A gentleman's hat

[Michael Rolls]

A gentleman never blows on his soup to cool it – ‘e fans it wiv ‘is ‘at
A gentleman never strikes a lady without first removing his hat
Realising the need to always keep both hands free to protect ladies, a gentleman keeps his sarnies under his hat
A ‘gentleman’ without a hat is actually a cad

[Ashy]

we don't see the hats these days like we used to. They told you something about the man below too.

[Scrumpy]

... and a proper lady never wore a red hat..

[Michael Rolls]

... and a proper lady never wore a red hat..

Our next door neighbour's daughter got married (this was when we all still lived at home) and the bride's mum wore a very fetching red hat, but brother Vernon caused hilarity - including to the lady herself - with his comment to her 'You know what they say - red hat, no drawers!'
Mike

[crabbyob]

i dont normally wear a hat....but..
not being used to the cold i now wear a peaky blinders bunnet

[Michael Rolls]

which we used to call a flat hat
Mike

[zoony]

Technically a 'flat cap' I think.. As a hat wearer I know these things..

[Michael Rolls]

No, not to us. Always called a flat hat. Technically, I am sure you are right, but technics were beyond us!
Mike

[stellamaris]

Our next door neighbour's daughter got married (this was when we all still lived at home) and the bride's mum wore a very fetching red hat, but brother Vernon caused hilarity - including to the lady herself - with his comment to her 'You know what they say - red hat, no drawers!'
Mike

Around our way it was always "fur coat and no knickers".

[klondike]

Obviously a posher area then. As was ours. 

[Ashy]

In our area most men wore a flat hat, National Health glasses and a fawn raincoat. It was the uniform.

[zoony]

Sounds like the uniform of a flasher!

[Michael Rolls]

😁😁😁

[klondike]

Years back I worked for a TV aerial company. It was just as BBC2 was launched and lots of people wanted aerials. As I could get a big discount me and another bloke there got together putting up aerials at weekends. I don't remember how long we did it but we made a fair bit of extra money.

Then one night I read in the local paper that my aerial fitting partner had been convicted of flashing. It put an end to our little business and he quit his job very soon after.

It was all rather odd as he had always seemed quite normal and even had a girlfriend.

[zoony]

I 'spect he got unusually bad reception following that installation..