Red Hat Society

[GMan]

I forgot that I posted this. Yes I do seem to notice many of those sweet ladies more than I used to.

[Mark Keeney]

I'm now 50 ...and I could get a purple kilt ... and a red balmoral... and underpinnings sounds dangerous.

Maybe a kilted chapter.

[James MacMillan]

I'm now 50 ...and I could get a purple kilt ... and a red balmoral... and underpinnings sounds dangerous.

Maybe a kilted chapter.

But you are not a woman - are you?

Check ..here.. to see if you qualify

[Mark Keeney]

But you are not a woman - are you?

Check ..here.. to see if you qualify

OK, one small... ahem...BIG detail.

[Riverkilt]

Maybe like this



This is a corporate tartan called Highland Spring.

Red Hats are active in my little town. Even work with one.

Ron

[James MacMillan]

OK, one small... ahem...BIG detail.

Yea, I know - details, details, details...................Sheeesh.......... Just when the wardrobe was getting good...

[Morris at Heathfield]

There's a tartan called "Red Hatters United", ITI 7177. I assume it's somehow related to the Red Hat Society. It's more red than purple, though.

[jordanjm]

Am I the only person who entered this thread thinking it was going to be about Linux and computer geek stuff?

Nope, you are not.

[Jeff_MacDonald]

We ran into this group on the Boston Common a couple of years ago:



They were a delightful bunch of ladies having a lot of fun.

[James MacMillan]

Since my wife is a Red Hatter, I thought that you guys would like to know some trivial thngs about the Red Hat Society.

Full membership is at age 60, and they wear red hats, at age 50 you are a "Pink Hatter" and wear a pink hat - duh!

On the members birthday they wear a purple hat. The "club uniform" is a purple dress and a red hat.

They are organized into local chapters who hold similar interests. Membership is kept small to keep it fun - usually less than 20 members in a chapter. The "president" of the local chapter is the "Queen" and she is the queen until she passes it on to another - there are no elections, no other officers, nor any minutes - remember it's for fun!

Most chapters have some type of theme, but the overal goal is to have fun.

"Organization of Disorganization" is a commonly used term. It's for women - no men!!!

They have a nice glossy monthy magazine. The Red Hat Society was started in 2000, and now is world-wide.

The below poem formed the basis for this group of fun loving old women!

Warning

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Jenny Joseph

Having a wife who is a Red Hatter is a huge plus for the kilt wearer. She can't say much about a man wearing a skirt, if she wears a purple dress and a red hat!!!!!