If the hat is silly enough, it tends to self-install. (I don't wear them all that much, you understand.)
Originally, the nick was a reference to the fact that I used to have the same level of remarkability in a crowded room as a tall piece of furniture; once in a blue moon, I could avoid vanishing into the background, but not voluntarily.
In recent years, I have tended to be highly visible at times[1], but the nick persists.
[1] I have been told that I am still remembered in Glasgow. Not always fondly. |
