Men are not wearing enough hats!

The Meaning of Life ^

[HairOfTheDog]

CHAIRMAN:

...Which brings us once again to the urgent realization of just how much there is still left to own. Item six on the agenda: the meaning of life. Now, uh, Harry, you've had some thoughts on this.

HARRY:

That's right. Yeah, I've had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and, uh, what we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One: people are not wearing enough hats. Two: matter is energy. In the universe, there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person's soul. However, this soul does not exist ab initio, as orthodox Christianity teaches. It has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved, owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.

[pause]

BERT:

What was that about hats, again?

HARRY:

Oh, uh, people aren't wearing enough.

CHAIRMAN:

Is this true?

EDMUND:

Certainly. Hat sales have increased, but not pari passu, as our research initially--

BERT:

But when you say 'enough', enough for what purpose?

GUNTHER:

Can I just ask, with reference to your second point, when you say souls don't develop because people become distracted,...

[rumble]

...has anyone noticed that building there before?

~Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

[Texaggie79]

EXACTLY. You would be MUCH more offended by my hair, than my hat :P

[Corin Stormhands]

Okay, I'm not gonna keep sluggin' this one out.

Call me ancient, or whatever. Leaving a hat on indoors (for other than noted exceptions) is bad manners.

Period.

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh.... Corin, you are being very serious today.

[Corin Stormhands]

Maybe it's because I have a 13-year-old failing 8th grade that I'm trying to keep from becoming a slug...

[HairOfTheDog]

I know Corin...

Smile as often as you can. None of my failures at 13 still hold me back today. He won't be a slug... just a teenager.

[Fintan]

I love hats my own self, but it is imperative that one care for them properly since they can be breeding grounds for parasites...

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh dear.

[tomkat]

do crowns count ?

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh dear. I put the best examples I could find at the top of the thread!

[HairOfTheDog]

[F.J. Mitchell]

I do believe that is the first time I ever saw Elton John in a hat, Fin.

[Rocko]

A hat is appropriate for this time of year.

[irishtenor]

Strider doesn't wear a hat :>)

[HairOfTheDog]

His only fault! There are not enough hats in LoTR... just Gandalf.

[HairOfTheDog]

Very much so Rocko...

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I wear hats at times (right after a haircut mostly). I like the Australian Bush Hat type. But I have thick, curly hair (think hobbit with finger in socket). So if it gets a little longer (thicker) I can't wear hats very effectively or comfortably.

Hats are cool. Women look good in hats too, by the way.

[Sam Cree]

bump

[Sam Cree]

Hi, Hair, thanks for posting this. I'm always looking for a hat to wear when it's cool or cold, as alot of heat is dissapated through your extremities, such as your head.

But guys don't wear them anymore, which seems foolish.

I will try to post an image of one I just bought, to wear with my fancy coat, in cold weather.

Will read the article in a minute too :-)

[Sam Cree]

"Women look good in hats too, by the way."

Yes, good point Scott, that's very much true - both my wife and my daughter, and even my sister in law, look great in hats.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I think men should wear more hats.

Rose says I would look good in a Stetson, but I disagree. The thought of wearing a fedora appeals to me, though.

I wear a Packers stocking cap when I go visiting up north.

My dad had a bill cap that said "Old F*rt" on it... it was given to him as a joke, but he liked to wear it outside now and then.