Re: Hats!

PeacethroughX · by PeacethroughX on Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:48 pm

Here is the original poem that started the phenomenon in 1961. It was written by Jenny Joseph of Minchinhampton, England. Even then, she noticed our youth-obsessed culture, the prejudice against older people, and rebelled against it.

WARNING

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens . . .

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Heavy Matthi · by Heavy Matthi on Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:02 pm

Purple is nice, it reminds me of one of my favourite vegetables; Rotkohl !! (red cabbage)

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Ash · by Ash on Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:52 am

hmm... cabbage. Hats.

cabbage/

hates--

cinflames · by cinflames on Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:53 pm

I knitted this hat to keep me warm when I travel to Norway in November for NordicFest.

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Ash · by Ash on Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:56 am

cinflames wrote:

I knitted this hat to keep me warm when I travel to Norway in November for NordicFest.

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heyhey.. why do you have to go and make me jealous like that?

haha.. have fun.. i know you will.

Luna · by Luna on Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:11 pm

This is me and my hat... :)

I tend to only wear fascinator hats lol...or, a teal berret which I wear in the winter, with my pretty scarves :D

Ash · by Ash on Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:55 am

very cool. I shall add it ze gallery, if that;s alrighty. Like a Star @ heaven

I picked up a wermacht hat at the military supply store awhile ago.. and it' s fun to pose with.. Those germans were are are very good with design. cheers

this my get to panzer tank, you useless bast*rd...shot. Laughing

ecthelion of the fountain · by ecthelion of the fountain on Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:36 pm

Kamerad Ash wrote:

i have one of those too, i also have a top hat and a yesters hat Suspect

Ash · by Ash on Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:11 am

pics or it isn't true... pirat

ecthelion of the fountain · by ecthelion of the fountain on Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:48 am

haha, i'll have to take some then

Oddly · by Oddly on Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:07 am

There is this wee mini-Wellington Top Hat that I never actually wear...okay, I wear it while playing dress up...I'll remind you all that I work with young children, sometimes we play dress up...okay, and sometimes I like to play dress up by myself...DON'T YOU JUDGE ME! *elf

I'm actually selling it off 'cause as I mentioned before, I never wear it...also since my hair is black the hat usually just camouflages into it's flowy blackness and just seems like I have a strangely shaped head.