Pickles by Brian Crane for December 09, 2013

What makes a fedora a crazy hat anyway?

I can’t remember the last time Earl wore a hat?

It only looks crazy on the Cowpie Kid.

One generation’s standard attire is the next generation’s joke clothingUnless you’re Neal Caffrey, of course

Indiana Nelson.

Leave it to a kid, but my 12 year old daughter has been asking for a fedora thanks to some of her favorite singers.

This reminds me of the time a co-worker asked to borrow one of my ties. Later I learned he entered it in an ugly-tie contest. Not sure if I should be upset or not that I never got it back.

Carefull, son. One of my most cherished posessions is my old black Fedora. Stetsons and Borsalinos may come and go, but my Fedora will be with me forever.

Has the baseball cap worn backward gone out of style, yet? Eyeglass styles for women from the late ’50s and ’60s are back, although without rhinestones. Hairstyles for men go back and forth from long to short. Remember long-hair music (19th century classical)? What musicians have long hair, now?.Each generation needs some excuse to mock something from the previous, in order to symbolically rid them of older influences, “lest one one custom corrupt the world.”

Be careful Nelson, look at what “The Crazy Hat” did to Grandpa.

@emptc12Reminds me of the dummy who had a ball cap with the bill (aka, sun visor) turned backward, sunglasses perched fashionably atop his hat, all this in such bright sunshine that he had to squint to see. The slave to fashion is a brainless lemming.Personally, I cannot wait for the demise of the arrogant, ego-centric, and truly ugly practice of wearing a ball cap (forward OR backward) while sitting at table and eating in a restaurant. It is rude to the restaurant and it’s patrons; particularly rude to others at that person’s table; yet it does serve the purpose of clearly identifying the dumbest, most selfish person in a group.

It looks like Jimmy Durante’s Cappello.

I can imagine him solving mysteries around the house, or at school. All the while acting like Sam Spade from the Maltese Falcon.

Tipping hats and removing them was a sign of respect. Today people are hard pressed to recognize the meaning of respect much less removing a hat.

It’s crazy only because Earl wears it.

xxx

Nelson is just embarrassed to admit that he needs a hat to get the ladies.

Some detective stories come to mind. The day she walked into my office she looked like ….

It is reported Albert Einstein removed his hat and placed it under his coat when it began to rain.“Hey! Yer supposed to be smart, why’d yuh take yer hat off when it started to rain?”“To protect my hat. Rain will not hurt my head but would stain my hat.”