So a lady called me a Pimp today....

[randooch]

Top hat= undertaker?

Or opera-goer.

 

[Historyteach24]

Her little boy asked if I was a cowboy she said no that is a pimp hat

 

[Edward]

I wouldn't get bent out of shape over the use of that specific word. A lot of people nowadays simply don't think of the original meaning of the word, thinking more of "pimp" in the sense of "Pimp my Ride". I can't say without having been there, but it could have been a clumsy attempt at a compliment - in the same way as often get told I look "like a gangster" when in a fedora and suit. Which doesn't offend me (much better that than a cowboy comment). Some here take offence at that due to the connotations of organised crime, but really in my experience 99% of the time when people say "pimp" or "gangster" or "1920s" or "Charlie Chaplain" (yes, really.... in a thirties style jacket and trousers ensemble, with a four in hand tie and wearing a white eight panel cap....) or "Poirot" or "cowboy" or whatever.... 99% of the time, it's intended as a compliment. Clumsily worded, maybe, but I find it far more constructive to take it in the spirit in which it is meant than to get defensive over it. The other 1%, well.... file under not worth dignifying with a response. Mind you, sometimes when people try to insult me I like to behave as if it's the most massive compliment ever, just to play with their (inevitably tiny) minds. lol

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I ignored her because my first inclination was to call her a hoe in front of her small children. Alas I bit my tongue and walked on

While her deportment was unlady-like, you looked to yours like a gentleman.:eusa_clap

 

[Walt]

Top hat= undertaker?

Or "chimney sweep" I've seen sweeps in my area wearing beat up old ones just for that purpose--traditional work uniform.

Thanks!

We're on a roll!

 

[Walt]

Her little boy asked if I was a cowboy she said no that is a pimp hat

Sure does sound like it might have been intended as an insult. How old would you say she was? That might shed some light.

 

[Art Fawcett]

I might have been temped to just rattle the change in my pocket and move on

 

[Walt]

So I guess this wasn't one for the "nicest comment I've heard" thread.

Maybe we should retitle this as the "insult or stupid comment while I was wearing my hat" thread.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Most people that make such comments about our hats are probably either being stupid or trying to be a comedian rather than trying to insult.

fedora=pimp or gangster
homburg=gangster (if they knew it was a banker's hat they would probably say one percenter)
cowboy=obviously must be a cowboy
boater=barbershop quartet member
any others?

fedora (brown) = Indiana Jones :doh:

 

[Historyteach24]

Late 20s I did just move on just frustrating because usually I get compliments from my fedoras and she just seemed ok with calling me a ho pusher lol

 

[hatophile]

Maybe we should retitle this as the "insult or stupid comment while I was wearing my hat" thread.

We had one of those for a while, but... it got a little out of hand.

 

[Walt]

Since for many people (i.e. the general public) wearing a vintage hat or vintage style hat (especially hats with wide brims) is strange for them I suppose it will for them require comment or if none is made they will think a person wearing such a thing means the wearer is a performer in costume or a historical reinactor or whatever.

Who cares what they say or do as we'll wear our hats with pride! And I bet we'll have the last laugh....

 

[Walt]

We had one of those for a while, but... it got a little out of hand.

I can imagine....

 

[John in Covina]

Ok so how many of us have been called a pimp while wearing out favorite fedora out and about? In what world is it ok for a grown woman to call a man a pimp because of his hat? I would like to lie and say it did not bother me but it did.

Obviously she has had a history of bad dealings with her pimp in the past. Her emotional state prompted her to act out as a compassionate man you need to excuse such behavior because we should not hold people to any type of standards or you'll be the one that is predjudicial.:eusa_doh:

 

[danofarlington]

In defense of comment-makers, when someone puts on a hat, they often look like a something that has a stereotype, as mentioned earlier in the thread. One of my favorite Borsalinos has a wide brim and low crown, and it evokes the gangster response. But I don't get worried. You select a hat if you think it looks good on you, straight up: If yes, wear it, if no, don't wear it. So even if someone says I look like a gangster, my main concern is "do I think I look good in it." That's the same calculation I'd make with any article of clothing. If I wear jeans and boots and someone says I look like a cowboy, so be it. So I don't take offense at being characterized, and fall back on what I think it looks like. Now if people's comments or looks indicate that the hat just doesn't look good per se, then that's a worry for me. But I try to sort that out before going out in public. Looks good to me? I wear it.

 

[Walt]

Late 20s I did just move on just frustrating because usually I get compliments from my fedoras and she just seemed ok with calling me a ho pusher lol

I too have had more "nice hat" comments than the negative or stupid ones. She probably just didn't know that it's called a fedora.

 

[Pinesiw]

She clearly did not have any respect for your choice of style, I understand how that can be annoying. Some people just have no idea what a fedora or cap is. the golden era can be portrayed as many things in other peoples eyes.

 

[Pinesiw]

Funny comments by the way hahaha

 

[tonyb]

I might have been temped to just rattle the change in my pocket and move on

Which would have been the perfect response, of course, but entirely wasted on her, probably.

 

[tonyb]

Her little boy asked if I was a cowboy she said no that is a pimp hat

Huh. And didn't the little guy ask what a "pimp" is?

If I were so unwise as to say such a thing to a kid too young to understand the definition, I just can't imagine how I would answer the question it would likely spark in his little head.

I clearly recall a little guy -- three or four years old, I suppose -- in the company of a young man I assumed to be his father, pointing at me (I was wearing an old Stetson Open Road with a widish brim at the time) and saying "cowboy!" I said something like "Sure am. But I forgot where I left my horse!"