# Capes: Sensible garment or fashion statement?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capes-sensible-garment-or-fashion-statement/962524>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capes-sensible-garment-or-fashion-statement/962524 "2022-04-08T14:53:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capes-sensible-garment-or-fashion-statement/962524/101 "2022-04-21T19:13:39Z")

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> [@motu](#):
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> {…} OT: Does anyone else keep seeing Captain Sensible when glancing at the thread title

Wot[?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wot_(song))

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**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capes-sensible-garment-or-fashion-statement/962524/102 "2022-04-21T20:54:01Z")

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[Captain Sensible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible)

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capes-sensible-garment-or-fashion-statement/962524/103 "2022-04-21T22:37:16Z")

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> [@motu](#):
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> OT: Does anyone else keep seeing Captain Sensible when glancing at the thread title

I do!

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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capes-sensible-garment-or-fashion-statement/962524/104 "2022-05-06T14:07:39Z")

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> [@motu](#):
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> OT: Does anyone else keep seeing Captain Sensible when glancing at the thread title

Every. Single. Time.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capes-sensible-garment-or-fashion-statement/962524/105 "2022-05-06T19:04:22Z")

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Even though I kind of like capes for their iconoclasm it would be hard for me to call it a “sensible garment”….

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