Then might I suggest the simple expedient of wearing a hat without anything written on it?

Sure. Having something written there really is asking for it. Come to think of, I really should blank out the word Billabong on my T-shirt, in case people think I'm really into surfing. Last…

Sometimes people just wear hats to keep the sun off, or their head warm, or because they are bald. What's written on the hat is about as important as what's written on their socks.

Then might I suggest the simple expedient…

But getting bitter on hats is an old tradition. In __Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness…

I have long since given up on assuming that anyone wearing the hat or shirt of an American team is, in fact, a fan of said team. It is vaguely annoying.

Yeah, if it were true, half of Wellington would be Celtics, and in particular, Paul Pierce fans, apparently.

To…

For some reason particles of mud and grass are still on my ski jacket after a run through the washing machine.

Do you have any pictures of the stage area?

Then I got down off my high horse

In the humvee?

Whenever, wherever...

And back to the clothing talk, my biggest omgwtf with athletics merch – since I was at an American school and most of the wearers were actually from the places they wore the stuff of – were…

http://www.nba.com/hornets/

Then I got down off my high horse

In the humvee?

See: Charlotte Hornets, mid '90s

Getting a massive nostalgia headrush now – everyone seemed to have something Hornets branded back in intermediate.

Totally true. Despite most not knowing where Charlotte was. I was a Suns fan back then

See: Charlotte Hornets, mid '90s

Getting a massive nostalgia headrush now – everyone seemed to have something Hornets branded back in intermediate.

I wouldn't be surprised if a large number of people liked the clothes first and then the team/band

See: Charlotte Hornets, mid '90s

But couldn't you just buy a blank hat then?

Few ever seem to. Personally I wear one. But no one has ever accused me of having style.

In thatHumvee? Dance on your knees? No, not dance.

I made the assumption that the place to dance was on someone else's lap.

It was a common criticism of Brit indie bands in the early 90s that many of them…

It can be hard to find a hat that isn't shit. I'm not surprised people wear things that they don't actually endorse.

In part I agree. What if your favourite band or sports team just has shit apparel?

But couldn't you just buy a blank hat then? And make your…

What if your favourite band or sports team just has shit apparel?

Like every national team in Australia, for instance? It explains why Ozzies have no shame.

It can be hard to find a hat that isn't shit. I'm not surprised people wear things that they don't actually endorse.

In part I agree. What if your favourite band or sports team just has shit apparel?

I wouldn't be surprised if a large number of people liked the…

(Although my favourite pun of this kind is in the wartime bugs bunny cartoon in which he falls off a plane and saves himself by taking a tonic against the falling hare.)

I always liked "I dream of Jeannie, she's a light brown hare."

It is total fun to pretend to be a fan of the same team and say something like "Bro!!! Go [team name]! Hey don't you think they should trade [player name]?"

An American colleague insisted that he was an All Blacks fan, and wanted me to tape the entire season…

So true! 'Shear Magic': no. 'Curl Up and Dye': no. No no no.

Cut Above. Hair 'n' Now. And so on.

I like this local chain's bad case of pun failure.

"Alright" he replied, "they could do better".

He could have been referring to the fact that the Braves appear to have shored up their pitching rotation for this season, which is the way they won all those division titles through the 80's and 90's.

Or he could have been intimadated…

So true! 'Shear Magic': no. 'Curl Up and Dye': no. No no no.

Or The Sharing Shed.
Yes, spelt that way. It may be some kind of super-double-non-pun but somehow I think not.

So true! 'Shear Magic': no. 'Curl Up and Dye': no. No no no.

Cut Above. Hair 'n' Now. And so on.

This was extry fun to read!

Much appreciated

I have long since given up on assuming that anyone wearing the hat or shirt of an American team is, in fact, a fan of said team. It is vaguely annoying.

It is total fun to pretend to be a fan of…

So true! 'Shear Magic': no. 'Curl Up and Dye': no. No no no.

Oh, don't spoil my fun. I've always wanted to open a salon for the incipiently bald just so I could name it "Hair today, gone tomorrow".

(Although my favourite pun of this kind is in the wartime…

I have long since given up on assuming that anyone wearing the hat or shirt of an American team is, in fact, a fan of said team. It is vaguely annoying.

I don't care about sport, but I do care about music, even when it's music I don't like, so…

I think it's pretty much the opposite for wine. And also hairdressers.

So true! 'Shear Magic': no. 'Curl Up and Dye': no. No no no.

I have long since given up on assuming that anyone wearing the hat or shirt of an American team is, in fact, a fan of said team. It is vaguely annoying.

In thatHumvee? Dance on your knees? No, not dance.

But it is the sort of place in which you could "tuck your baguette into your jacket" though? Awesome. Kerry, please build us some more roads so we can get some more humvees up in here.

there was no way a beer with a pun for a name could be bad.

I think it's pretty much the opposite for wine. And also hairdressers.

I learned by watching the television.

It sounds like you learned from watching Russell.

you would have either got into a fight

Well I did try.

Oh and also, can one stand up inside that humvee? Or does one have to dance on one's knees?

In that Humvee? Dance on your knees? No, not dance.

And a credit to your profession, my man.

I learned by watching the television.

¿ Because it reminds you of the Beastie Boys or the Yeastie Girlz [NSFW] ?

The former. We actually saw it form a long way off and both of us agreed that there was no way…

Oh and also, can one stand up inside that humvee? Or does one have to dance…

I asked what they meant by "largest", because I'm a fucking journalist and need the fucking facts.

And a credit to your profession, my man.

Rather aptly we had met them after we had just interviewed a rather ingenious man over a Yeastie Boys' ale we purchased solely for the name.

¿ Because it reminds you of the Beastie Boys or the Yeastie Girlz [NSFW] ?