Why Do the Brits Wear Such Ridiculous Hats?

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I am the future agent for the eventual destruction of both sites, having presided at John & Tom’s wedding, the Alt’ to Megan and carrot top’s little do, as such I need to come here periodically to menace John to keep up the payments, and incidentally to steal hats.

I have a fine array of titfers, few of which I get to wear out as my partner says I look like I am waiting for the sunshine bus, a comment she can make with impunity as she has dedicated her life to the mentally impaired, a community that holds (gawd bless ‘em), the above is black humour rather than insult.

Having said that, I will not be stealing cetacean inspired baseball caps as they wouldn’t make it past the Ascot turnstiles, we have some decorum, what? Tally-ho! Did I tell you I invented rice?

Quote from: Dinosaur Neil on May 31, 2018, 04:26:47 AM

Lots of those photos are from events where it's almost a competition to see who can wear the most outrageous hat. Using that logic, I could post a photo of a fancy dress competition in Germany and say "why do the Germans wear such ridiculous clothes?"

I believe it's from a high class horse racing event. I imagine while the hats are big and outrageous, they are still supposed to have a bit of class. I guess to the poms, the above hats are upper class

Yes, it's Ascot, and you're out of touch. For several years now it's degenerated into little more than a silliest hat contest for many. They offer prizes. Obviously the hundreds of actually classy hats there aren't the ones used as example pictures, are they?

Another thing that makes brits look dumb is their inability to pronounce the letter "r".  They pronounce words like Tar as "Taa".  Everyone else in the world, with the exception of people from Boston, New York, and China, can pronounce some form of the letter r.  Even the French, who have a nasal "eeeee" and the Spanish, who say a rolled "rrrr" at least attempt to pronounce the letter.  The British act as if they are too posh to pronounce the letter.  They act like, "We invented the language, so we can decide which letters are pronounced and which are not."  What a bunch of nobs. 

Even those mid-west US idiots can pronounce an "r".  In fact, they often add "r"s where they don't even belong, such as "warsh" and "torss".  But, at least they are making an amazing attempt at pronouncing the letter, unlike the stupid Brits. 

I am the future agent for the eventual destruction of both sites, having presided at John & Tom’s wedding, the Alt’ to Megan and carrot top’s little do, as such I need to come here periodically to menace John to keep up the payments, and incidentally to steal hats.

I have a fine array of titfers, few of which I get to wear out as my partner says I look like I am waiting for the sunshine bus, a comment she can make with impunity as she has dedicated her life to the mentally impaired, a community that holds (gawd bless ‘em), the above is black humour rather than insult.

Having said that, I will not be stealing cetacean inspired baseball caps as they wouldn’t make it past the Ascot turnstiles, we have some decorum, what? Tally-ho! Did I tell you I invented rice?

Hm. Cetacean inspired baseball caps don't have any decorum but an R-12 batt of pink insulation inspired "titfer" is good enough for royalty?

Hm. Cetacean inspired baseball caps don't have any decorum but an R-12 batt of pink insulation inspired "titfer" is good enough for royalty?

This is precisely why the Revolutionary War needed to be fought. They don't make any sense.

Royalty aren’t real people, they are vat bred, farm reared tourist magnets of mainly German/Greek derivation, they largely get their fashion cues from very large paintings adorning the walls of their cages and manga comics, their head-gear immediately alerts the local populace that they are loose if they stage a break-out, so they can be lured back with Pimm’s and the aroma of saddle soap.
Ascot is where they are allowed to mingle with real people to reinforce their sense of privilege, the hat extravaganza, a gentle mocking of their ways.

Real Brit’s wear cloth caps or handkerchiefs with knots in the corners.

It must be very convenient to just tie knots on the corners of a handkerchief and voila, it is now a hat.  I used to do something similar with news papers when I was in elementary school. 

I imagine why the Brits feel it so necessary to be wearing a hat at all is because it's always raining?

Another thing that makes brits look dumb is their inability to pronounce the letter "r".  They pronounce words like Tar as "Taa".  Everyone else in the world, with the exception of people from Boston, New York, and China, can pronounce some form of the letter r.  Even the French, who have a nasal "eeeee" and the Spanish, who say a rolled "rrrr" at least attempt to pronounce the letter.  The British act as if they are too posh to pronounce the letter.  They act like, "We invented the language, so we can decide which letters are pronounced and which are not."  What a bunch of nobs.

Firstly: we can pronounce Rs. You've clearly never been to Scotland or South West England.
Secondly: American's don't pronounce Rs in some places that Brits do, for example in the word "warrior", where you guys seem to think it should be pronounced "woyer". What did you do to the two Rs in the middle? The correct pronunciation is "wa-ree-ər".
Furthermore, you can't pronounce O's, which is why you can't say "mirror". You just say "mirr." You can't do the "e" in "squirrel", you say "squirl".
What a bunch of nobs.

Even those mid-west US idiots can pronounce an "r".  In fact, they often add "r"s where they don't even belong, such as "warsh" and "torss".  But, at least they are making an amazing attempt at pronouncing the letter, unlike the stupid Brits.

We didn't elect Donald Trump. You did.
I don't think there's much comeback for you from that. 

You are an idiot.  It is pronounced "Waaariooors, come out to playayaya."

I hope this song gets stuck in your head.

I just don't know why the British reject the letter r, while all, or most, of their colenolys embrace it. 

It looked a lot like this:

I guess your coned head didn't fully developed then.

Quote from: boydster on May 31, 2018, 08:15:06 PM

It looked a lot like this:

I guess your coned head didn't fully developed then.

The fit may have been a little different, but the hat itself... It was shaped like that.

I hope this song gets stuck in your head.

Well, no it won't, because I can't be bothered to watch the video.

https://www.wikihow.com/Speak-with-a-Cockney-Accent

Yeah, because the whole of the rest of Britain speaks with the same accent as one centred on London. Especially the Welsh.

Why do the Brits have such ridiculous accents?

At least it's not outrageous. Like the French.

Why do the Brits have such ridiculous accents?

The odd thing is that as soon as they start to sing, their accents mysteriously disappear. 

Quote from: Renegade on June 02, 2018, 07:00:57 AM

Why do the Brits have such ridiculous accents?

The odd thing is that as soon as they start to sing, their accents mysteriously disappear.

I noticed that with a lot of foreign singers singing in english.

Why do the Brits have such ridiculous accents?

Why the Scots have such ridiculous accents is a better question. I refuse to believe anyone can naturally roll their R's that way.

Yes, you go from extremes of the Brits not wanting to pronounce the r, to the Scotch extending their rs until they run out of breath.  It is all a bit ridiculous. 

Yes, you go from extremes of the Brits not wanting to pronounce the r, to the Scotch extending their rs until they run out of breath.  It is all a bit ridiculous.

Why do American accents sound like they are so retarded though?

American accents sound like they are singing.

American accents sound like Wide Mouth Frogs are singing.