All about hats

Background

My name is Ted Nadeau & I want a rain hat. Not just something to cover my head but the best price/performance ratio rain hat out there. I figure that by doing this research with others & sharing the results, we'll all be happier (hattier). In the information age, when you do work properly for yourself, you do it for everyone else as well.

Proposal

Let us attempt to cure our lack of perfect hats.

Questions

I ask myself & post to the net.

What is a hat?

(dictionary definition, functional definition, . . . )

What are the aspects of a good hat?

(comfort, materials, cost, color, brim, style, . . . )

What does the hat say?

(personality, . . . )

Where does one get hats?

(stores, finding, catalog, . . . )

Do I really need to go to the mall & try each one on? Is there a hat-catalog (hat-alog?)

Is there a Hat.com or a hat.FAQ?

What are genres of hats?

(weather, fashion, military, . . . )

What is the history/evolution of hats?

When did men stop wearing them?

(Kennedy? [or is that an urban legend? --Ed.] . . . )

What other topics are related to hats?

(clothes, hair, costume, . . . )

Are there any famous works about hats?

(The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Collins, Dr. Suess [Is that the right title? --Ed.], . . . )

Famous hats:

Oddjob's hat: Oddjob, the henchman of an enemy of James Bond, would kill people by throwing his hat at them frisbee-style. [Was it Oddjob in Mad Magazine and Objob in the Bond movie? --Ed.]
The Cat in the Hat's hat: Often copied
Charlie Chaplin's hat: A bowler
Others?

How do our own hats fit into the scheme of things hatwise?

(pictures, costs, stories. . . . )

A Hat-Memory

I found a plastic hat once which looked like a spanish flamenco dancers. Flat on top, with a 3 inch brim. While attending a football game on a very cold and rainy day, I remember thinking how perfect the hat was. It had just enough brim to keep water out of my eyes & neck & it was up to my rain coat (that's another story) to handle the rest. For me, this was yet another realization that with proper clothing, the outdoors is just as comfortable as indoors. Next time you are uncomfortable outside, realize that somewhere, someone is in a much worse weather condition & yet is more comforatable that you are. You just dressed poorly.

[Ted-- I seem to remember you in a photo wearing that hat? Is it extant? Scan it? --Ed.]

Solicitation

Your hat memory goes here:

Conclusion/Prediction

In the future, words will become more magic. "I want a rain hat." will ever-more quickly lead you through an Alice in Wonderland tour of sellers, descriptions, stories & finally connect you with your hat.

Future

Each episode of Enterzone I will attempt to propose a task that is finite in size & infinite in scope. In later episodes, I will organize and publish the results and pose the next task.

I Take Requests

I hereby solicit your recommendations for projects/tasks/goals.

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