Have you mixed up the word 'attractive' with the word 'irritating'?
🎯 😂 (highly irritating!)
Well, they look better to me, inspite of acting a little silly..
I'll take silly over stuffy any day.
Surely you are familiar with the saying "when in Rome'.......
And, I find stuffy to be irritating..😉
Syl said
Nov 14 12:32 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
I reckon Americans dress pretty much the same way as Brits do. My sons partner is American, she wears similar stuff to me.
Not all Americans dress the same.
Do you really think people in New York dress the same as people in Midland, TX?
Obviously there are a lot of folks who dress the same, but it's pretty normal to see Western hats in Texas.
Ohio, not so much..
I know not all Americans dress the same...I should think a very small proportion of them go around dressed like JR.
Here very few Brits wear Kilts and sporrans...the rest of us will be like the rest of the Americans, we will wear similar clothes.
JR usually wore a suit and a hat didn't he?
Pretty standard outfit around here for the white collar crowd. Especially lawyers
He wasn't running around in chaps was he?.
He wore a great big hat in the hope it proved his dominance and masculinity. Is that pretty standard in your parts?
We have a saying here...All fur coat and no knickers, simply swap the big hat for the fur coat, and the meaning translates as...
"This idiom is a colorful way to describe someone who appears to be wealthy, stylish, or sophisticated on the surface but lacks substance or depth. It suggests that the person in question may be more concerned with appearances than with actually being genuine or authentic."
Vam said
Nov 14 2:25 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
He wore a great big hat in the hope it proved his dominance and masculinity. Is that pretty standard in your parts?
We have a saying here...All fur coat and no knickers, simply swap the big hat for the fur coat, and the meaning translates as...
"This idiom is a colorful way to describe someone who appears to be wealthy, stylish, or sophisticated on the surface but lacks substance or depth. It suggests that the person in question may be more concerned with appearances than with actually being genuine or authentic."
Yes. More often than not, it’s an overly optimistic delusion though
Maddog said
Nov 14 4:54 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
I reckon Americans dress pretty much the same way as Brits do. My sons partner is American, she wears similar stuff to me.
Not all Americans dress the same.
Do you really think people in New York dress the same as people in Midland, TX?
Obviously there are a lot of folks who dress the same, but it's pretty normal to see Western hats in Texas.
Ohio, not so much..
I know not all Americans dress the same...I should think a very small proportion of them go around dressed like JR.
Here very few Brits wear Kilts and sporrans...the rest of us will be like the rest of the Americans, we will wear similar clothes.
JR usually wore a suit and a hat didn't he?
Pretty standard outfit around here for the white collar crowd. Especially lawyers
He wasn't running around in chaps was he?.
He wore a great big hat in the hope it proved his dominance and masculinity. Is that pretty standard in your parts?
We have a saying here...All fur coat and no knickers, simply swap the big hat for the fur coat, and the meaning translates as...
"This idiom is a colorful way to describe someone who appears to be wealthy, stylish, or sophisticated on the surface but lacks substance or depth. It suggests that the person in question may be more concerned with appearances than with actually being genuine or authentic."
Different sized hats are pretty standard.
So are different shapes.
They are no more an attempt at sophistication than your shoes.
Maddog said
Nov 14 5:27 PM, 2025
I had to go back and look because I haven't seen a picture of Larry Hagman in his TV show hat in years..
He wore a cattlemen's crease which is probably the most common, even today..He did wear a silly feather hat band, but most of us did in the 80s.. I had half a damn bird on my head back then..
Of course rednecks aren't the only ones known for decorating their headgear, although we have abandoned wearing nuch more than a simple hat band..
How to make a British couple more attractive. 😉
Have you mixed up the word 'attractive' with the word 'irritating'?
Absolutely not. Nobody wants to "look" British.
Y'all do sound more intelligent, but no little boy wants to dress up like a Brit..
What would they even wear? A track suit and white trainers? 😉
Well tbf, the average American doesn't go round looking like an extra from the TV show Dallas either.
Well, who wants to be average..😉
Average, as in normal.
Outside of the chaps and bandanas, their dress would be considered normal in many parts of the country.
In fact the bandanas are very common if you are working outside. You just don't wear them walking around town..
Obviously they were yucking it up for the camera with their exaggerated behavior, but not by much..
My sons partner is American, she wears similar stuff to me.
Not all Americans dress the same.
Do you really think people in New York dress the same as people in Midland, TX?
Obviously there are a lot of folks who dress the same, but it's pretty normal to see Western hats in Texas.
Ohio, not so much..
Hard to distinguish between the two until they start talking..
I know not all Americans dress the same...I should think a very small proportion of them go around dressed like JR.
Here very few Brits wear Kilts and sporrans...the rest of us will be like the rest of the Americans, we will wear similar clothes.
JR usually wore a suit and a hat didn't he?
Pretty standard outfit around here for the white collar crowd. Especially lawyers
He wasn't running around in chaps was he?.
🎯 😂 (highly irritating!)
🙋🏻♀️ 4 times……so far 😂
Well, they look better to me, inspite of acting a little silly..
I'll take silly over stuffy any day.
Surely you are familiar with the saying "when in Rome'.......
And, I find stuffy to be irritating..😉
He wore a great big hat in the hope it proved his dominance and masculinity. Is that pretty standard in your parts?
We have a saying here...All fur coat and no knickers, simply swap the big hat for the fur coat, and the meaning translates as...
"This idiom is a colorful way to describe someone who appears to be wealthy, stylish, or sophisticated on the surface but lacks substance or depth. It suggests that the person in question may be more concerned with appearances than with actually being genuine or authentic."
Different sized hats are pretty standard.
So are different shapes.
They are no more an attempt at sophistication than your shoes.
I had to go back and look because I haven't seen a picture of Larry Hagman in his TV show hat in years..
He wore a cattlemen's crease which is probably the most common, even today..He did wear a silly feather hat band, but most of us did in the 80s.. I had half a damn bird on my head back then..
Of course rednecks aren't the only ones known for decorating their headgear, although we have abandoned wearing nuch more than a simple hat band..