Deciding whether to help .... or NOT !

[soFlaNative]

BBQ joint, bar and grill and fast food my hat (ballcap) remains. Anywhere else or wearing my Akubra it comes off and lays brim up.
I have been know to spin my cap backwards but only to cool off or do some up close work.

 

[Absalom]

The bill-turned-backwards thing is supposed to have originated with news photographers.

There are a few other legitimate applications

 

[two-bit cowboy]

1) Hate to tell ya but those hooks are for lady's purses. ....
2) stare at yourself in the mirror ....
3) if... someone asks me to take off my hat....
4) that person will be instructed to perform an anatomically impossible act upon his/her self.

1) maybe in LA. The hooks are multi-purpose here

2) I sit where I can see the other hombres coming through the door

3) It's not my job to be the "hat" or "manners" judge

4) Nobody's ever told me that. If they did I'd log it up to a poor upbringing (like wearing a hat while eating)

 

[Muss Muggins]

I like it when people who aren't dealing cards or writing in ledgers wear visors indoors . . .

 

[Ματθιας]

The bill-turned-backwards thing is supposed to have originated with news photographers.

Years ago, my nephew was doing a paper on trends, specifically fashion trends. I don't remember how the subject came up, but anyway. The hat backward really took off as a fashion trend in the 1990s thanks to a popular baseball player - I don't remember who it was. Then the hip-hop scene took it and... well, you know.

 

[Muss Muggins]

The bill-turned-backwards thing is supposed to have originated with news photographers.

Silly me. Here and I thought it was baseball catchers, at the turn of the century. And not the most recent one . . .

 

[walkin jack]

To me the most irritating is a flat brimmer turned backward.

 

[Rustyt1953]

What is the "correct" way to wear a ball cap?

Are there rules?

 

[Muss Muggins]

What is the "correct" way to wear a ball cap?

Are there rules?

Apparently . . .

 

[Ματθιας]

People can do whatever they want - it's still a somewhat free country.

Flat bills with ears tucked in, I find hilarious!

 

[Fishslayer]

Now that is down right funny. I see younger guys all the time wearing their caps on backwards & wonder about their intelligence. In the military they would suffer their mistakes.

There are places where the backward ballcap makes sense. If you're over 5'5" moving briskly through a ship you really need to see above your head. I can tell you that in a skull vs steel contest the steel always wins.

 

[zzclancy]

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Sitting at the dinner table with his hat on ?
Shame on him .
That beam of sunlight was probably deliberate ��

If your inside and not under arms your cover should be off.

 

[Golddollar]

1) maybe in LA. The hooks are multi-purpose here

I use them for hanging my cane.

I patronize a number of American Legion and VFW lounges. Usually there is a sign at the door to remove your hat.

 

[handejector]

Flat bills with ears tucked in, I find hilarious!

.....and USEFUL- I don't have to check to see if his shirt says "IDIOT".

 

[handejector]

What is the "correct" way to wear a ball cap?

Are there rules?

Not really any rules........just emulate me and you'll be OK.

 

[NYlakesider]

People can do whatever they want - it's still a somewhat free country.

Flat bills with ears tucked in, I find hilarious!

Easy explanation for that way of wearing a hat. The subject shown does not know how to adjust the size so he puts it over his ears to fill out the gap.

 

[SMSgt]

People can do whatever they want - it's still a somewhat free country.

Flat bills with ears tucked in, I find hilarious!

Had I worn my hat like that while serving overseas, I would still have the top of my ear that was cut off due to melanoma.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Not really any rules........just emulate me and you'll be OK.

That's an awfully high bar you have set for me.

 

[Absalom]

Silly me. Here and I thought it was baseball catchers, at the turn of the century. And not the most recent one . . .

Maybe, but when was baseball ever cool?

We could blame J.D. Salinger. To quote Holden from "Catcher in the Rye" (1951):

"It was a red hunting hat, with one of those very, very long peaks. … The way I wore it, I swung the old peak way around to the back — very corny, I'll admit but I liked it that way, I looked good in it that way."

 

[Greyman50]

You maybe surprised how many do not know to REMOVE hat during Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem, let alone when inside. Manners? whats that?