Anyone else bothered by all the cowboy comments?

ChrisMD · Post by **ChrisMD** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:52 pm

Michaelson wrote:Well, at least YOUR received 'cowboy' comments are well deserved, Chris!

Regards! Michaelson

Im your Huckleberry!

But it never ceases to give me a smile when I walk into The Gun Shop (actual name) where I do all my business and am greeted with a "Dr Jones" or "Ahh gutten tag Herr Jones". It just never gets old. The guy who works there is a good friend of mine who is a MAJOR sci fi nut and Indy/Star Wars fan. Similar taste in hats too. It's always a good time. Especially because the best wings in town are less than 2 miles down the road.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:59 pm

ChrisMD wrote: Especially because the best wings in town are less than 2 miles down the road.

A true 'win-win' in anyone's book!

Regards! M

auntsugar · Post by **auntsugar** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:14 am

I used to get "cowboy" comments while wearing one of my fedoras. The only places I never did were when I lived in Italy--they KNOW fedoras, when I traveled Europe (same thing) and now while retired in Texas--they KNOW cowboy hats...lol.

But, yes--it used to bother me. It just seemed like they were uneducated and generalizing.
I'm no cork-sniffer, but that one always struck a nerve.
Now...back to my Flor de Allones and glass of MacAllen with one ice cube.....

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:22 pm

Doesn't bug me. I just smile and go on with my life.

youngjedi71 · Post by **youngjedi71** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:30 am

i might have already replies..but oh well..im old and cant remember..

...YES it does bother me..1. I dont like cowboys. SORRY!!! never really got into them,even as a kid..2. HOW dumb are people? A fedora, ANY FEDORA does not look like a freaking cowboy hat!!..lol..3. Even ME,being uncultured and not knowing hats knows a fedora from a cowboy hat.I just think in general people have no brains..Sorry..so yes,..the cowboy comments make me cringe inside..

DiCatania · Post by **DiCatania** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:39 am

I get the cowboy comments every so often. I get more "Dr. Jones" or "Indy" comments. Either way, it doesn't bother me. People are going to have there opinions.

auntsugar · Post by **auntsugar** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:53 am

youngjedi71 wrote:i might have already replies..but oh well..im old and cant remember.....YES it does bother me..1. I dont like cowboys. SORRY!!! never really got into them,even as a kid..2. HOW dumb are people? A fedora, ANY FEDORA does not look like a freaking cowboy hat!!..lol..3. Even ME,being uncultured and not knowing hats knows a fedora from a cowboy hat.I just think in general people have no brains..Sorry..so yes,..the cowboy comments make me cringe inside..

I feel your pain, bud!
But--there IS a fedora that resembles a cowboy hat--it's made by Dorfman Pacific....

youngjedi71 · Post by **youngjedi71** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:34 pm

auntsugar wrote:
youngjedi71 wrote:i might have already replies..but oh well..im old and cant remember.....YES it does bother me..1. I dont like cowboys. SORRY!!! never really got into them,even as a kid..2. HOW dumb are people? A fedora, ANY FEDORA does not look like a freaking cowboy hat!!..lol..3. Even ME,being uncultured and not knowing hats knows a fedora from a cowboy hat.I just think in general people have no brains..Sorry..so yes,..the cowboy comments make me cringe inside..

I feel your pain, bud!
But--there IS a fedora that resembles a cowboy hat--it's made by Dorfman Pacific....

yea..but they just trying to confuse people..lol..and probably draw a thin line between the 2 so they can say..yes..its a cowboy hat by day..but a fedora at night..

SteelEyeball · Post by **SteelEyeball** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:11 am

I usually don't mind the cowboy comments, but I am in college so I get them rather frequently. I always find it amusing getting referred to as "the guy with the hat."

Post by **Indiana Jeff** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:02 am

Wait for the first time you're out without a fedora and people ask, "Hey, where's your hat?"

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:44 am

Indiana Jeff wrote:Wait for the first time you're out without a fedora and people ask, "Hey, where's your hat?"

Regards,

Indiana Jeff

Yep, or by a daughter when they can't find you in a crowd because you're not wearing your hat that day. I got heck for that a couple years ago when we went to Vegas! Never left the room without my hat again!

Regards! Michaelson

Post by **Dr. Nebraska S.** » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:58 am

Michaelson wrote:
Indiana Jeff wrote:Wait for the first time you're out without a fedora and people ask, "Hey, where's your hat?"

Regards,

Indiana Jeff
Yep, or by a daughter when they can't find you in a crowd because you're not wearing your hat that day. I got heck for that a couple years ago when we went to Vegas! Never left the room without my hat again!

Regards! Michaelson

I had the reverse happen with my toddler at the Queen Mary Summit--she kept mistaking the other Indy hat wearers for me!

Best wishes,
Dr. Nebraska S.

alaska_mcghee · Post by **alaska_mcghee** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:50 pm

99% of comments are made in good fun. So I treat it that way. Someone calls me a cowboy, I say "giddy up". Last time I argued with someone about that it was with a ten year old IN Scotland. I was wearing my Federation deluxe, Wested goat and Alden 403's.
Your a cowboy! - No I'm not!
Where you from? - Alberta Canada.
That's where the stampede is? - Yes (he actually heard of the Calgary Stampede)
Ever been to the rodeo? - Yes
Have you rode a horse? - Yes
Do you drive a pickup truck - Yes
Your a real Cowboy! - .......Sure I guess.

So "giddy up"

Johnny