How Did Your Hat Come In Handy Today?

[DNO]

It was pouring rain when I left the grocery store today. Rather than have soggy bread, my fedora protected it while we walked to the car. Better wet hair than wet bread!

 

[danofarlington]

That's a good hat on your icon.

 

[Mark B.]

Keeps the hot Florida sun off my head.

 

[DNO]

That's a good hat on your icon.

Thanks...it's just a no-name Guatemalan palm but I've got a lot of wear out of it this summer. Comfortable and durable.

 

[winter_joe]

I was kissing my fiance when my mom came up trying to sneek a pic, I saw her and put up my black churchill 35 beaver homburg in front of our faces and all she took a pic of was us kissing behind my hat. Lol

 

[Herzen]

No one else in my family wears hats; even baseball caps. It has therefore become a bit of a catchphrase for me that whenever we are out and anyone complains about the sun in their eyes or sunburn on their faces, I comment that hats are excellent at preventing precisely those issues. I particularly nag at my father, who after a lifetime outdoors has been dealing with a number of precancerous spots on his face. They may tease me, but we spent a family day at the fair recently and I was the only one whose nose wasn't peeling two days later...

 

[Baron Kurtz]

One of my cats brought a frog into the house so I had to use a hat to catch and save it. Is there better use for a pre-1920 Western hat?

bk

 

[alanfgag]

I think we need a picture of this one, Baron.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Unfortunately my first concern was saving the frog (and a swift second concern getting the horrid thing out of my hat; I'm allergic to frog skin secretions) and therefore I didn't think to take any pictures. Next time! They catch quite a few of them, sadly, and do nothing about the mice in the walls … None of my neighbours seem to know where the frogs come from. We live on top of a hill about a mile away from the nearest water. Maybe someone has a pond in their back yard?

 

[scottyrocks]

My hat came in handy today the same way it does every day. It kept the weather off my face and head.

 

[Wally in Cincy]

Baron,

Was it perhaps a toad? I have had frogs and toads living in my planter boxes this summer. Cool and wet, I guess they like it.

My fedora kept my head dry Saturday when an offshoot of Hurricane Isaac came thru.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

One of my cats brought a frog into the house so I had to use a hat to catch and save it. Is there better use for a pre-1920 Western hat?

bk

I think we need a picture of this one, Baron.

Well, there's a picture coming. Once every 2-3 weeks they manage to catch one. Same again today.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

frog or toad?

 

[Rabbit]

frog or toad?

That's a cool photo, Baron.
The terms frog and toad are ill-defined and have little basis in taxonomy. Anyway, there are quite a few species that don't really need larger bodies of water except for spawning.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

That's what I thought (frog vs toad). I only know I'm allergic to Xenopus laevis - I come out in an awful rash whenever I need to touch one. Even lab gloves don't do much good at combatting the slime.

bk

 

[gtdean48]

frog or toad?
...

That's a frog in my book. A toad's legs are not as long compared to the body. The body is more stout of a toad. JMHO & how I was raised.
I eat frog legs but not toad legs.....

 

[Rabbit]

That's a frog in my book. A toad's legs are not as long compared to the body. The body is more stout of a toad. JMHO & how I was raised.
I eat frog legs but not toad legs.....

True, that's what differentiates frogs from toads. The only problem is that it's a continuum. The fellow in Baron's hat looks more froggy to me, too.
Good point about the eating habits. lol