# One hat per person, please **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989 "2008-03-27T23:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![onions\_without\_tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c37758/32.png) [@onions\_without\_tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onions_without_tears)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/1 "2008-03-27T23:25:15Z")
Don’t list two. I think there are too few of these to go around. List one hat type that’s distinctive for a profession. (Picture links optional) My one: [a printer’s paper hat](http://www.edpadgett.com/blog/2006/05/making-printers-hat.html) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/2 "2008-03-27T23:28:20Z")
Mortar Board - out of date English teacher Bowler hat - out of date English civil servant ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/3 "2008-03-27T23:33:36Z")
[QUOTE=onions without tears] Don’t list two. [/QUOTE] Boy, that didn’t last long. Chef’s toque. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/4 "2008-03-27T23:54:33Z")
A Chicago cop hat with the checkerboard band. Please tell me why they have that. thank you. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/5 "2008-03-28T00:01:05Z")
[A Bishop’s mitre.](http://www.murphyrobes.com/images/prod-images/MirtreQS&C-PM.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/6 "2008-03-28T00:22:37Z")
[liberty cap](http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cents/liberty_cap_large_cents/1796_large_cents/1796_liberty_cap_cent_varieties.htm) for an 18th century revolutionary ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/7 "2008-03-28T00:29:04Z")
A chimneysweep’s top hat. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/8 "2008-03-28T00:48:10Z")
[A squid’s dog dish](http://www.outinstyle.com/Merchant2/graphics/products/detail/HAT001_d.jpg). Aka Dixie Cup. Aka “Why do they hate us” covers. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/9 "2008-03-28T01:16:11Z")
Football helmet (not everyone who wears them is a pro, but it does mean they play the sport). ---
**Author:** ![hekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/10 "2008-03-28T01:30:43Z")
Machinist’s cap. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/11 "2008-03-28T01:34:12Z")
[Bunny Ears.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Bunny) ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/12 "2008-03-28T01:42:19Z")
Firefighter’s helmet ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/13 "2008-03-28T01:43:04Z")
[Boonie Hat](http://www.rangerjoes.com/images/9532.jpg) for soldiers. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/14 "2008-03-28T01:55:37Z")
Cowboy’s… cowboy hat. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/15 "2008-03-28T01:58:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, my old man’s a dustman > He wears a dustman’s hat … ``` :D ``` ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/16 "2008-03-28T02:18:25Z")
[Martian Antennas!](http://www.cuddlycollectibles.com/Toddler%20Favorites/SS/Plush/Medium/GU75873HotPinkMartian.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/17 "2008-03-28T05:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Mortar Board - out of date English teacher Bowler hat - out of date English civil servant [/QUOTE] Sorry about posting two. :o (I was running my roleplaying thread and just popped in here) ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/18 "2008-03-28T05:29:13Z")
A mariachi’s sombrero. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/19 "2008-03-28T05:41:05Z")
Those crazy cool high crowned helmets London Policemen wear! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/20 "2008-03-28T05:54:08Z")
Condom hat - for the dickhead in all of us. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989.md?page=2)