete Doherty. I wear them properly, not like an extra out of Quadrophenia!<BR/><BR/>You're still under 30? Wait 'til you get to over 50 like me. Someone even called me Mr. Havers the other day. I was forced to point out that Mr Havers was my dad.Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65509633608909940362007-04-12T15:24:00.000+00:002007-04-12T15:24:00.000+00:00The recent inexplicable Trilby phenomenon, coupled...The recent inexplicable <A HREF="http://img.web.de/c/00/5F/1B/F5.200" REL="nofollow">Trilby phenomenon</A>, coupled with the <A HREF="http://www.thedeco.co.uk/downloads%5CRussell_Brand_10.JPG" REL="nofollow">skinny jeans pandemic</A>, gave me the final, much needed, nudge into the realisation that I am, in fact, getting old. <BR/><BR/>Not that I expect any sympathy in these parts, mind, for I am Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678545794431822288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-34527865049528945402007-04-12T15:02:00.000+00:002007-04-12T15:02:00.000+00:00Here in the states John F Kennedy is credited with...Here in the states John F Kennedy is credited with popularizing the hatless trend. By hats you mean traditional, formal hats. Well, formal attire is going out along with formal hats. Jeans and informal baseball caps are the trend nowadays. There is a variety of the baseball cap known in the midwest as "tractor hats", which are baseball style hats with a taller, straighter front panel that has Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.com