...and also to maintain the stereotype that we Londoners all dress like characters from The Avengers in the '60s.
Essentially, this is a bowler hat, with an astoundingly high albedo, and yet still black.-- Ian Tindale, Jan 11 2006 The springboard: Retroreflective_20pinstripes [Ian Tindale, Jan 11 2006] Albedo (per Dictionary.com) http://dictionary.r...com/search?q=albedoNot the first word I would have considered to describe an item's ability to reflect. [jurist, Jan 11 2006] ...and also an extension of my anno.-- skinflaps, Jan 11 2006 ..with one of those luminous gamps, as in the street scenes of "Blade Runner"?-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Jan 11 2006 What do you mean 'stereotype'? - *I* dress like a character from The Avengers [chorus of "What? Diana Rigg?"].-- hippo, Jan 11 2006 mmmm - like the leather, hippo!-- po, Jan 11 2006 <performs umbrella karate chop>-- zen_tom, Jan 11 2006 Its similarity to the moon (when viewed from above) might cause moths (as well as other creatures whose navigation systems rely on the moon), to flock around the wearer.-- Dub, Jan 11 2006 I'd like a hat with a little daisy sprouting from the top - but then I've had a few too many perhaps...-- po, Jan 12 2006 Flocking moths-- Dub, Jan 12 2006 Thanks for the link, [jurist]. I needed that. I thought he was going for a "10 gallon bowler" or something.-- half, Jan 12 2006 My first thought was of a hat with a high sexual instinct or drive, i.e., a high *libido*. Perhaps it is both.-- jurist, Jan 13 2006 So it's a pith helmet?-- egbert, Jan 13 2006 Would be, if one lithped.-- jurist, Jan 13 2006 Funniest anno of the day, perhaps week, j.-- blissmiss, Jan 13 2006 halfbakery