Can someone explain this to me? I remember mesh hats aka "trucker hat", but they were never popular. They always had that cheap redneck look to them. Then I come back from the Gulf a month ago and everywhere I look these lame-ass hats are being worn. Especially by celebrities and models.
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
quote: Can someone explain this to me? I remember mesh hats aka "trucker hat", but they were never popular. They always had that cheap redneck look to them. Then I come back from the Gulf a month ago and everywhere I look these lame-ass hats are being worn. Especially by celebrities and models.
I believe that your final sentence answers your question.
Posted by Ace (Member # 389) on :
I know it's been a month, but I remember when you posted your farewell before you left for the Gulf, and I just wanted to say, "Welcome back!"
Sorry about the whole trucker hat thing....
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
About the end of November a person in my lab was wearing such a stupid hat - (he's this fashion wannabe) and I laughed at him and said - I haven't seen those hats since like 1983... he said they are now fashionable... the redneck look or some shit! LOL! The more trucker the better. Either a motor company or a petrol station one... I mean... sheesh - I guess everyone was fashionable in 1983 then. OMG those mesh hats... did they offer ANY protection to the sun - thinking about it now... the scalp was SO exposed - might as well have worn Data's poker hat! Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
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Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Hehe, you know we could actually make a Flare Trucker hat... have Reverend make the logo and Charles put it on blank trucker hats that cost $.25 a piece. Von Dutch does that
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
I wondered about this myself. My grandpa has a lot of these hats, and now I see kids wearing them quite often. I just don't get it. :\
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Any pictures of these hats?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
well there is google - but easy to picture one... just think Johnny Knoxville in "Jackass" on TV and in the Movie.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Now these hats only have to mark the return of The Mullet�, and we can really party like it's 1983.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Ewwwww - who the fuck is THAT!?! Why did you have to post a picture of a guy with three nipples!?!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
So, basically, something that once was fashionable became not fashionable, and is now fashionable again?
Surely the first time in the history of the universe that this has ever happened!
Next thing they'll be telling me that boot cut jeans with faded patches on the front are fashionable again. Crazy.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
To put yourself at ease, just repeat over and over again: People are dumb Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I've seen these things referred to as "ironic trucker caps". Obviously they don't realize that it ceases to be ironic if everyone does it.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Yeah sorry you fought for this.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: I've seen these things referred to as "ironic trucker caps". Obviously they don't realize that it ceases to be ironic if everyone does it.
So what's the excuse for your hair cut?
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
You are hardly one to talk about haircuts, Liam.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I have sexy rogueish hair. I do.
Besides, I've seen Americans. Your entire country has no right to talk about hair styles.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Roguish hairstyles are sexy now?
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Especially if contained within an 'ironic' trucker hat. FYI, the 'coolest' ironic trucker hats would be the single color International Harvester caps.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Hang on. What's wrong with my hair?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: So, basically, something that once was fashionable became not fashionable, and is now fashionable again?
No, the thing is I don't think these hats were EVER fashionable... more like utilitarian - that's about it. It's now more like 80's kitsch.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Ahh. Well, yeah, that makes sense. The nostalga waves have thrown up some pretty weird things. I haven't seen anyone wearing them over here yet.
Roguish hairstyles are always sexy. Especially on me. And, at the very least, they're going to beat any hairstyle that has a parting in it.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I know now the style of hats you're discussing, and am amazed. I had one of them in, like, 1985. Has the world gone mad?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I think so. I think it's another sign of the "end times". Nostradamus predicted the return of the Trucker hat.
Mesh hat Does returneth Fashonistas absurd Confusion, dismayal abound Trucker
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Nostradamus' quatrains were, as is standard with quatrains, four lines long.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
OOops, bugger! I did a cinquaine! Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
One more line and you'd have a sexaid. . .
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I have a sexaid; she's deflated and sitting in my closet at the moment.
No, really. My roommate tours Europe for over a month, and all he brings me back is a blow-up doll from Bulgaria.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Well, it's a she-doll, so at least your roommate was considerate. B)
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
She has no orifices, so he wasn't that considerate.
To stay on subject, though, I found my old mesh golfing cap. It's an ugly shade of green and has a tee-holder with three tees in it. On the front in big white letters it reads, "DON'T TEE ME OFF!"
I'm embarrassed to say that I actually wore that several times.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I was looking through a magazine yesterday and found the source of my annoyance with these damn hats. The article was fads of 2003...looking at them I'd glad I was at sea for most of the year.
So apparently it started with that dude that lost his car from That 70's Show, Ashton Krutcher wearing a John Deer mesh hat. I'd half expect to see shit like that in South Carolina, but now Hollywood celebs like to dress in clothes that look cheaper than what I wear and yet cost more than what I make in a month.
What's worse are clothes in magazines like Stuff or FHM that are like $200 for a shirt, $300 for pants, $500 for a jacket. It makes me wonder if those people actually think the average person can afford a closet full of clothes that expensive. Hell, I rarely buy clothes that cost more than $30.
Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: Hell, I rarely buy clothes that cost more than $30.
Niether do I. I like my $25 pants and this free T-shirt I got from an equipment vendor. Spend $350,000 on a machine and get a free T-shirt! It says "IRAD IRWIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT" on the front and it's blue. Came with a matching hat but I lost it.
Posted by Elizabeth Anne (Member # 1162) on :
The hat looked stupid so I hid it. There, I said it.
And if you don't wash that shirt one of these days I'll hide that too.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
How long has it gone without a wash?
Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: How long has it gone without a wash?
Irrelevant.
She tackled me, took the shirt and washed it shortly after posting.
But sadly she won�t give me the hat back. Guess I�ll have to order another one.
Posted by Elizabeth Anne (Member # 1162) on :
I'll just hide it with the other one. Belive me there's plenty of room for hat hiding here.
And you can have the dang shirt back as soon as you order lunch! Now quit gawking at starships and order pizza!
BTW, this is payback for you showing up on my cancer forum. Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Uh, oh; she's becoming assertive. Look out Styrofoaman!! Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
quote:Originally posted by Wraith: Uh, oh; she's becoming assertive. Look out Styrofoaman!!
This is nothing. Once saw her punch a clerk for accidently selling her Pepsi instead of Coke. This is quite tame.
But at least I got my shirt back.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Based on past anecdotes, I think it's safe to assume that she already is assertive.
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
Be a man, stand up to her and get your hat back.
Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
Right. I value my nads.
I'll just order a new one and have it sent to a PO box. Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Coke is evil. Pepsi is the One True Cola�
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
Pepsi...that's Klingon for the "Elixir of Life"
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
People who get so worked up over the differences between Coke and Pepsi that they refuse to drink one of them rank only slightly ahead of Daily Mail readers, Republicans, and people who spell the country as "Brittain" (not necessarily in that order).
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
quote:"Brittain" (not necessarily in that order).
You mean tritbain, or is there some other order they use.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Very witty.
NOT!
I win.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Very witty.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: People who get so worked up over the differences between Coke and Pepsi that they refuse to drink one of them rank only slightly ahead of Daily Mail readers, Republicans, and people who spell the country as "Brittain" (not necessarily in that order).
I thought Coke v Pepsi fans ranked along side Star Trek v Star Wars fans!?!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"People who get so worked up over the differences between Coke and Pepsi that they refuse to drink one of them..."
Out of curiosity, where rank the people who refuse to drink one of them simply because they don't like it?
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
quote: Out of curiosity, where rank the people who refuse to drink one of them simply because they don't like it?
Slightly more witty than Psyliam.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
My best man is an exec at PIzza Hut, he started out as a waiter and worked his way up through store management. They serve only Pepsi in Pizza Hut, and he once told me that if you ask for Coke their staff are required to correct you. So now I always ask for Coke. Hell, I point to 'Pepsi' on the menu and ask for Coke. 8)
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
Actually I hated Pepsi all my life simply because I thought it smelled and tasted like plastic. Then I was on holiday in Turkey (of all places) and the minibar in the hotel did offer Pepsi instead of Coke. I tried the stuff and guess what, Turkish Pepsi tastes far better than German Coke (and better still than German Pepsi, naturally.) Don't know why that is. Don't they use at least a very similar recipe all over the world for that stuff? I know that all the Coke I have tasted anywhere in the world tasted exactly the same.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: Out of curiosity, where rank the people who refuse to drink one of them simply because they don't like it?
In the same place. The difference in taste between them is so minimal as to only be noticed by people who can tell the difference between the CGI and non CGI versions of the Nebula class.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I drink both Coke and Pepsi whenever given to me, but I prefer Pepsi. The best tasting Pepsi is in the can, of course.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
The best tasting Pepsis and Cokes are the ones you don't drink.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
"Phew, this is hard work - I think I'll order a tab"
*press Tab key*
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
See, now THAT's fine. That's normal. I prefer Coke to Pepsi, but I prefer Pepsi Max to Diet Coke. It's just the crazy mad sport team-like thing that gets me.
quote:Originally posted by Lee: They serve only Pepsi in Pizza Hut, and he once told me that if you ask for Coke their staff are required to correct you. So now I always ask for Coke.
Yes, I had to do that. And y'know what? After people do that to you several times a day, you really want to punch them.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I know. But they can't. I don't just enjoy tormenting people here, you know. 8)
Coke does taste different in different places. Greek Coke, for example, tastes just plain weird in a way that neither I nor anyone else who's experienced it can define.
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
I prefer Pepsi in the single-serving 2 litre bottles. I've actually cut down from about 6 litres a day to 2.
Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Greek Coke, for example, tastes just plain weird in a way that neither I nor anyone else who's experienced it can define.
Ummm... we ARE talking about soda here right? Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Dr Pepper is the best. I mean, he has a degree and all.
Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :
Sadly he's gay... nothing worse than gay soda with a degree.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
6 litres a day? Christ. Could you actually sit still for longer than 10 seconds?
(And y'know, to be honest, 2 litres a day is still far, far more than is healthy for you).
Lee's right about the Greek coke though. I do tend to check when I wander into some of the cheaper looking newsagents to make sure the Coke is actually British, as some of the European Coke's taste really meh.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
While I was in the Gulf we had "Haji" Coke. Coke with Arabic writing on a slightly smaller can. Tasted like coke syrup, quite disgusting. There was also Arabic Mountain Dew which wasn't bad, Sprite, 7-Up, etc. Except Pepsi. I never saw a Pepsi can in Arabic.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
@PsyLiam: I hope your remark that Coke and Pepsi taste almost the same were meant as a joke!? At least here in Germany, there is a distinct difference. They taste nothing alike. If anything, the aforementioned Turkish Pepsi tasted a little similar to German Coke - but there still was a noticable difference.
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Albanian Coke is even wierder than the Greek version. I suspect it has some kind of fish juice in it. I really never cared about the difference (such as it is) between Coke and Pepsi; I don't see how some people get quite as worked up about it as they do...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"The difference in taste between them is so minimal as to only be noticed by people who can tell the difference between the CGI and non CGI versions of the Nebula class."
Well, just because your sense of taste doesn't work...
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"I don't see how some people get quite as worked up about it as they do..."
Well, there are people who can't really tell the difference and don't care either way, people who insist that one is the Devil's urine and the other God's True Drink, and people who just think both taste like shit. B)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You missed out the catagory of "People who can tell the difference, and have a preference, but aren't overly fussed." This is the catagory of the norms.
quote:Originally posted by Austin Powers: @PsyLiam: I hope your remark that Coke and Pepsi taste almost the same were meant as a joke!? At least here in Germany, there is a distinct difference. They taste nothing alike.
Well, there is a difference, but to say that "they taste nothing alike" is plainly wrong. Coke and Vodka taste nothing alike. Lemonade and vinegar taste nothing alike. Coke and Pepsi both taste like cola flavoured drinks.
quote:Originally posted by Styrofoaman:
quote:Originally posted by Lee: Greek Coke, for example, tastes just plain weird in a way that neither I nor anyone else who's experienced it can define.
Ummm... we ARE talking about soda here right?
Er, we're talking about "Coke". The use of the word "coke" is the subtle hint pointing that out.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I've never seen Greek Coca-Cola (OK?) in a store here in the UK - this was in Greece. Just to explain, many small shops especially in London find it cheaper to import Coca-Cola from other European countries and sell it at usual UK prices, than to buy direct from Coca-Cola UK or their wholesalers. So I've had Polish Coke, and from who knows where else (bit difficult reading the alphabet on some of the labels).
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: I know. But they can't. I don't just enjoy tormenting people here, you know. 8)
Coke does taste different in different places. Greek Coke, for example, tastes just plain weird in a way that neither I nor anyone else who's experienced it can define.
I'm guessing here, but maybe it has something to do with the local water that they use in each country? Same with beer.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
quote:Originally posted by Styrofoaman: Sadly he's gay... nothing worse than gay soda with a degree.
You say that as if a gay soft drink were a bad thing.
Posted by Tora Regina (Member # 53) on :
What Andrew said is most likely the case. I've been to the Coca-Cola "museum" place in Las Vegas, and they told us Coke (and their other drinks) will taste different in various parts of the world because of the local water.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I wonder how specific it is? Just country to country, or region to region too?
And Diane, as someone who has been to a country that could at times be called "America-lite", did our Coke taste any different to US Coke?
Posted by WizArtist (Member # 1095) on :
quote: Originally posted by PsyLiam:
6 litres a day? Christ. Could you actually sit still for longer than 10 seconds?
(And y'know, to be honest, 2 litres a day is still far, far more than is healthy for you).
At the time, I was working in Data Processing for Bank One (The Official Bank Of The Anti-Christ) and doing the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. I KNOW how a vampire must feel.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
As for another version, Canadian Coke tasted very different yet again. (Toronto area) About the water: just try out tap water when you go on holiday and compare that to what you are used to at home.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
The water? Perhaps. Though I'm not sure where in Greece Coca-Cola is produced, presumably on the minaland somewhere since many islands don't even have their own water suypplies but have to be resupplied by ship. Bottled mineral/spring water is very common over there, and very cheap - and once you've tasted the Coke, you only want to drink water - or their beer (well, actually Danish Amstel is very common over there, in these big bottles you pour into huge frosted glasses) or wine. 8)
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Danish Amstel? Amstel is a Dutch beer. Part of Heineken, IIRC.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
Correct.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Bugger, so it is. Oops.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Dutch, Danish, it's all the same anyway. B)
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
At least to Americans, it is... 8)
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
Well, to them everything that is not American is the same - not to be trusted...
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: At least to Americans, it is... 8)
Or to people who didn't pay attention in geography...like me. My last memories of a geography class involved isobars...it all gets a little hazy after that. Oh wait, something's coming back "Hey son, ever seen one of these before" *RED FLASH*
Nope, it's gone again.
Time to lie down methinks.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Isobars? You're sure you didn't mistakenly wander into a meteorology class?
Posted by Tora Regina (Member # 53) on :
Actually, I didn't notice any difference between American and British cokes. If there is any, it's not obvious.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
What about haircuts? Eh? Eh?
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Well, she met you during your Eminem fase, so her perspective's bound to be a little skewed. B)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Are you saying that I'm not the real Slim Shady?
(Christ, I am extraordinarily red in that photo, and I have no idea why.)
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Well, you're certainly not slim. And, judging from that photo, not very shady either.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: Well, she met you during your Eminem fase, so her perspective's bound to be a little skewed. B)
And Psyliam said:
"(Christ, I am extraordinarily red in that photo, and I have no idea why.)"
Maybe you ate what was on the menu...
Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I need a clearcut Flare logo for my trucker hat... does Charles have one or can authorize one?
Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :
1. Liam is Aban Red.
2. "I never saw a Pepsi can in Arabic." 2a. This is because of: Jewishness.
Posted by Capped in Mic (Member # 709) on :
posting pictures really disturbs my illusion that all of you are imaginary and only i may converse with you through this magic box.
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