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This public service message brought to you by Moontheloon.back away from the hat rack .... slowly back away ... check your back pocket for your wallet ... then run as fast as you can to your car and never ... and I mean never... think about hats again
first rule of hat club ... don't talk about hat club !!
He's right, you know. Oh, it starts out innocently enough. You decide to get a hat for yourself, find one you like, and plunk down your cash. You start wearing your new hat--tentatively at first, unsure about how people will react to your "new look". But soon--very soon--your hat is simply a part of you, and you never leave home without it. Before long, people comment on those rare days when you don't wear your hat. "Hey, I almost didn't recognize you without your hat!" Then you see another hat you like. It's more expensive than the first, but it's of a higher quality, so that's okay. Now you have two hats. You find yourself thinking, "Which hat shall I wear today?" Welcome to the slippery slope! The next thing you know, those hats have multiplied like rabbits and you find yourself wondering where you'll find room to keep them when you're not wearing them. Then comes the day when you realize hat #7 fits a little snug, so you need to buy a hat jack to stretch it out just a little. And maybe a steamer to re-shape the crown on #12. And wouldn't #18 look better with a different color ribbon? And, now that you think about it, #23 would look better with 1/4" trimmed off of the brim. Yeah, I'll do that after I've spent 8 hours scouring eBay for that vintage Dobbs I've been looking for...
Go ahead. Buy a hat. We dare you. But don't say we didn't warn you.
Oh, and definitely the hat with the wider brim.