On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:02:25 -0500, "Magnulus" >
wrote:

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>"Bernard Farquart" > wrote in message
>news:qc5Dd.26481$2X6.14159@trnddc07...
>> More importantly,how many people have you see driving while
>> wearing pith helmets, in your entire life?
>>
>> Do you live in 1920's colonial africa?
>
> How many people have I seen wearing hats, aside from baseball caps (often
>turned backwards)? Very few (I've seen alot more African Americans wearing
>hats, though, than whites- and in some parts of the country they do wear
>western style hats). Hats are out of fashion with many people (they mess
>up your hair, or whatever), some people still wear them, though, like me.
>

Can you post a picture of yourself driving with a pith helmet?

Have you considered that it might be safer to wear a motorcycle
helmet?

> You can still buy pith helmets, and they come in different styles- not
>all of them are the broadly brimmed type with the round head (the
>stereotypical "safari" shape popular among the French and English, and later
>Indians and Vietnamese. Pith helmets are made from cork, though, so they
>are fairly stiff.
>