“WTF’ Hats,” that are hard to believe...

[GHT]

How did you do it? You have a pair of tickets for the Royal Ascot race meeting. It's the most prestigious horse race event on the UK calendar. Furthermore your ticket is so privileged that you have access to the Royal Enclosure. The dress mode does emphatically request tie & top hat. How many counts of wrong is this?

 

[Rmccamey]

That is hard to look at. I need sunglasses to tone down the contrast!

How did you do it? You have a pair of tickets for the Royal Ascot race meeting. It's the most prestigious horse race event on the UK calendar. Furthermore your ticket is so privileged that you have access to the Royal Enclosure. The dress mode does emphatically request tie & top hat. How many counts of wrong is this?

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[GHT]

That is hard to look at. I need sunglasses to tone down the contrast!

To compliment, if that's the right description, the pink look.
The glasses are actually designed by Gucci, you might need smelling salts if you saw the price.

 

[GHT]

Is this straight out of: "The Chainsaw Massacre?"
Or maybe it's the bad guy in: "Jaws."

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

How did you do it? You have a pair of tickets for the Royal Ascot race meeting. It's the most prestigious horse race event on the UK calendar. Furthermore your ticket is so privileged that you have access to the Royal Enclosure. The dress mode does emphatically request tie & top hat. How many counts of wrong is this?

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The men’s restroom lapel pin kinda says it all.
B

 

[GHT]

The men’s restroom lapel pin kinda says it all.
B

Yes it does and the confident way he wears the hat has to be admired. Having said that, there are times when this is needed:

 

[Correus]

Isn't the whole British horse racing hat thing just a way for Britain's snobbish rich bratts to try and out do each other in a ridiculous way; and prove to the rest of us that "having more money than sense" is alive and well?

 

[GHT]

Isn't the whole British horse racing hat thing just a way for Britain's snobbish rich bratts to try and out do each other in a ridiculous way; and prove to the rest of us that "having more money than sense" is alive and well?

Oh no, no, those rich brats, or Hooray Henry's, as we call them have monopolised many a sporting event.

You will see them at The Cowes Sailing Regatta.


At the cricket test match at Lord's.


They always get the best seats at Wimbledon for the tennis tournament.
Bonus points if you can get film star Emma Watson as escort.


There's nothing our young royals love more than a game of Rugby at Twickenham stadium.

 

[Correus]

Oh no, no, those rich brats, or Hooray Henry's, as we call them have monopolised many a sporting event.
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You will see them at The Cowes Sailing Regatta.

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At the cricket test match at Lord's.

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They always get the best seats at Wimbledon for the tennis tournament.
Bonus points if you can get film star Emma Watson as escort.

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There's nothing our young royals love more than a game of Rugby at Twickenham stadium.

True... very true. Yet the hats displayed at the horse races seem to display over-the-top buffoonary at its finest! LOL

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Oh no, no, those rich brats, or Hooray Henry's, as we call them have monopolised many a sporting event.
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You will see them at The Cowes Sailing Regatta.

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At the cricket test match at Lord's.

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They always get the best seats at Wimbledon for the tennis tournament.
Bonus points if you can get film star Emma Watson as escort.

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There's nothing our young royals love more than a game of Rugby at Twickenham stadium.

Robert I always love your posts. Filled with history, British humor and that dignified style and elegance as is you. I’ve never heard of Hooray Henry’s. There must be a history or story to that. Care to enlighten us lesserphytes??
B
Ps: You and your Bride Tina stay well and safe.

 

[Correus]

The attached meme came out in early 2020, and every time I see it, all that pops into my head is "Well lads, are we ready for The Royal Ascot this year?".

 

[GHT]

Robert I always love your posts. Filled with history, British humor and that dignified style and elegance as is you. I’ve never heard of Hooray Henry’s. There must be a history or story to that. Care to enlighten us lesserphytes??
B
Ps: You and your Bride Tina stay well and safe.

Your generous compliments are much appreciated.

In British English slang, Hooray Henry is a pejorative term, for an upper class British male who exudes loud-mouthed arrogance and an air of superiority, often flaunting his privileged upbringing.

But it was an American who coined the expression: "Hoorah Henry." Written in 1936, by author Damon Runyon, in his short story: "Tight Shoes," it became a common term in the UK in the 1950's, when it was originally used to refer to the boisterous upper class fans of jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. They would shout "Hoorah" between the pieces he performed at the 100 Club in London.

More recently, the term has become commonly used in the British tabloid newspapers to express contempt towards the lifestyles of the upper class and their privileged upbringings.

In both the United Kingdom and the United States, the term has frequently been used in a political context to refer to certain members of the political elite, including former Prime Minister, David Cameron and current Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had such an upbringing.

We live within the shadow of such a Hooray Henry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerley on the edge of the home of the seventh Earl of Normanton. Before she retired, my paramedic wife Tina, answered an emergency call to Somerley. One of the family, a young woman, had fallen from the saddle of her horse. She might have fractured her pelvis, when that happens a common symptom is for the victim to wet themselves. When Tina discretely asked the question, the woman shouted aloud, "She thinks I've p*ssed myself." To which Tina replied: "It's quite possible that you have an injury that could consign you to a wheelchair for the rest of your life, I'm trying to help you." A rather sheepish apology was offered. The young woman was put on the spinal injury board that is carried on the ambulance, and taken to hospital, where, following an xray, a hairline crack in the pelvis was discovered. The woman made a complete recovery, no word of thanks mind, no card, note, nothing. But the orthopedic surgeon found out the ambulance crew and sent a message that simply read: "Good shout, very well done." It made Tina's day.

 

[Correus]

Your generous compliments are much appreciated.

In British English slang, Hooray Henry is a pejorative term, for an upper class British male who exudes loud-mouthed arrogance and an air of superiority, often flaunting his privileged upbringing.

But it was an American who coined the expression: "Hoorah Henry." Written in 1936, by author Damon Runyon, in his short story: "Tight Shoes," it became a common term in the UK in the 1950's, when it was originally used to refer to the boisterous upper class fans of jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. They would shout "Hoorah" between the pieces he performed at the 100 Club in London.

More recently, the term has become commonly used in the British tabloid newspapers to express contempt towards the lifestyles of the upper class and their privileged upbringings.

In both the United Kingdom and the United States, the term has frequently been used in a political context to refer to certain members of the political elite, including former Prime Minister, David Cameron and current Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had such an upbringing.

We live within the shadow of such a Hooray Henry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerley on the edge of the home of the seventh Earl of Normanton. Before she retired, my paramedic wife Tina, answered an emergency call to Somerley. One of the family, a young woman, had fallen from the saddle of her horse. She might have fractured her pelvis, when that happens a common symptom is for the victim to wet themselves. When Tina discretely asked the question, the woman shouted aloud, "She thinks I've p*ssed myself." To which Tina replied: "It's quite possible that you have an injury that could consign you to a wheelchair for the rest of your life, I'm trying to help you." A rather sheepish apology was offered. The young woman was put on the spinal injury board that is carried on the ambulance, and taken to hospital, where, following an xray, a hairline crack in the pelvis was discovered. The woman made a complete recovery, no word of thanks mind, no card, note, nothing. But the orthopedic surgeon found out the ambulance crew and sent a message that simply read: "Good shout, very well done." It made Tina's day.

Here in the States we have immortalized the Hoorah Henrys in the song 'Yankee Doodle' - "...put a feather in his cap and called it macaroni".

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Your generous compliments are much appreciated.

In British English slang, Hooray Henry is a pejorative term, for an upper class British male who exudes loud-mouthed arrogance and an air of superiority, often flaunting his privileged upbringing.

But it was an American who coined the expression: "Hoorah Henry." Written in 1936, by author Damon Runyon, in his short story: "Tight Shoes," it became a common term in the UK in the 1950's, when it was originally used to refer to the boisterous upper class fans of jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. They would shout "Hoorah" between the pieces he performed at the 100 Club in London.

More recently, the term has become commonly used in the British tabloid newspapers to express contempt towards the lifestyles of the upper class and their privileged upbringings.

In both the United Kingdom and the United States, the term has frequently been used in a political context to refer to certain members of the political elite, including former Prime Minister, David Cameron and current Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had such an upbringing.

We live within the shadow of such a Hooray Henry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerley on the edge of the home of the seventh Earl of Normanton. Before she retired, my paramedic wife Tina, answered an emergency call to Somerley. One of the family, a young woman, had fallen from the saddle of her horse. She might have fractured her pelvis, when that happens a common symptom is for the victim to wet themselves. When Tina discretely asked the question, the woman shouted aloud, "She thinks I've p*ssed myself." To which Tina replied: "It's quite possible that you have an injury that could consign you to a wheelchair for the rest of your life, I'm trying to help you." A rather sheepish apology was offered. The young woman was put on the spinal injury board that is carried on the ambulance, and taken to hospital, where, following an xray, a hairline crack in the pelvis was discovered. The woman made a complete recovery, no word of thanks mind, no card, note, nothing. But the orthopedic surgeon found out the ambulance crew and sent a message that simply read: "Good shout, very well done." It made Tina's day.

Lol Thank you, Robert, for the history and the belly laugh at the poor Hooray Henri(etta).
For @43 yrs I shared in receiving many a paramedic delivery in the ER. The thank you’s were few but meaningful, as with Tina’s. Give her my admiration.
Lots of good stories though!!
B

 

[GHT]

Generous to a fault, as always, I will let the lady know. She is busy in her cabin, I may have some new clothes to show off before long.

 

[Rmccamey]

Oh no! Not another glorious Hawaiian shirt to make the rest of us jealous!!!

Generous to a fault, as always, I will let the lady know. She is busy in her cabin, I may have some new clothes to show off before long.

 

[GHT]

Oh no! Not another glorious Hawaiian shirt to make the rest of us jealous!!!

Not exactly Hawaiian, at first glance this fabric looks to be camouflage, look again and you will see the silhouette of pin up girls.

There will be a pair of khaki trousers to go with it. Watch this space.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

How did you do it? You have a pair of tickets for the Royal Ascot race meeting. It's the most prestigious horse race event on the UK calendar. Furthermore your ticket is so privileged that you have access to the Royal Enclosure. The dress mode does emphatically request tie & top hat. How many counts of wrong is this?

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Should be drawn and quartered! Grey or black only!

https://www.ascot.co.uk/what-to-wearssss/what-to-wear/royal-ascot/royal-enclosure/gentlemen

 

[GHT]

Should be drawn and quartered! Grey or black only!

https://www.ascot.co.uk/what-to-wearssss/what-to-wear/royal-ascot/royal-enclosure/gentlemen

Fab-u-lous! Now you've got my missus scribbling down the ladies outfits that have caught her eye.

Grey or black only? So blue & white isn't so dashing, even with an equestrian flare?

Royal Ascot

ROYAL ENCLOSURE
Gentlemen's Dress Code
Gentlemen are kindly reminded that it is a requirement to wear either black, grey or navy morning dress which must include:
A waistcoat and tie (no cravats or bow ties)
A black or grey top hat
Black shoes worn with socks

 

[GHT]

When I saw this picture this thread came to mind. Is that a floral decoration in the hatband, or an ice cream sundae?