Red Hat Society

**GMan** · 26th June 06, 03:57 PM

Hell-o all,

Today while in Colorado Springs (Colorado City to be exact) I was stopped by a lady of the Red Hat Socieety. She asked if I was Canadian. I said no, then she said her son in Canada wears a Kilt pretty much all the time and he looks great, as did I.

So my question is which one of my Canadian brothers isss going to claim this lovely lady?

**Hamish** · 26th June 06, 04:01 PM

The Red Hat Society? Does that tell me something about its members' mode of dress (other than red hats), or am I just recalling a cheeky childhood saying?!!!!!

**Canuck** · 26th June 06, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by GMan

Hell-o all,

Today while in Colorado Springs (Colorado City to be exact) I was stopped by a lady of the Red Hat Socieety. She asked if I was Canadian. I said no, then she said her son in Canada wears a Kilt pretty much all the time and he looks great, as did I.

So my question is which one of my Canadian brothers isss going to claim this lovely lady?

Not me...My mom is recouping from knee replacement surgery...she doesn't like hats and she doesn't dress in purple...they are a wild bunch these ladies....

**Rex_Tremende** · 26th June 06, 04:10 PM

Nearly anything you wanted to know about the Red Hat Society is here.

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati

**Caradoc** · 26th June 06, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

Nearly anything you wanted to know about the Red Hat Society is here.

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati

We see them around town a lot - lunches at the Phoenix Art Museum and the like.

They're rather nice people, all told.

**MacWage** · 26th June 06, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by Hamish

The Red Hat Society? Does that tell me something about its members' mode of dress (other than red hats), or am I just recalling a cheeky childhood saying?!!!!!

You mean RED LIGHT Ladies.

THAT would HIGHLY OFFEND red hatties (like that would stop members of the kilted rabble :rolleyes: ).

The red hats originated as a joke when one lady gave her friend, for a fiftieth birthday, an old red fedora and a purple matted, framed copy of "When I am Old, I Shall Wear Purple." Let's say it was a hit. Her other friends expected the same, and she delivered. They began calling themselves the Red Hat Society and wore red and purple. It grew and grew, hitting its apex about a year ago (according to its bubble bursting over-exposure commercialism).

In the store where I work (which is clearancing out its Red Hat stuff right now), the ladies come in in red and purple packs. I find it REALLY funny

, like purple and red, boa and lace decked herd of bikers from the retirment home.

Did I say they wear red and purple . . . . . . . . .

HEAD TO TOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Tattoo Bradley** · 26th June 06, 07:50 PM

HAHAHA.

"Red Hat Society" That's kinda cute. I could picture one of my grandmother's being involved in something like that.

**Rob Wright** · 26th June 06, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Caradoc

We see them around town a lot - lunches at the Phoenix Art Museum and the like.

They're rather nice people, all told.

Not all of them, just like any group they have their bad element, some do it to have fun while others do it to set themselves above those around them.

Rob