Caption Competition #42 Winner!

[anteros_lmc]

It gives me great "pleasure" to announce the winner of quite possibly the most WTF?! Caption Competition ever to grace following_sea. (And that's saying something....) I think the winner this time round was a bit of a foregone conclusion, yes, it's the original and bestnaomi1642! HUZZAH!!

Horatio looked doubtfully at Dr Hepplewhite. "And you're sure that a barrel to

Comments

[vespican]

"If not," said the doctor, "it will at least remove that ridiculous hat from the top of your head!"

Historically speaking, I think the athwart style hat came first. The French went to fore and aft, and I believe I've read somewhere that the British were not all that impressed with the style... a character supposedly remarking that it would never be seen in the Royal Navy. A few years later, however...
Dave

[anteros_lmc]

Heh, I like that. Damn French! What do they know about style?! ;)

Personally speaking I think fore and aft is the only way to go!

[vespican]

At least with "fore and aft" one can have a bit of a bill and shade the eyes a little. I like ball caps or anything with a brim, both to help keep the sun out of my eyes or the rain off my glasses.

I think I read the comments mentioned in my first comment in Sea of Grey by Dewey Lambdin. Battle of Camperdown era, if I remember right.
Dave

[eglantine_br]

Our Navy uses ball-caps-- but i have a hard time imagining EP wearing one!