nice hat dude!
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Yeah, that's it! I should learn at least few insults in Italian
It's not really an insult Gift,but I'm sure you'd get some strange looks non the less.
Yeah, that's it! I should learn at least few insults in Italian
Fellow Crossers would never speak out, eh, Stan'l?
Tell them you are a legitimate business man since Gotti died..
I tell them since I started wearing a fedora people don't cut me off in traffic.
You could always cart a violin with you.
I guess we on the Lounge are mostly white guys. Around here in the Washington, D.C. area, you can count on the black guys to give reliable comments about hats. I get comments, all (that I've heard) positive. You know why I think that is? Because many black folks are attuned to style, like style, are aficionados of style. In the case of hats, more men wearing fedora type hats is more fun, it sort of creates new style niches to take advantage of. All men like hats. I also know from past experience that they'll also sometimes tell you if what you're wearing looks bad. I don't mean to make so much contrasting white with black guys, because we're really not that different, but I think generally white guys are less attuned to style, and can use corrections from anyone to refine it. So I'm happy to get any comments from other men, so that I can benefit from them.
Well, I had four comments today. Was quite a shock.
I was wearing my '50's Penney's Marathon & 50's overcoat.
At Carls Jr, some man who was leaving said, "Nice hat!" To which I replied ,"You too!" as he had on a wool stingy.
Waiting for the bus, a lady walked up and said to my grandmother, "Wow, he looks nice!".
And on the bus, a lady sat down behind me, and said, "You look like John Dillinger, and Johnny Depp. You probably get that a lot though, huh? You look like Johnny Depp. I am going to apologise in advance, but I am sorry if I stare too much ..."
So, was a pretty good night. Told my grandma I will be riding the bus with her more often, hahaah!
I think that might explain a lot of things.
While wandering around, mostly window shopping a pretty redhead twenty something with bright green eyes step in front of me blocking my way, gently ran her finger along the brim, smiled and said that she loved my hat-then disappeared into the crowd. I noticed that a couple of young men had watched the whole episode and were grinning ear to ear.
You know, no one's ever said a thing to me about my hats, beside the occasional "nice hat" from people I already know. Tonight, though, I was wearing a grey vintage Stetson, and I stopped to do a little grocery shopping on the way home. Twice, shoppers looked up as I walked by, and lovely smiles, perhaps tinted with some pleasing memory long-past, played across their faces. Both people were older, a man and a woman each, and while neither said anything, I think I brought a little joy to an otherwise cold night.
So no comments yet, still, but I think I'm getting closer!
Best,
Aaron