So very, very cold. I am tempted by this hat — as a purely practical matter, of course — since it would do such a fine and stylish job of keeping my brain warm during the long and bitter winter months here.
I could even wear it while blogging.
It does get cold in Minnesota
Or you could just go swimming and hope for the best.
I always thought you *did* wear something like it.
Don’t fall for it, fellow ilk! He’s secretly hoping that one of us will buy it for him…it’s like a registration list for wedding gifts.
:oP
But, but, I thought you already wore a squid hat while blogging from your cephalopod throne!
Unless you’ve given up on trying to appear more intimidating, don’t wear that out in public: it’s much too cute and cuddly. Pirate hats and SWAT helmets would better suit your purpose. If you insist on warmth, I personally find those plaid flannel hunting caps with earflaps intimidating: scary people wear those!
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/06/now_i_see_my_problem.php#comment-952220
Called it in June…
Man walks down the street wearing that hat, you know he’s not afraid of anything.
Oddly enough, right before this post popped up in my reader, I was whiling away a lunchtime catching up on some Cuttlefish…
Hail, Cuttlefish, our tentacled prophet!
Wow, truly a hat of cephalopodic delight!
If the pope would wear something like this instead of the usual pointy hat, I could see myself going to Mass for reasons other than cracker copping…
OK, not really, but Ratzinger would scare me a whole lot less.
And that link didn’t come through, so here it is:
http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2008/09/digital-pack-rat-volume-2.html
The pope wears a hat like that doesn’t he? Someone should make that happen…. I don’t have Photoshop.
Wow – that squid has highly unusual reproductive organs…
Don’t men’s brains work better when they’re cooler – just like testicles?
Well I suppose it’s a convenient way to sacrifice one’s brain to the hungry cephalopod overlord.
I’d be careful about that hat if I were you. They say 4 out of 5 zombies prefer warm brains.
If you’d like your own squid hat, why not make one yourself:
http://www.poormojo.org/cgi-bin/gennie.pl?Squid+232+bi
This one is sized to eat babies and cats, but it’s just a small matter of math to size it up.
Chialea, I just made that one! Warning for anyone who wants to try it – if made per the directions, the tentacles are not evenly spaced (they are closer to the left long tentacle than the right).
“I could even wear it while blogging.”
Well at least you’d be wearing something……
Posted by: Ian | October 9, 2008
Don’t men’s brains work better when they’re cooler – just like testicles?
I think you are thinking of trolls. It is because their brains are made of silicon and functions better when cold.
I apologize for the second fantasy reference in a twenty four hour period.
Er, that really is a hat, right? It looks more like that squid is trying to eat that poor bloke’s head. No wonder he looks unhappy.
They’ve got a Futurama Brain Slug, too!!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13293709
#7
Man walks down the street wearing that hat, you know he’s not afraid of anything
Beat me to it. PZ as Jayne.
Well, it does look warm. And you could rob banks in it… no one would be able to describe you, especially if you wrapped a few tentacles around your chin.
It could be good for small children, too: in Sweden they are taught to raise an arm while crossing the street to make themselves “taller” and more visible. A hat like that one would have the same effect – and you could make the “body” day-glo green or orange.
I sometimes wear a construction vest while biking and it’s amusing to see drivers scan an intersection and then do a double take as they realize that there’s a small vehicle there.
That is so awesome!!! I think I know what i want to wear for halloween… my 3 year old and I could have matching squid hats.
Cephalopods eat your BRRRAINZ!!!
Cephalopods eat your BRRRAINZ!!!
When I saw this yesterday on another website I knew it would only be a matter of time before I saw it here.
Why does the model not look happy? I would be overjoyed wearing that!
It’s actually a squid wearing man-pantaloons. A little short on cash, so he couldn’t get the pants that look exactly like PZ. Cephalopods have blog-heroes, too, y’know.
“My thinking cap is…ON!”
That is so cool! If only it weren’t so expensive….
P Zed; I love this blog. However, I am a relative newcomer here (by way of Dawkins and Hitchens, et. al. and.. oh yeah, reason) and I hesitate to ask, but not for long, of course, is there an official stance or blog-wide agreement on fried calamari? I await with baited (hahahaha) breath and heating peanut oil Nothin’ but luv, jim elis
Never fear, jim elis, PZ and most of the ilk have come out firmly on the side of eating things that are tasty. And fried squid is damn tasty.
I agree Kaydon, the model does seem a bit down in the beak.
“”I could even wear it while blogging.”
Well at least you’d be wearing something……”
Ohhhhhh the images. I may not be able to sleep tonight. (PZ’s awfully cute, but with that hat.. Mm.)
I always assumed you wore something like this while blogging, actually, and lined it with loathesome and mouldering tufts trimmed from the breasts of Byakhee when the weather turned a bit nippy.
It’s the same reason I wear these.
#20:
Terry Pratchett FTW!
Now I get it…the aquarium IS the hat rack.
if you must, then by all means whatever it takes for you to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness here in Minnesota.
if you must, then by all means whatever it takes for you to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness here in Minnesota.
if you must, then by all means whatever it takes for you to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness here in Minnesota.
That hat looks suspiciously like a mitre. Could it be a ‘Molluscan Mitre’?
Johnny Vector at #7 and James F at #23 posted:
Man walks down the street wearing that hat, you know he’s not afraid of anything.
PZ as Jayne
“Whadda ya think? Pretty cunning, right?”
Pretty cunning, indeed.
No kings,
Robert
You could use the tentacles to tie the hat on in the wind as well.
I have cephalopod head wear as well:
http://daftatheists.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=2154025:Photo:1022
Seeing that hat made me think of a Ku Klux Klansman!
If you want something nice for your loved ones at Cephalopodmas, how about some nice fractal tentacles?
I just found a lovely fractal art/jewellery site:
Fractal Art by Vicky, with a few Obama buttons thrown in.
Hahahahaha, classic. By the way when are you gonna come up and visit winnipeg. Do a speaking somewhere, im sure you’d find a few of us readers showing up!