# Mr Furley's Scarf / Maude's Scarf -- Why?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 8, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548 "2008-09-08T00:12:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/1 "2008-09-08T00:12:30Z")
Was there any reason Mr Furley usually wore a scarf on _Three’s Company_?
Were they in style or was Don Knotts trying to hide a scar or something?
What about Maude? She almost always had a scarf on. I assumed Bea Arthur was trying to hide something on her neck but when she came back as Dorothy she didn’t wear a scarf.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/2 "2008-09-08T00:36:39Z")
[This](http://www.threescompany.com/tcompany/www/cast.html#Don%20Knotts) pretty much sums up Ralph Furley’s predilection for tasteless out-of-era clothing choices.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/3 "2008-09-08T02:09:23Z")
As for _Maude_ Bea Arthur pretty much always kept her neck covered, at least until she (and Maude) had a facelift, so I’m guessing wrinkles was the reason.
IIRC June Cleaver alwasy wore pearls because [Barbara Billingsley](http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2007/05/08/cleaverx.jpg) had a scar on her neck.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/4 "2008-09-08T02:29:13Z")
> [@kunilou](#):
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> As for _Maude_ Bea Arthur pretty much always kept her neck covered, at least until she (and Maude) had a facelift, so I’m guessing wrinkles was the reason.
> …
So the rumors about hiding an Adam’s apple are untrue?
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/5 "2008-09-08T02:45:45Z")
They’re both part of a cult that worships [Vera-Ellen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=459064).
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### Author:  [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/6 "2008-09-08T03:32:52Z")
I believe Mr. Furley, much like Freddy from Scooby Doo, wore an _ascot_.
This is because Freddy was Mod, and with it. Contrawise, Mr. Furley _wanted_ to be hip, young, and happening. And, as shown by the clothing, failed miserably. Think of it as like a bad toupee, or visible hair plugs.
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### Author:  [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/7 "2008-09-08T05:22:47Z")
Scarves were pretty popular in the 70s as I remember. My mother used to wear them a lot along with those long vests like the ones Maude wore.
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### Author:  [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/8 "2008-09-08T14:55:10Z")
I think they’re terrorists like Rachel Ray.
Maybe.
😛
greatshakes
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-furleys-scarf-maudes-scarf-why/462548/9 "2008-09-08T15:01:59Z")
They were both really the Tom Baker **Doctor Who**.
Or else they were hiding vampire hickeys, like Mina in the graphic novel version of **LXG**.