tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post2994092288600186507..comments2024-03-28T15:09:27.574+00:00Comments on The Spoons That Are My Ears!: Twisthorn Exists!Rhys Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-61675968209402304762010-04-23T12:23:58.642+01:002010-04-23T12:23:58.642+01:00I agree with your comments about the unsuitability...I agree with your comments about the unsuitability of the fez hat in everyday life... The snap brim fedora suffers from a different kind of unsuitability, perhaps.<br /><br />I believe that the spiked helmet you refer to is called a 'Pickelhaube'. The spike was originally intended to hold a horsehair plume, but was retained in WWI because it protected the wearer against flechettes (steel spikes dropped from biplanes). I guess the assumption was that two opposing spikes cancel each other out... Curious, non?Rhys Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-44770411063684183622010-04-22T17:07:08.184+01:002010-04-22T17:07:08.184+01:00Will order my copy of Twisthorn Bellow from Amazon...Will order my copy of Twisthorn Bellow from Amazon when I get home tonight! The Fez you are wearing is rather fetching, but I think that you would have to have a certain type of personality to be able to wear it on a day-to-day basis. One piece of headgear that I would most like to acquire is one of those Word War One German helmets with the spike on top (as favored by Kaiser Wilhelm III); now thats a hat for a real man! On a slightly different note, did you know that in France, Captain Birdseye (he of the sinister look, sailing the seas with a boat-load of small children and extolling the joys of fish fingers) is called Captain Igloo? Neither did I until about an hour ago. Will await my copy of Twisthorn Bellow with impatience!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14137623512356176390noreply@blogger.com