I always try & remember that several generations have grown up since Bogart was in the public eye.Last week I was wearing my trenchcoat and as always a fedora. While I was thinking I was channeling my inner Bogart a couple of kids rode by on their bikes and I overheard them saying "look, it's Inspector Gadget!"
Had never thought of that one before, but it did make my day. That'll teach me not to take myself too seriously.
Perhaps! But if you'd worn a tweed hat with brim turned-down all round (what the Americans call an Irish walking hat) you might have got "Inspector Clouseau". These hat/coat combinations may be clichés, but that's because they are classics and so they work.
I'm willing to bet that if you went to a local mall or any frequented public establishment and polled every person there that less than half of them would even know who you were talking about
Internet meme updated.Last week I was wearing my trenchcoat and as always a fedora. While I was thinking I was channeling my inner Bogart a couple of kids rode by on their bikes and I overheard them saying "look, it's Inspector Gadget!"
Had never thought of that one before, but it did make my day. That'll teach me not to take myself too seriously.
Internet meme updated.
I look nothing like Bogart, and I can't recall ever having owned a trench coat, so I have no illusions that I look like anything other than what I am - a 55-year-old hippie in a hat.
Chuckle for the day. Is there a fat "inspector" I would suit that one!
Perfect!
Be careful what you wish for Red.
That pretty much sums it up nicely. Judging by the comments it happens to us all and we take in in our stride, because there's always that little bit of the ghost of Bogart shining through (wether people remember him or not).Internet meme updated.
I look nothing like Bogart, and I can't recall ever having owned a trench coat, so I have no illusions that I look like anything other than what I am - a 55-year-old hippie in a hat.
but to most Harrison Ford was the first and only person to ever wear a fedora
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That maybe so on your side of the pond, but here in the UK, our fedora champion is the author, the Late Sir Terry Pratchett.but to most Harrison Ford was the first and only person to ever wear a fedora
