
Originally Posted by
ForresterModern
I'm not mocking, but why on earth did you ruin what are very smart outfits with those dreadful confections - especially when you had a perfectly good bonnet to hand? Did you not notice people cringing when they saw you? (And I don't mean oriental tourist but local people)
I'm sorry, and I'm being harsh but it looks as if you have stood under comedy hats.
I'm guilty of the reverse. On my recent holiday in TX I bought a black cowboy hat and put gold cav officers hat band. Several people, rightly, questioned my right to wear a cav officers hat. Most were satisfied that as a Brit officer formerly in a Cav Regt I was just about OK but...
The 'Eathen in his idleness bows down to wood and stone,
'E don't obey no orders unless they is his own,
He keeps his side arms awful,
And he leaves them all about,
Until up comes the Regiment and kicks the 'Eathen out.
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