My silly winter hat
November 20th, 2005 by Bill
Winter (currently in abeyance) is a time for denuding the average Canadian of anything approaching dignity as he or she tries their damnedest to defend against the elements.
Thus, the silly winter hat. This year, after much searching, I have found mine.
Yes, it looks as if some furry winter animal - a fox or perhaps a rabbit - has come to die on my head. See the flaps falling over my ears as if the animal threw out it’s limbs in abject surrender - upon my head.
It is not, of course, an actual animal. It is a modern day representation of nature made entirely of polyester and acrylic (or so says the label). According to the Government of Canada (which keeps tabs on such things) there are no polyester or acryilic animals in Canada. They were hunted to extinction in an earlier century.
It’s worth noting that the winter hat is essentially a fashion statement. That statement is more or less this: I am freezing my ass off and I don’t give a monkey’s left nut what I look like as long as I can keep my ears from falling off.
No, it’s not yet winter so I have yet to leave the house in my newfound headgear. But soon, soon …
Tag: Canada, Winter,Hat, How to become an idiot
that hat is fucking hilarious and your expression is priceless.
Yes, and if you recall Saturday Night Live from the early days, you might remember Dan Ackroyd and Jane Curtain as the Coneheads?
Seems to me this hat makes me look like their son.
I love that hat!