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What it used to get was respect. Elder statesman status. I have a feeling that the value is about to plummet with the title being bestowed on crooks and liars.

Last week I was in E.R. Wahlman, a funny little shop in a  cobbled narrow street just off the Senate Square. They sell official hats. I was there to get a white hat for my daughter for her graduation ceremony.

109 Euros for this?
It IS real leather, sir, and there's a gold badge.
Gold-plated!
As you wish, sir.
But still...
It will last a lifetime, sir.
Not surprising when it is only used once a year...I'll take it.
Thank you, sir.

And then I noticed there were academic doctor's hats and a whole range of oher hats in purple and black. You could be outfitted for an early Colonial Thanksgiving Day in this shop.

So I suppose the Finns are quite keen on ceremonial headwear.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 12:17:54 PM EST
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In a climate where being without a hat is even more fatal than the apocryphal Ilkely moor, I'd suggest a certain amount of ceremony would accrue to the concept.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 03:04:04 PM EST
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