tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post5077042416139975493..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Against UmbrellasDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-70918424852004738702008-07-24T11:07:00.000+01:002008-07-24T11:07:00.000+01:00The correlation between men wearing hats and bad d...The correlation between men wearing hats and bad driving is legendary.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-51337765729003786792008-07-24T06:28:00.000+01:002008-07-24T06:28:00.000+01:00Dearime:Baseball caps should be distinguished from...Dearime:<BR/>Baseball caps should be distinguished from other headwear; I suspect if you do this you might amend your opinion of hatted drivers. One of you circumspect Brits will have to clarify if the auto counts as indoors and thus if etiquette applies. As if it still does anywhere. But seeing as autos were originally open to the elements, I'm willing to bet that it doesn't. There is after all that classic touring hat, the name of which escapes me, that used to be associated with motoring, back when motoring wasn't tawdry and practical.<BR/><BR/>Regarding the "effeminate" nature of the bumbershoot (how's that for a colloquialism?): US Marines are instructed that in no circumstances, in or out of uniform, are they to carry an umbrella.Dennis Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03233729780363740881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-45766522103411793682008-07-23T19:21:00.000+01:002008-07-23T19:21:00.000+01:00On the subject of morons, what is it with that "jo...On the subject of morons, what is it with that "john b" chap, with whom you tangled the other day? It is such a shame that his omniscience and omnipresence are not accompanied by omnipotence, for then he'd have the power to persuade all the people all of the time that he knows everything better than they.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-80725250557907076622008-07-23T17:34:00.000+01:002008-07-23T17:34:00.000+01:00Fine thing, the gamp, particularly in sticky summe...Fine thing, the gamp, particularly in sticky summer weather when waterproof clothing is odious. Better to go naked. Well, up to a certain age, anyway. And as for hats, have you noticed that everyone who drives wearing a hat seems to be a moron? Mind you, you probably have to be a moron to fear rain inside a car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com