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One of the hardest things my son had to learn at bootcamp was a)to wear a hat and b)to always take it off and put it back on when entering and leaving a building! I think that now, after 3 1/2 years as a Marine, he must have that little nicety pretty much drummed into his hard head. Mom
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It's just a pity that I have never yet been able to find an off-the-rack hat big enough for me....Ummm...Max? Is this your way of saying you have a fat head? [ducking for cover-e] 
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Max, my dear, I hate to tell you this. But fat head and big head do not mean the same thing here in the states! [really ducking for cover this time-e]
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you missed your calling.. you should have been a "talking head" TV is very kind to people with large heads.. Merv griffin, on of US's more successful TV producers requires it of his "stars" When you meet Vanna White (wheel of fortune,) or any of the other letter turners from the international wheel of fortune shows, what impresses you, is "wow, she has a big head.." it a bit obvious on Jay Leno (because he also has a big jaw) but big head are a head start for tv stars.
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Sparteye, thank you for the link on hats. Hats off to you! Goes neatly into my research on the 1940s and is now in my folder. Max, I sympathize. I wear a 23 1/2 hat and the "average hat size in US is 20. I have a great Tilley hat that fits like a charm and Tilley can fit just about anyone! http://www.tilley.com/index1.asp They have an International division. One style has a wide brim that might be just the ticket for you. Not cheap but excellent value, wear like iron. I could go on for days in praise. I love mine. Take a look! At the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, there are signs as you enter buildings : "In keeping with Navy traditions, please remove your hat while inside." The military usually calls a hat a "cover." where that comes from I do not know. Even though hats are not worn much nowadays it's odd how we keep them in the language. Hats off! Tip of the hat! Keep it under your hat! What others? Emanuella - any similar from Bella Italia? Aloha all! P.S. Ummmm, me too, suk! Oh,well.
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I, of all people, should have read it as Hats uk - but no - my first impresson was that someone, somewhere, thought that hats are like hoovers . . .  So take heart, Jazzo - you are amongst the best compnay on the board, it would seem.
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and riddles.. whats under your hat and over your head?
(works best with kids.. and doesn't work at all with some adults.. especially males!)
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When I first started work, in 1956, I was required to wear a titfer by my company (NCR-UK; Sales Promotion Dept.) I was alone among my contemporaries. We had all been forced to wear caps at school, and took the first opportunity that offered to go uncovered in the world - except me, that is! I have worn a hat all my life, except in bed, although now it is a proletarian cloth cap that I sport. (Mind you, I do have a rather stunning Panama for holidays abroad ) BTW, Geoff - although I join with you in deploring the sartorial sloppiness of the baseball cap, I can't agree with you that it is not "a proper hat" - any piece of head gear which fulfills the purpose of covering your head, or shading your eyes, neck or wherever, constitutes a "proper" hat, surely? I, also, sigh for the days when it was "proper" to remove ones headgear on entering a room, or on meeting a woman.
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