Drunken people's irrational attraction to hats

Gang of Gin

Just a gripe really, about drunken people's attraction to hats, in particular the innocent trilby. Looks nice on the ceann I find but on nights out it becomes something different, a target for the gormless pisshead to either abuse the wearer, pull it off the wearer's head and wave it around, pull it off the wearer's head, put it on their own, turn to their friends and see what they think of it(hiding the fact that they'd like to but probably would never wear one on a sober Monday) or a combination of all. I wear my one regularly, on any given day, but I find that on most nights out I wear it it's either pulled off my head etc. I find this very frustrating and wrong. The interest astounds me to be honest. One one occasion I confronted an offender and started to take his jacket from his back, much to his surprise. I told him in so uncertain terms that it was the same principle and he stared back at me blankly, probably because he didn't expect me to do what I did. Does any trilby hat, or any other hat wearer for that matter have this problem? I'd say so. Just thought I'd ask.

WhiteWashMan

i find that women constantly try and take my pants of me.

its embaressing when some drunken chick is fumbling at my belt and i have to help her out as she stares up bankly.

Fajitas!

My hat got ripped thursday night a few weeks ago.

Was/Am very pissed off with the guy that did it. It always gets taken off me. Bah.

Black Swan

I like hats, even on lads (especially those shakos that the Brits wear, which makes them look like giant..., well I won't say it!)

Xavi6

What's a trilby hat?

monkeyfudge

Xavi6 wrote: »

What's a trilby hat?

Americans call it a fedora. Perhaps you're more familiar with that.

I've taken to wearing one myself recently actually.

Red Hand

I wear a Palestinian teatowel on my head...

Xavi6

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Americans call it a fedora. Perhaps you're more familiar with that.

I've taken to wearing one myself recently actually.

Nope still doesn't ring any bells. I guess I'm just not cool

monkeyfudge

Xavi6 wrote: »

Nope still doesn't ring any bells. I guess I'm just not cool

Indianna Jones? Humprey Bogart in Casablanca... pretty much every man pre-1960?

WhiteWashMan

terry pratchett always wears one.

his doesnt get taken off him though.

monkeyfudge

WhiteWashMan wrote: »

terry pratchett always wears one.

his doesnt get taken off him though.

Have you tried walking through Temple Bar with him at 3am on a Sunday morning?

Gang of Gin

Yeah, the lads from the Clash wore em. In particular Nicky "Topper" Headon as far as I can recall.

Perhaps Pete Doherty would be the most recent of trilby donning persons you may be familiar with.

Xavi6

Ah yes it's all becoming clear now. Can't say I'd be wearing one out clubbing. It's to be expected some clown would try take it

WhiteWashMan

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Have you tried walking through Temple Bar with him at 3am on a Sunday morning?

would you believe me if i said yes?

phasers

trilby hats only look good on Justin Timberlake

Terry

You stole it from Blitzkieig.
I'm telling.







(I'm know his isn't a trilby)

monkeyfudge

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Americans call it a fedora. Perhaps you're more familiar with that.

I've taken to wearing one myself recently actually.

Hah, I had to do a google image search to find out what a fedora is. I never knew thats what those hats were called. I've always wanted one.

A friend of mine used to always wear a Paddy-hat (there's more than likely a proper name for that) every time he went clubbing. Usually got stolen off of him, though. Which led to much amusement when trying to take it back off said (usually) drunken girl.

Oriel

I can't wear any sort of hat.
I end up just looking like a burgler*.

*Didn't you know that all burglers wear hats?

ScumLord

If you wear a hat out expect some one to want to play with it. Like you say it happens every night so there's not allot you can do about it.

Adam

So what's my hat if not a trilby/fedora? I'm assuming it doesn't pass as either as it doesn't have the elaborate ribbon... ??

http://file039b.bebo.com/14/large/2008/01/31/01/4699614954a6758044634l.jpg

Snake Nose

Gang of Gin wrote: »

Just a gripe really, about drunken people's attraction to hats, in particular the innocent trilby. Looks nice on the ceann I find but on nights out it becomes something different, a target for the gormless pisshead to either abuse the wearer, pull it off the wearer's head and wave it around, pull it off the wearer's head, put it on their own, turn to their friends and see what they think of it(hiding the fact that they'd like to but probably would never wear one on a sober Monday) or a combination of all. I wear my one regularly, on any given day, but I find that on most nights out I wear it it's either pulled off my head etc. I find this very frustrating and wrong. The interest astounds me to be honest. One one occasion I confronted an offender and started to take his jacket from his back, much to his surprise. I told him in so uncertain terms that it was the same principle and he stared back at me blankly, probably because he didn't expect me to do what I did. Does any trilby hat, or any other hat wearer for that matter have this problem? I'd say so. Just thought I'd ask.

Some people are just bellends. At our X-mas work party, we ended up in Rí Rá, and some douche kept flicking my colleagues hat off. The 'flicker' thought it was gas, like he couldn't believe he'd made such a hilarious discovery, but he was just a typical fat middle-aged boozehound with other fathead mates who thought it was gas. It was so lame, it wasn't even worth getting in conflict over. We were just more baffled (i.e. shaking our heads with a confused "why bother doing that" look) than annoyed.

Adam

Snake Nose wrote: »

Some people are just bellends. At our X-mas work party, we ended up in Rí Rá, and some douche kept flicking my colleagues hat off. The 'flicker' thought it was gas, like he couldn't believe he'd made such a hilarious discovery, but he was just a typical fat middle-aged boozehound with other fathead mates who thought it was gas. It was so lame, it wasn't even worth getting in conflict over. We were just more baffled (i.e. shaking our heads with a confused "why bother doing that" look) than annoyed.

Which you think looks great to anybody that's watching but really you know nothing would be more gratifying than to lamp the wanker in the face.

Niamho!

Haven't worn a hat out on a night out in a LONG time. i went through a Hat phase about 5 years ago, me and my Friend, those....what d'ya call them?...baker boy hats?? i dunno (they were all the rage anyway!) and they got ripped off our heads at least every ten minutes. SO irritating!!!!
then there wasa trilby phase and also the exact same thing.
i think its just one of those things. when ppl are drunk they just think they'r egonna look SOOO cool in that hat thats on your head and they wanna try it on NOW whether you like it or not!! :mad:

dSTAR

Had to laugh at the headline ..

Drunken people's irrational attraction to hats

because drunken people ALWAYS act rationally and responsibly. :rolleyes:

Raekwon

Ah the ol' Castro or Paddy hat are a blessing when you have a bad hair day or couldn't be bothered to get a mop chop. I sometimes wear one out to the pub/club but I find two really annoying things about them:

1) Bouncers hate hats! They seem to have some sort of hat fetish which results in anytime you try to get in somewhere with a hat on you get the ol' "lose the hat there fella" crap. What the hell's that all about?

2) Drunken girls always want to rip it off your head. I mostly find that it is always the uglest, fattest, loudest girl in a group (you know the one!) tring desperately to make up for their lack of attractiveness by being as out-going (in other words annoying) as humanly possible.

Snake Nose

Mirror wrote: »

Which you think looks great to anybody that's watching but really you know nothing would be more gratifying than to lamp the wanker in the face.

True, but we were all on pills, so that wasn't really the vibe.

Adam

Snake Nose wrote: »

True, but we were all on pills, so that wasn't really the vibe.

Well for some!

Snake Nose

Mirror wrote: »

Well for some!

meh - first time in about a year - making a night of it, yknow!? Don't really like them anymore - I just sit there & start yawning for the night.

Rob_l

Drunken people are stupid this behaviour is not restricted to just hats

I used to wear my spectacles into town the odd time, idiots in nightclubs would always try and take my rather expensive glasses away for Their "comic" purposes:mad::mad:

A swift slap to the head situation resolved with comic effect for me

Cardinal

A trilby and a fedora are not the same thing. The are both fairly soft felt hats but a trilby has a much narrower brim and they are more fashionable at the moment.

Mirror: Your hat is a trilby.

I think drunk people's obsession with hats is that they usually wouldn't have the gut / think it's too pretentious to wear a hat, but when they get pissed they want to give it a go so the knacker someone else's.

Gang of Gin

Mirror wrote: »

So what's my hat if not a trilby/fedora? I'm assuming it doesn't pass as either as it doesn't have the elaborate ribbon... ??

http://file039b.bebo.com/14/large/2008/01/31/01/4699614954a6758044634l.jpg

That's my hat! You stole it off me on a night out. I want it back. And look at you posing, showing it off to all your friends. Not gone on the shemagh scarf, probably because of ubiquity.

MrJoeSoap

Loving this thread. Its so true, I've an irrational attraction to hats when scooped as well. Have stolen hats on three occasions since the start of December alone!

Gang of Gin

Snake Nose wrote: »

Some people are just bellends. At our X-mas work party, we ended up in Rí Rá, and some douche kept flicking my colleagues hat off. The 'flicker' thought it was gas, like he couldn't believe he'd made such a hilarious discovery, but he was just a typical fat middle-aged boozehound with other fathead mates who thought it was gas. It was so lame, it wasn't even worth getting in conflict over. We were just more baffled (i.e. shaking our heads with a confused "why bother doing that" look) than annoyed.

Well put. I empathize.

Cardinal

Gang of Gin wrote: »

Not gone on the shemagh scarf, probably because of ubiquity.

What's the deal with these anyway? Are we showing our support for Arabs everywhere or what?

Adam

Gang of Gin wrote: »

That's my hat! You stole it off me on a night out. I want it back. And look at you posing, showing it off to all your friends. Not gone on the shemagh scarf, probably because of ubiquity.

lol, I agree completely! I bought it while I was away for a month and when I came back everyone was wearing them... mind you I couldn't care less, it's comfortable and actually the only thing I've ever found comfortable as a scarf, I hate the regular woolen ones with a passion. They make my neck itchy.

echosound

I for one would like to see a return to everyday hat-wearing becoming commonplace. Would add a bit of style to most outfits, imagine walking into your office or wherever with a big stetson or a nice fedora to top off your suit. Although being a laydee I guess it'd have to be a pillbox or a bonnet for me

Adam

echosound wrote: »

I for one would like to see a return to everyday hat-wearing becoming commonplace. Would add a bit of style to most outfits, imagine walking into your office or wherever with a big stetson or a nice fedora to top off your suit. Although being a laydee I guess it'd have to be a pillbox or a bonnet for me

Despite my earlier post, hat's don't really work for me, I find I get terrible hat hair very easily... anybody else with this problem?

echosound

Mirror wrote: »

Despite my earlier post, hat's don't really work for me, I find I get terrible hat hair very easily... anybody else with this problem?

Yes, having long hair and wearing hats leads to a nice tangled bird's nest effect at the crown for me upon removing hat. Solution? not many, other than never remove hat.

OctavarIan

When my hair was long I would wear a beanie, although not into clubs or anything. Santa hats etc would get taken, although not for long... I also find the glasses thing, I wore a pair of hippy glasses out on xmas last year, and they got handed around a lot.

However I am guilty of the same crimes in a way, came home one night with this, although it was given to me so it's not the same as stealing

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/292/dsc01527vg7.jpg

Ross_Mahon

Yes i had the same problem at a fancy dress, people are annoying taking your hat!

Snake Nose

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

I've an irrational attraction to hats when scooped as well. Have stolen hats on three occasions since the start of December alone!

So you're admitting you're a spa?

monkeyfudge

OctavarIan wrote: »

However I am guilty of the same crimes in a way, came home one night with this, although it was given to me so it's not the same as stealing

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/292/dsc01527vg7.jpg

Who gave it to you? Boy George or Dipsy the Tellytubby?

Gang of Gin

Mirror wrote: »

lol, I agree completely! I bought it while I was away for a month and when I came back everyone was wearing them... mind you I couldn't care less, it's comfortable and actually the only thing I've ever found comfortable as a scarf, I hate the regular woolen ones with a passion. They make my neck itchy.

Fair enough. You wear it away, fella.

Gang of Gin

echosound wrote: »

I for one would like to see a return to everyday hat-wearing becoming commonplace. Would add a bit of style to most outfits, imagine walking into your office or wherever with a big stetson or a nice fedora to top off your suit. Although being a laydee I guess it'd have to be a pillbox or a bonnet for me

I'm quite enamoured with such thinking.

Gang of Gin

OctavarIan wrote: »

When my hair was long I would wear a beanie, although not into clubs or anything. Santa hats etc would get taken, although not for long... I also find the glasses thing, I wore a pair of hippy glasses out on xmas last year, and they got handed around a lot.

However I am guilty of the same crimes in a way, came home one night with this, although it was given to me so it's not the same as stealing

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/292/dsc01527vg7.jpg

What a hat. Very Noel Fielding/Vince Noir.

Melion

Why the fúck are you wearing a hat in a pub or a club anyway? Stinks of pretentiousness to be honest

Cardinal

Bring back the homburg I say, and a cloche hat for the ladyfolk.

Gang of Gin

Melion wrote: »

Why the fúck are you wearing a hat in a pub or a club anyway? Stinks of pretentiousness to be honest

Thanks for the honesty. For you to assume that it makes one come across pretentious is in your own head, and as bad, if not worse than the lout who would physically impinge on the wearer. Except you're resenting the person in silence. And for what, a bloody hat? It's as irrational as, we'll say, disliking someone because they're fat. Christ.

Aoife9

I had a couple of drunken clowns try to steal my wig at Halloween I think drunks have a thing for wigs too in the end I was wearing the clowns wig on top of my own

Gang of Gin

Cardinal wrote: »

Bring back the homburg I say, and a cloche hat for the ladyfolk.

And the bowler. Very hard day's night. The cloche hat image never came up.

Melion

Gang of Gin wrote: »

Thanks for the honesty. For you to assume that it makes one come across pretentious is in your own head, and as bad, if not worse than the lout who would physically impinge on the wearer. Except you're resenting the person in silence. And for what, a bloody hat? It's as irrational as, we'll say, disliking someone because they're fat. Christ.

Please explain the point of wearing a hat indoors