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Post by Doug on Apr 30, 2016 8:21:14 GMT -5
Now that I look at it more closely, it isn't a cowboy at all. It is a girl lying on a huge towel on a beach in Hawaii with a volcano just starting to erupt off to the left. There is a cabana on the right and a small dog is sleeping at her feet. It appears she is using Hawaiian Tropic coconut lotion with an SPF of 11 in an attempt to deepen her tan. When she gets older, she will regret this because of the excess wrinkles but, for now, it is giving her a beautiful tan that really offsets the yellow of her string bikini. I want some of what you are smoking.
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Post by lar on Apr 30, 2016 9:05:06 GMT -5
Without commenting on the horrid thing on my wall.... That sounds redundant. You can either say "cowboy wearing a hat" or "man wearing a cowboy hat", but why say "cowboy" twice? If a cowboy is wearing a hat, that makes it a cowboy hat. And if a man is wearing a cowboy hat, that makes him a cowboy. Saying "cowboy wearing a cowboy hat" is like saying "red car driver driving a red car". Ok. I feel better. In the Chicago area, cowboys quite often wear Cubs caps. That does not make a Cubs cap a cowboy hat. It makes it a hat worn by a cowboy but not a cowboy hat. Since cowboys often wear many types of hats, I felt it was important to say this one was actually wearing what most of us would call a cowboy hat as oppose to, say, a fedora, which I have also often seen cowboys wear. Cowboys are much more fashion conscious than a lot of people would have you believe and most of them are quite aware of the hat best suited to the event of the day. This particular cowboy, whom I have decided to call Bat Masterpiece, quite obviously was engaged in some sort of cowboy activity such as doggie punching, calf branding or playing poker or other games of chance at the local saloon. Hence, he chose to wear a cowboy hat as opposed to one of his other hats. Hoosiers often wear paper hats. They make them from the newspaper and they feel the one they make from the Sunday "funnies" is a dress hat because of the color. There is nothing sadder than seeing a Hoosier family, all of whom are wearing their paper hats, caught in a rain storm with printers ink running down their faces and dripping onto their bib dungarees. As someone with some experience with cowboys and cowboy hats I agree that some cowboys do not exclusively wear cowboy hats. Baseball caps are a popular alternative. However, a cowboy wearing a Cubs cap is often looked down upon by his peers. It has nothing to do with style. It's more of a taste thing. Although cowboys can sometimes be quite reckless in their choice of headgear, a Cubs cap comes to mind, you will seldom if ever see a cowboy wearing a wimple. It's just not done.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 9:18:18 GMT -5
Mamas don't let your cowboys grow up to be babies. Needing their safe spaces and all. If you showed that picture or wrote the word "cowboy" in chalk on the sidewalk on a college campus there might be melt downs.
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 30, 2016 9:22:41 GMT -5
Not Shakespeare, just Balzac. And Music Man is fabulous. The musical or the amps.
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Post by drlj on Apr 30, 2016 13:17:31 GMT -5
In the Chicago area, cowboys quite often wear Cubs caps. That does not make a Cubs cap a cowboy hat. It makes it a hat worn by a cowboy but not a cowboy hat. Since cowboys often wear many types of hats, I felt it was important to say this one was actually wearing what most of us would call a cowboy hat as oppose to, say, a fedora, which I have also often seen cowboys wear. Cowboys are much more fashion conscious than a lot of people would have you believe and most of them are quite aware of the hat best suited to the event of the day. This particular cowboy, whom I have decided to call Bat Masterpiece, quite obviously was engaged in some sort of cowboy activity such as doggie punching, calf branding or playing poker or other games of chance at the local saloon. Hence, he chose to wear a cowboy hat as opposed to one of his other hats. Hoosiers often wear paper hats. They make them from the newspaper and they feel the one they make from the Sunday "funnies" is a dress hat because of the color. There is nothing sadder than seeing a Hoosier family, all of whom are wearing their paper hats, caught in a rain storm with printers ink running down their faces and dripping onto their bib dungarees. As someone with some experience with cowboys and cowboy hats I agree that some cowboys do not exclusively wear cowboy hats. Baseball caps are a popular alternative. However, a cowboy wearing a Cubs cap is often looked down upon by his peers. It has nothing to do with style. It's more of a taste thing. Although cowboys can sometimes be quite reckless in their choice of headgear, a Cubs cap comes to mind, you will seldom if ever see a cowboy wearing a wimple. It's just not done. Say, now that I actually look at your picture, I see a rather nice Cowboy hat on your very own head. That could actually be you in the wall painting. As a matter of fact, I am sure that it is you.
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Post by lar on Apr 30, 2016 15:35:01 GMT -5
Shhhh! No one is supposed to know.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 17:58:00 GMT -5
Logic tells me that any hat worn by a cowboy, whether a copter beanie or a fez, is a cowboy hat. Yee ha!
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Post by lar on May 1, 2016 14:59:56 GMT -5
Logic tells me that any hat worn by a cowboy, whether a copter beanie or a fez, is a cowboy hat. Yee ha! A cowboy's hat not a cowboy hat.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 17:49:26 GMT -5
Logic tells me that any hat worn by a cowboy, whether a copter beanie or a fez, is a cowboy hat. Yee ha! A cowboy's hat not a cowboy hat. An English major? I fail to see the difference. A hat can't be a cowboy.
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Post by Marshall on May 1, 2016 18:07:13 GMT -5
So, just why does Jeff have a drawing of Lar on his garage wall anyway? Is there something going on here we should be concerned with?
(not that there's anything wrong with that.)
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Post by lar on May 1, 2016 20:38:11 GMT -5
So, just why does Jeff have a drawing of Lar on his garage wall anyway? Is there something going on here we should be concerned with? (not that there's anything wrong with that.) Why wouldn't Jeff have a drawing of me on his garage wall? As I see it, this may be helpful to me in certain social situations. Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that a good looking woman engages me in conversation (it could happen!). If the conversation begins to drift in a friendly (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) direction she may eventually ask, "Are you hung?" I can honestly answer that I am. Chances are that by the time she discovers that I'm hung on Jeff's garage wall it will be too late to make a difference.
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Post by lar on May 1, 2016 20:48:18 GMT -5
A cowboy's hat not a cowboy hat. An English major? I fail to see the difference. A hat can't be a cowboy. Nor can a cowboy be a hat. A cowboy can own a hat, i.e. a cowboy's hat. That could be any kind of hat. A cowboy hat, however, is an object that has been so named because it's an article of clothing common to cowboy attire. It's not simply a hat. It's also functional. The broad brim provides some shade and the high crown a degree of insulation. A good cowboy hat is also waterproof. To be honest, I wasn't an English major so I may be in over my head here. Anybody want to help me out?
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Post by drlj on May 1, 2016 21:14:24 GMT -5
Ever since I figured out it was you, my respect for you has grown. You are doing fine as far as I am concerned and need no help.
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Post by lar on May 1, 2016 21:52:29 GMT -5
I'm forced to admit that it's a bit boring hanging around here. And it's drafty too. So far Jeff hasn't fed me or even offered me a beer. Some host!
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Post by Marshall on May 2, 2016 6:11:24 GMT -5
So, just why does Jeff have a drawing of Lar on his garage wall anyway? Is there something going on here we should be concerned with? (not that there's anything wrong with that.) Why wouldn't Jeff have a drawing of me on his garage wall? As I see it, this may be helpful to me in certain social situations. Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that a good looking woman engages me in conversation (it could happen!). If the conversation begins to drift in a friendly (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) direction she may eventually ask, "Are you hung?" I can honestly answer that I am. Chances are that by the time she discovers that I'm hung on Jeff's garage wall it will be too late to make a difference.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 9:16:40 GMT -5
An English major? I fail to see the difference. A hat can't be a cowboy. Nor can a cowboy be a hat. A cowboy can own a hat, i.e. a cowboy's hat. That could be any kind of hat. A cowboy hat, however, is an object that has been so named because it's an article of clothing common to cowboy attire. It's not simply a hat. It's also functional. The broad brim provides some shade and the high crown a degree of insulation. A good cowboy hat is also waterproof. To be honest, I wasn't an English major so I may be in over my head here. Anybody want to help me out? I'm not an English major or a cowboy but I've watched a good many cowboy movies and if there's a specific hat worn by cowboys, I don't know what it would be. Okay, a fez and a beanie may have been a little over the top but there's quite a variety, never the less. Here's Merle on the subject. Kind of politically incorrect, however. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2FeT9by2FA
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