The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

Jerekson · Mar 20, 2009

alden405 said:
The dumbest thing i have heard as of yesterday when wearing a tan Optimo
"I didnt know you are Jewish!"

Are you frikking kidding me?

ortega76 · Mar 20, 2009

alden405 said:
The dumbest thing i have heard as of yesterday when wearing a tan Optimo
"I didnt know you are Jewish!"

Ugh. I can think of two things that would make me do. Slam my own head into a desk or choke the speaker.

Jerekson · Mar 20, 2009

Considering how much I've been wearing my black Akubra Squatter recently, I'm actually surprised to have never recieved the Jewish comment myself. Must just be my area or something...

bobalooba · Mar 20, 2009

Tango Yankee said:
In this case they're not dumb, just ignorant and ignorance can be cured! At least they're trying to pay you a compliment even if they get the nomenclature wrong. Depending on the circumstances you may be able to gently educate them, or at least thank them.

Regards,
Tom

well I usually thank them and go about my buisness, I don't bother to explain it because they will probably forget anyway.

CRH · Mar 21, 2009

Jerekson said:
Considering how much I've been wearing my black Akubra Squatter recently, I'm actually surprised to have never recieved the Jewish comment myself. Must just be my area or something...

I recently received an 'Amish looking' comment while wearing my black Squatter. A black Squatter would make a fine hat for an Amish gentleman even with a pork pie but an open crown or flat crown would be more acceptable. I have seen dents worn by single Amish men but very shallow.

I chuckled and said that my crease (let alone the wrap around shades) was to racy for an Amish gent, at least in public anyway

.

MattJH · Mar 21, 2009

South Street is Philadelphia's sort of artsy / urban / novelty strip, where the freaks and geeks come out at night. I was walking down to a coffee shop to grab a sandwich (I napped after work today and woke up starving) wearing my brown Akubra Federation IV Standard when two black kids passed me by. The one looks at me and says "Diggin' the hat, boy!" and gives me a thumbs up. I thanked him. Then his friend says "You look like Woody from Toy Story!"

I couldn't help myself and completely cracked up laughing. He joined in and we went on our separate ways.

St.Ignatz · Mar 21, 2009

Wear your hats at you please Matt.........even if you do look like woody, but just a little. See you at the summer crawl.

is there a dumbest comment I ever made thread?

Widebrim · Mar 21, 2009

Aerol said:
Widebrim, forty years ago I was living in Manhattan... New York, not Kansas.

And I stand by my original comment.

Kansas? Where'd that come from?

I didn't doubt your comment, Aerol, I just was wondering if you had lived in Chicago 40 years ago because I was pretty sure that hats were still visible there four decades ago. Thanks for clearing it up.

jamespowers · Mar 23, 2009

MattJH said:
South Street is Philadelphia's sort of artsy / urban / novelty strip, where the freaks and geeks come out at night. I was walking down to a coffee shop to grab a sandwich (I napped after work today and woke up starving) wearing my brown Akubra Federation IV Standard when two black kids passed me by. The one looks at me and says "Diggin' the hat, boy!" and gives me a thumbs up. I thanked him. Then his friend says "You look like Woody from Toy Story!"

I couldn't help myself and completely cracked up laughing. He joined in and we went on our separate ways.

Then again, if you were wearing one of these.....

xigxag · Mar 25, 2009

A colleague said to me today : "I didn't recognize you with your cowboy hat on."

I was wearing a stylemaster lol

scottyrocks · Mar 25, 2009

I've been compliments left and right on my new brown Fed IV, but today one of my kids (1st grade) told me I look like 'Freddy (Kruger).' Hopefully he was talking about my hat and not my face! lol Oh well . . .

jamespowers · Mar 25, 2009

scottyrocks said:
I've been compliments left and right on my new brown Fed IV, but today one of my kids (1st grade) told me I look like 'Freddy (Kruger).' Hopefully he was talking about my hat and not my face! lol Oh well . . .

"I'll see you later if you don't do that homework---when you are sleeping. Hahahahahhahah!"

funneman · Mar 25, 2009

I'm walking up to the bank last week wearing a black Mallory, black atomic fleck DB blazer and blue jeans.

A man on his way out holds the door open and says "I have to hold the door for Joe Jackson."

I wasn't sure if he meant THIS Joe Jackson:

Or THIS one:

jamespowers · Mar 25, 2009

funneman said:
I wasn't sure if he meant THIS Joe Jackson:

Or THIS one:

Geez, I hope he meant the first one. Unless you threatened to beat him on your way out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnbj0w8iOeM
Unless you were Stepping Out.

Pduck · Mar 25, 2009

Were you wearing a baseball hat?

jamespowers · Mar 25, 2009

Pduck said:
Were you wearing a baseball hat?

And was he shoeless?

maggiethespy · Mar 26, 2009

I recieved my first dumb comment this past Monday. I honestly thought it might never happen, and then it did. And it was good.

I have known PersonX for about 4 years-- we went to highschool together for 2, and we've taken at least 1 class together in college for the last three semesters. He asked me to prom-- it's not like we've never met before. I walked into class on Monday sporting saddle oxfords, cuffed jeans, and white blouse, and a yellow cardigan with a black cinch belt over it. I had my hair styled in a page boy with a roll in the front and a black ribbon bow-- this is the way I've been dressing for well over a year now, so nothing out of the ordinary.

PersonX felt the need to call out to me across the classroom as the professor is about to start class and ask me

"Did you just get out of time machine or something?"

I was apparently very quick-witted that day, because without missing a beat I replied:

"Yeah, Doc and Marty dropped me off. They have to fix the flux capacitor but they don't have to get any plutonium because it runs on a Mr. Fusion now, so it should be pretty easy."

Everyone laughed, and he kept his comments to himself

jamespowers · Mar 27, 2009

maggiethespy said:
I recieved my first dumb comment this past Monday. I honestly thought it might never happen, and then it did. And it was good.

I have known PersonX for about 4 years-- we went to highschool together for 2, and we've taken at least 1 class together in college for the last three semesters. He asked me to prom-- it's not like we've never met before. I walked into class on Monday sporting saddle oxfords, cuffed jeans, and white blouse, and a yellow cardigan with a black cinch belt over it. I had my hair styled in a page boy with a roll in the front and a black ribbon bow-- this is the way I've been dressing for well over a year now, so nothing out of the ordinary.

PersonX felt the need to call out to me across the classroom as the professor is about to start class and ask me

"Did you just get out of time machine or something?"

I was apparently very quick-witted that day, because without missing a beat I replied:

"Yeah, Doc and Marty dropped me off. They have to fix the flux capacitor but they don't have to get any plutonium because it runs on a Mr. Fusion now, so it should be pretty easy."

Everyone laughed, and he kept his comments to himself

As Roger Miller might have said: Atta Boy Girl. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
Good one!

Goose. · Apr 1, 2009

Today in my Akubra Homburg, it was "Odd Job".
That was something original, at least for me.
"We" know OJ didn't wear a Homburg, but that's why we're the coolest cats in the sandbox.

alden405 · Apr 1, 2009

Jerekson said:
Are you frikking kidding me?

Nope

Some people make strange connection though.A friend (who is Jewish) was wearing a grey hat with a black suit on his way to temple was told that he "looked like a Gestapo agent"

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