# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/21 "2008-03-28T06:27:33Z")
Beefeater’s…Beefeater’s…B…never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/22 "2008-03-28T12:34:14Z")
Diver’s red wooly cap - as sported by Jacques Clouseau, the famous bungling underwater detective ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/23 "2008-03-28T12:58:59Z")
Accountant’s green eyeshade ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/24 "2008-03-28T13:07:21Z")
The [garrison cap](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_cap) AKA “cunt cap” is associated with the military. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/25 "2008-03-28T13:22:23Z")
Those caps that doctors and nurses wear during surgeries. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/26 "2008-03-28T14:48:16Z")
Batting helmet. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/27 "2008-03-28T15:06:53Z")
Traditional Congolese leopard-skin cap made famous by [Mobutu Sese Seko](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22250-2005Jan19.html) during his ceremonial appearances as head of state. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/28 "2008-03-28T15:30:33Z")
Roman Centurion’s galea. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/29 "2008-03-28T18:20:15Z")
Since it’s been a few hours since my last one, may I add one? Talk about iconic, how about a [nurse’s cap](http://www.civilization.ca/hist/infirm/inint02e.html). (incidentally, an awful lot of “naughty nurse” pictures come up if you search for “nurse’s hat”; makes finding a work-safe link darn difficult.) ---
**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 29, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/30 "2008-03-29T18:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Since it’s been a few hours since my last one, may I add one? [/QUOTE] Might as well. I’m going to follow your example with [armet](http://www.a2armory.com/images/med-helmets/armet-helm.jpg) for a knight in armor ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/31 "2008-03-29T19:40:05Z")
An engineer’s [cap](http://www.railwayshop.com/daylight/hatb.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/32 "2008-03-29T22:36:10Z")
Miner’s [helmet](http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/thumbsup.php%3Fimage%3Dconstruction-light.gif%26width%3D375&imgrefurl=http://www.villagehatshop.com/miners_helmet_light.html&h=299&w=375&sz=21&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=2_vyY54PrPQaYM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dminer%2527s%2Bhelmet%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN) with lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/33 "2008-03-29T23:31:20Z")
A [Fez](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(clothing)) a… monkey. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/34 "2008-03-30T00:12:53Z")
A fedora for a 1920s gangster. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/35 "2008-03-30T04:41:16Z")
[Referee’s](http://myweb.stedwards.edu/mikem/refhatsmall.GIF) hat. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/36 "2008-03-30T07:01:27Z")
The Game Hat. ---
**Author:** ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/37 "2008-03-30T11:52:52Z")
A [deerstalker](http://www.tweedstore.com/sr_mista_deerstalker). Some equate this with detectives, but I’d rather correctly associate it with tweedy hunters. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/38 "2008-03-30T12:20:43Z")
In some rare photos, the pope is occasionally seen wearing something on his head, but it’s so small we can’t confirm or deny whether it’s a hat or the sun reflecting from a bald spot. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/39 "2008-03-30T16:47:19Z")
[A kepi.](http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hl=en&q=kepi&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989/40 "2008-03-30T18:15:46Z")
[witch’s hat](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.legendarytoys.com/media/EL-LU2341-lg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.legendarytoys.com/EL-LU2341.html&h=421&w=400&sz=15&hl=en&start=11&tbnid=nJj6q0w1_47UiM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3DWitch%2527s%2Bhat%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hat-per-person-please/442989.md?page=3)