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Roland was an intolerant fellow in his youth.
Realising this belatedly in life, he devised a very distinctive headgear, especially for new Angry Young Men.
Now, rather than having to work out whether someone was on a mission to change some aspect of the world they don't really understand
too well, Roland needs only to check whether they're wearing one of his AYM Hats.
If he decides he still wants an argument or he wishes to join their cause he can be sure they are passionate about something, however misguided they may be.
Damn shame they don't sell too well.
Newsletter
http://www.bizarrenews.com/
Newsletter I was talking about [barnzenen, Jul 12 2001, last modified Oct 05 2004]
(?) American Cynic, November 1999
http://www.american...c.com/11291999.html
Same story, earlier. The judge in question seems like an interesting woman - I see her mentioned in 1998 (elsewhere) as the only elected Green judge in the country. [jutta, Jul 12 2001]
[link]
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The droogie bowler worn backward, perhaps? |
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UnaBubba, I need one of these hats. I want to change the way the world works...I'm going to kill all of the smart elk because they prevent us from abolishing world hunger. Damn dem elk, I say, sonny, damn dem! |
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Just smart elk, or all others of their ilk as well? |
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Been done with whelk long ago. No smart ones left, you can check for yourself. |
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UnaBubba, is there a Commission On Misguided Anger who will decide which young men are angry enough to get the hats? And will COMA have enforcement powers to ensure hattage of these fellows? |
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as muchas I groove w. this... I think that I'll be discriminated against ... it's a clear marker for saying "easy target".. . "don't light the spark".... or "spinning top".... I think the idea should be further elaborated upon.... and we should include to the phrase "angry young man hat going through therapy" or "working it through" to avoid further harsh treatments. I say we're delicate species.... fragility and maybe frigid as well? |
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No, the forms are available at your local post office.
Eligibility is audited regularly via a random spot check system implemented under the auspices of the CIA, ( Centre for Ill-directed Anger) |
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DC, you are completely on the wrong track. I am sick to death of you damned politcally correct apologists. If these twerps can't stand the possibility of someone taking them to task over the wearing of a social badge which clearly identifies them as short-tempered... Huh!, Wha'? Where am I? |
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Baked in Scotland, in one respect at least: every university union has its obligatory Socialist Worker / Living Marxist / People's Front of Judea student, standing outside trying to flog you their newspaper, and invariably wearing one of those black "worker" hats - the sort that miners in ex-Soviet Bloc countries wear. On the other hand, these are quite ideology-specific, and a degree of generalisation and standardisation may well make it easier to pick out other such AYM's, in order to avoid them (or wind them up, if you so desire). |
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What are the age restrictions for the Angry Young Man Hat, though? Is there a Crabbit Old Codger Hat as well and if so, where is the line drawn between the two? Or do those of us ambling gently out of that twenty-something bracket and still banging on about pet hates [insert bad pun about bees in bonnets here] get to switch between hats depending on how old the people around us at the moment are? Could make for an interesting situation at a dinner party / barbecue. |
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Anyhoo, the idea gets my croissant, even if they'd probably make me wear one of these damn hats. I'll just stick a huge big Daft Old Punk Feather in it. |
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[RT]: Baked. Well, it's actually a "tonic wine", but Buckfast is well known in Central Scotland as the drink of neds. |
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[RT], I thought almost any old beer will do this to the average punter. |
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rt: Yeah, its called `special brew` or `tennents extra`! |
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Another sign is tattoos, especally on the face. Theres something special about someone with one of those. Also, greasy matted hair. But by then you are already too close and its too late - they are sitting next to you and/or talking to you. |
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That's why this is such a good idea. They are obliged by law to wear it to tip you off. If they don't wear it we can always get Vivian to nail it on. |
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You PEOPLE are just, complete, fashists, I know this because you are so POMPOUS and completely anti PERSONAL EXPRESSION that you haven't even THOGHT about whats going to happen with hats and gun's its not like you can say that forced hat wearing is CONSTITUTIONAL but I know that I'm right because I'm an American Citizen and I have the Right (and this is GODGIVEN) to not wear hat's and to SHOOT anyone who does. I don't buy this middle class thing about SKIN CANCER and hats being for shade I think its all a big woolly jumper left wing CONSPIRACY to hide the UFOs in the sky from us. Yes all of us I mean you to.
Can I have one for my elf? |
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And at long last [lewisgirl] reveals who has been hiding their light under her mild-mannered bushel all this time. (so to speak) |
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My bushel is discussed at some length in 'Adopt-a-word'. I'll thank you not to bring it up here unnecessarily. (The cheek of some people). |
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If it had been brought up better in the first place this discussion would be moot. |
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It's staying right where it is. There'll be no bringing up, mooting, or anything else. |
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I could do with a decent moot right now. |
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"Fashists" is the coolest neologism I've seen in quite some time. |
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Would there be a "Mildly Annoying Visor" that you could submit other people for as a warning of toeing the line of COMA-tose status? |
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Normally I don't make fun of spelling mistakes but lewisgirl used caps to spell "thoght". Kind of jumps right out at ya. And then there's the "to" at the end which should be a "too". I know I'm bein' a jerk by doin' that next time you put up a fiery worded post, use proper spelling. As for the ufo thing, I totally agree. If there's an alien conspiracy you know there's a lousy liberal behind it. |
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since i'm a young man, i'll get trashed for pointing out the idiocy of this idea. therefore: no comment. |
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[talamunda]: Plus two points for pedantry, but if you'd been around a little longer you'd have realised that [lewisgirl] was invoking a HalfBakery motif. Also, you may want to check the punctuation in your own posts elsewhere.
WHERE'S YOUR MORAL OUTRAGE?????? |
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If I wear one of these hats without being angry, will I get fined? If so, I would immediately become angry, thereby fulfilling the qualification, so my fine should be negated. That would make me happy, so I'd then be liable again. Is it just me or is my computer spinning again? |
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[talamunda], you have to learn TO THINK FOR YOUR ELF! |
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[Canuck]: It is a characteristic of Angry Young Men (as distinct from angry young men, who are simply men who are young and angry) that they are *always* angry (or at least Angry). Being Angry is a permanent state of being, unlike simply being angry. |
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And for the Love of god(dess), don't let Stimpy make the hat. |
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[angel], my morals are out, raging. |
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So what do you do if you're angry about being forced to wear a hat? |
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[DrBob] How about an Angry Young Man vest, or even an Angry Young Man ensemble?
The Angry Young Man Ascot, coupled with the Angry Young Man cufflinks. "We'll GIVE you something to be angry about, young man..." |
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[DrBob], stay angry, young man... stay angry. |
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in a newsletter I received today
SANTA FE, N.M. - Get convicted of domestic violence, wear a blue hat. Drive drunk, end up in a pink one. Shoplift, and you get green. Fail to clean up after your dog, put on a brown hat while you pick up droppings. Municipal Judge Frances Gallegos is requiring people sentenced to community service to wear colored hats to let other people know what they have done. "There isn't a single high school kid or even a grade school kid in this town that doesn't know what the pink hat is all about," Gallegos said. Drunken drivers wear the pink hats while doing community service work. Blue was picked to match the bruises suffered by victims of domestic violence. Brown was selected for more obvious reasons. |
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http://www.bizarrenews.com/ |
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I've just read [barn]'s anno, three years late. Reality is so strange, sometimes. |
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That's even better than the AYM hat. |
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I would give you a croissant, but I'm wearing it on my head in protest to elk slaughterings. [+] |
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Now what about Angry Young Woman? |
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//Now what about Angry Young Woman?// |
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Just stay away, is my recommendation. |
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Interesting thought... soccer hooligans, dressed like Sherlock Holmes. |
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There is no such thing as "angry young women", when it comes to UnaBubba. Or for *any* man that treats a woman well. |
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Oh, if only I knew all there is to know about women. Sadly, never I shall, I fear. |
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All I know about women wouldn't fill a thimble, but then, they don't know much about me, either, so I guess that's fair. |
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Perhaps I could wear a Sullen Middle-Aged Man Hat instead. |
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Oh what twaddle [bliss]! The implicit assumption that is, that it's always a man to blame if a woman (young or otherwise) is cross. A woman might have had her car dinged, or been refused promotion, or had an argument with someone and be ticked off despite that fact that the man/men in her life had done nothing to upset her.
Sorry, just had to pick that one up, it ain't really fair. May I have my AYM hat now please? |
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Doc, think you missed the point. I was complimenting a certain baker for their very caring, and wonderful way with women in general. (As the two of us share some of the same female associates.) |
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Just thinking out loud that there are some here, (male and female), that have a knack with women and/or people, and some who don't. Bubs does. IMO. |
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Ten points for "twaddle". I like that. Look the other way if I use it next week, please. |
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For an evil pickle you are always kind. Why would you feel insulted? |
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That depends upon how insulted [insulted] feels, after being felt. |
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Fuck this hat, and fuck you all right in the trade entrance. Are they machine washable? |
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What's a "trade entrance", and how do you fuck a hat? |
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[bliss], I guess you'd have to be a dickhead... ? Maybe we could ask someone, not mark flynn. |
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Trades entrance - 'round the back. |
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//women and/or people// Mutually exclusive? <ducks> |
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What golfers call, euphemistically, "Playing the back nine". |
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You're welcome to "twaddle" [bliss] it's one of my favourites. I think it was more the 2nd sentence that caught my eye than the opening line praising [UB]'s relational skillz. The bit about //*any* man who treats a woman well//. It's totally cool though - I have my Mellow Young Fool hat on today. |
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