# Men! When Will These Things Be BACK In Style?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 24, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974 "2003-11-24T07:57:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/101 "2003-12-01T19:20:21Z")

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**Olentzero** , what is this “work” that you speak of?

I guess I’ve been unemployed so long that I sometimes forget that some people still have jobs!

My bad.

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/102 "2003-12-01T19:34:25Z")

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'S all good, mate.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/103 "2003-12-05T15:04:03Z")

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I’m thinking about those newsboy caps.

Grey herringbone, hmmm??

Anybody know if they’re light enough for summer wear in the South?

Machine washable?

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-will-these-things-be-back-in-style/214974/104 "2003-12-05T23:22:16Z")

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You mean [flatcaps](http://www.celticlinks.com/cgi-bin/cl/50146.html?mv_pc=nuzhound)?

On a related note, my contribution to the world of tongue twisters is “Flatcap catflap”, which I dare anyone to say six times fast. And if anyone wonders how I was inspired to come up with such a thing, [look here](http://www.rathergood.com/independent_woman/) and be amazed.

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