[HPforGrownups] just Bowlers

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 8101

Neil Ward wrote:

> <<<Not to sound like a stupid american, but this has been driving me crazy.
> What does a bowler hat look like?  can someone describe it to me?>>>
>
> Dee suggested:
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> <<<Ok....Neil, folks, correct me if I'm wrong, but I always pictured a bowler as the hat that Mr. Banks wears in the Mary Poppins, the one the Bankers "pop".>>>
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> I think a bowler hat (bowler) is similar to an American Derby; it's a short, hard, felt hat (usually black) with a rounded dome and an even brim which turns up slightly at the edges.  The hat Dee described is a top hat, opera hat or stovepipe, if IIR-Mary Poppins-C.

I think you're mistaken. I've seen Mary Poppins often enough in the past three years to have every nuance and line memorized (sort of the way non-parents often have Monty Python down), and George Banks does wear a bowler.

--Amanda