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1198 sats \ 22 comments \ @CryptominerGMI 23 Oct 2023 bitcoin

Received a cowboy hat today and did some reading on prior discussions here about cowboy hats here on SN. The question I can't seem to find an answer to is this.

What is the benefit of earning a cowboy hat before losing it?

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1124 sats \ 8 replies \ @siggy47 23 Oct 2023

The benefit of earning a cowboy hat, you ask? They asked Sir Edmund Hillary why he climbed Everest. His response: Because it was there.

58 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 23 Oct 2023

https://i.postimg.cc/tCG5q4CS/vader-force-is-strong.jpg

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CryptominerGMI OP 24 Oct 2023

Absolutely using this gif in the future. GOLD!

33 sats \ 5 replies \ @carlosfandango 23 Oct 2023

I think it was Mallory who gave that quote in 1924 when asked why he wanted to climb Everest….

Hilary’s best quote, given having successfully summited was; ‘we’ve knocked the bas**rd off..’
That’s hopefully the mountain and not Mallory…

26 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 23 Oct 2023

Correct. But he died. Not inspirational

157 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 23 Oct 2023

Definitely not inspirational.

But reminds me of a 1960s comedy sketch set during the Second World War between 2 Royal Air Force officers.

‘Aftermyth of the war’;

Peter Cook: I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war. Get up in a crate, Perkins, pop over to Bremen, take a shufti, don't come back. Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too. Jonathan Miller: Goodbye, sir — or is it — au revoir? Peter Cook: No, Perkins.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 23 Oct 2023

I knew you would point out the inaccuracy. I thought of Animal House. The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Leave him alone. He's on a roll.

157 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 23 Oct 2023

That’s a great line. Belushi was taken too soon.

In the same vein from another British comedian in an episode of his show called ‘12 Angry Men’;

‘Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain? That brave Hungarian peasant girl who forced King John to sign the pledge at Runnymede and close the boozers at half past ten? Is all this to be forgotten?’

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 24 Oct 2023

You give me a lot to explore!

168 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 23 Oct 2023

It'll keep your head dry in the rain, keep the sun out of your eyes and make a fine fashion statement to potential sexual partners.

242 sats \ 0 replies \ @quark 23 Oct 2023

It looks good on you. Do not lose it :)

133 sats \ 0 replies \ @CryptominerGMI OP 23 Oct 2023

Thanks everyone for the answers and entertainment. SN community is super dope!

114 sats \ 0 replies \ @locomancell 24 Oct 2023

It's to protect our hair... at least what's left of it lol

111 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 23 Oct 2023

because you don't want to be someone without a cowboy hat

38 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 24 Oct 2023

It's right there in the notification:

A cowboy hat isn't just a fashion statement. It's your last defense against the unforgiving elements of the Wild West. Hang onto it tight.

38 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 23 Oct 2023

Howdy! I plan to HODL mine. Don’t loose yours partner!

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23 Oct 2023

A cowboy is nothing without a cowboy hat. Take good care of it, and it will protect you from the sun, dust, and other elements on your journey.

135 sats \ 0 replies \ @faradayfedora 23 Oct 2023

Seeing another user has a cowboy hat gives you a bit of confidence that they are a real person and that they are actually contributing rather then spamming.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 23 Oct 2023

the primary benefit is protection from the elements on your long journey west, but as others have discovered, it also makes for a great fashion statement.