The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

[jamespowers]

A person wearing argyle socks may not be seeking attention.

Someone wearing a striped undershirt may not be seeking attention.

A person wearing a stocking cap is not seeking attention.

A person wearing a baseball cap may not be seeking attention.

Someone wearing a fedora is seeking attention.

Admit it now, folks.

Uh, you have been off base since you started.
Several people have said they do not seek attention (myself included). I suggest you end it here and take their word for it.
This is all fftopic: unless you have a story of a dumb comment made.

 

[John in Covina]

People with body art like a multitude of facial piercings so you could lace up their face aren't looking for attention.fftopic:

 

[John in Covina]

While wearing my Campdraft I did get a: "Wow! That's a Hat!" in admiration from someone that has an economy with words just recently. Had it been said another way I'd have thought he was checking to see he wasn't halucinating.

 

[carldelo]

Someone wearing a fedora is seeking attention.

Admit it now, folks.

Living in NYC with the grownups, a fedora garners infrequent attention and few comments. I wear one because it looks good and I've been wearing them since the 70s. It's part of my habit, not a cry for attention. I see people in the city wearing fedora all the time. People say no more to them than they would to a man wearing a turban or a skullcap or to a guy with dreads, for that matter. Maybe it's time for a move to the big city where we all just go about our business?

 

[Nick D]

I wore my boater out for the first time this summer, it was the first really nice day. A lot of double takes and things shouted at me. I think there's a scale of comments:

Fedora = rarely any comment, usually positive
Homburg = occassional funny look
Bowler = double take, occassional remark either positive or negative
Straw boater = verbal abuse

My supervisor loved it, at least. And my head stayed cooler than in a felt, which was the idea.

 

[danofarlington]

Living in NYC with the grownups, a fedora garners infrequent attention and few comments. I wear one because it looks good and I've been wearing them since the 70s. It's part of my habit, not a cry for attention. I see people in the city wearing fedora all the time. People say no more to them than they would to a man wearing a turban or a skullcap or to a guy with dreads, for that matter. Maybe it's time for a move to the big city where we all just go about our business?

Now, now. I don't say that fedoras are a cry for attention. I wear them too because I think that they look good, and that's the same positive attention everybody likes. No different from any other article of conspicuous clothing. Why pay for a nice coat, suit, shirt, shoes, watch or ring? Because the buyer thinks they look good, ergo attracts positive attention. This seems obvious to me. If it didn't, why spend the money? Why wouldn't everybody just wear Mao suits and hats, if it didn't matter? So the concept of attention isn't so foreign after all. It's just talking about it that obviously strikes a nerve. However, I've been warned not to speak, so please destroy this message unless you've already read it. I won't speak more on the topic unless the public demands it.

 

[Dated Guy]

Yesterday, I entered the same shop, in which I purchased, my Bottle Green fedora hat. He actually remembered the deliberation I took in the transaction all those years ago. He reminded me of the hat I was wearing when I first went into his shop, a rather battered trilby of dubious provenence. We then spoke long, and in depth, over the merits of certain hat styles, and so on. That is why he remembered me, apparently, most customers are in, try, and out again in moments, no time to discuss anything.....
However, yesterday, I tried on a Burgundy coloured fedora, size 59, it fitted so well, and two other customers spoke complimentarily about it, one bought a black fedora based on my appearance, and his wife's insistance. I didn't buy the Burgundy one as the band wasn't up to snuff, but, always another day. He told me to return in September, as a large order was being placed for hats.....I have found a great many hats over here in England, being sold at sports shops, fishing/shooting type...I nearly bought a really weird looking, big brimmed hat, from Orvis, it turned out to be a wooden canoe though, never mind...not any derogatory remarks at all these days, but, there again, the local youth have begun to wear bright blue trilby's, just because it is nowadays, musically trendy perhaps, who knows....???

 

[MisterCairo]

Living in NYC with the grownups, a fedora garners infrequent attention and few comments. I wear one because it looks good and I've been wearing them since the 70s. It's part of my habit, not a cry for attention. I see people in the city wearing fedora all the time. People say no more to them than they would to a man wearing a turban or a skullcap or to a guy with dreads, for that matter. Maybe it's time for a move to the big city where we all just go about our business?

fftopic:

danofarlington says wearing a fedora is for seeking attention, and of course he's the authority on seeking attention. You must ALL admit to yourselves, if not to him, that you wear fedoras to get attention. Your repeated protestations to this complete stranger that you do what you do for reasons personal to yourselves only serves to prove him correct.

WE MUST NOT DISAGREE WITH DAN!

Now, back to our regularly scheduled programme....

 

[carldelo]

fftopic:

Actually, continuously straying off topic is my cry for attention - just ask my wife - onward....

 

[carouselvic]

From ebay

there are a few spots where the felt is a bit matted.

 

[Mikey P]

Now, now. I don't say that fedoras are a cry for attention. I wear them too because I think that they look good, and that's the same positive attention everybody likes. No different from any other article of conspicuous clothing. Why pay for a nice coat, suit, shirt, shoes, watch or ring? Because the buyer thinks they look good, ergo attracts positive attention. This seems obvious to me. If it didn't, why spend the money? Why wouldn't everybody just wear Mao suits and hats, if it didn't matter? So the concept of attention isn't so foreign after all. It's just talking about it that obviously strikes a nerve. However, I've been warned not to speak, so please destroy this message unless you've already read it. I won't speak more on the topic unless the public demands it.

fftopic:

I was going to stay out of this, but I can't let this go without another comment. Maybe I'm starved for attention.

Talking about attention does not strike a nerve, to me it's someone telling me what I am thinking and what my motivations are. Some of us do not base all of our self image on what other people think of us. 99% of the time when I wear a fedora, I resent any attention that it brings. I would rather wear something that makes me feel good about myself and just be left alone about it. Of course, I solicit opinions from my wife, but as any man who's been married for any length of time knows: your knowledge of how to dress yourself leaves your brain somewhere between the words "I do" and "Happy first anniversary dear".

I too will shut up now. Thank you for your time, tip your waitstaff please....

 

[jamespowers]

there are a few spots where the felt is a bit matted.

Meaning: full of moths and maybe some holes that I won't mention.

 

[Lincsong]

Yeah, I seek attention.

 

[fluteplayer07]

there are a few spots where the felt is a bit matted.

I'm pretty sure that statement only makes sense when the fur has not already been felted. And usually when it is still attached to the animal.

 

[jamespowers]

I'm pretty sure that statement only makes sense when the fur has not already been felted. And usually when it is still attached to the animal.

lol lol lol lol

 

[avedwards]

The usual "Gadget" comment today, but a lot more persistant than usual.

Just walking home through the estate where I live wearing a grey windowpane suit, black shirt, black pocket square and grey fedora. No tie as I wanted to convey a casual but respectable look.

Walking through an open area where some 10-13 year old children were playing football they suddenly burst out laughing very noisily and started shouting the IG comment. As usual I ignored it and carried on walking, but they persistantly shouted it with one child shouting Michael Jackson in an attempt to get a response. Just as I was going through an underpass to get to my street one of the kids followed me to make another attempt at getting a response.

Nothing unusual where I live, but I fail to see how these children have nothing better to do than actually follow someone just to try and ridicule them. I always make it a point not to respond though as I don't socialise with time-wasters. Some days it is tempting to simply ask them whether they have a problem, but since I'm moving somewhere where the average youth carries a knife I think I'd better get used to ignoring comments. I did however make myself a promise that I would not let some rude youths stop me dressing the way I like to.

 

[jamespowers]

The usual "Gadget" comment today, but a lot more persistant than usual.

Just walking home through the estate where I live wearing a grey windowpane suit, black shirt, black pocket square and grey fedora. No tie as I wanted to convey a casual but respectable look.

Walking through an open area where some 10-13 year old children were playing football they suddenly burst out laughing very noisily and started shouting the IG comment. As usual I ignored it and carried on walking, but they persistantly shouted it with one child shouting Michael Jackson in an attempt to get a response. Just as I was going through an underpass to get to my street one of the kids followed me to make another attempt at getting a response.

Nothing unusual where I live, but I fail to see how these children have nothing better to do than actually follow someone just to try and ridicule them. I always make it a point not to respond though as I don't socialise with time-wasters. Some days it is tempting to simply ask them whether they have a problem, but since I'm moving somewhere where the average youth carries a knife I think I'd better get used to ignoring comments. I did however make myself a promise that I would not let some rude youths stop me dressing the way I like to.

They might have gotten a choice finger if it was me.

 

[johnnycanuck]

Being avedwards is English, it would have been fingers.

Johnny

 

[fluteplayer07]

...but since I'm moving somewhere where the average youth carries a knife I think I'd better get used to ignoring comments...

Ask 'em if they're feelin' lucky. Punks.

 

[Nick D]

Walking home the other day, wearing a gray db suit, gray fedora, black cap-toe brogues, and my school tie with a collar bar, I passed a bunch of chavs under a bridge. One of the girls yelled out 'Look at the moustache!', which isn't so bad, but then one of the guys yells (quite loudly) 'What the F#@$?! Mate, you need to get yourself to Primark and get yourself some new clothes'. There was some other stuff, too, but I couldn't understand it due in part to the echoes and in part to their accents. I need to find a new way home. For those who don't know, Primark is a clothing store. Think Wal-Mart, but cheaper and lower quality.

I've noticed that the guys are always the worst, and they're even worse when there are girls there as well. My wife thinks they see the girls approving of my appearance and need to ridicule me in order to keep attention on them.