tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post3758676455086302079..comments2024-03-15T07:36:42.852-04:00Comments on Maxminimus: Ottoman Headwear and the Decline of the FezADGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-5331450927110474912010-08-15T07:16:02.904-04:002010-08-15T07:16:02.904-04:00Hiram...no worries man! You don't have to comm...Hiram...no worries man! You don't have to comment but I was wondering if all was ok in your realm...that's all.<br /><br />DAM...YOU need to become a Shriner. And drive one of those coolers on wheels.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-83139452388091481602010-08-14T13:27:26.938-04:002010-08-14T13:27:26.938-04:00Bro. ADG, Sorry to be somewhat laconic lately. I ...Bro. ADG, Sorry to be somewhat laconic lately. I do scan your blog to catch up on your latest adventures with the little Miss. My precious daughter and I share a similar relationship, which is delightful. By the way, how did the olive drab, cordovan penny loafers turn out? Happy traveling, Brother.Hiramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-28238161156772659442010-08-10T12:53:01.920-04:002010-08-10T12:53:01.920-04:00It wsan't until a few years ago that I associa...It wsan't until a few years ago that I associated Shriners with anything other than heralding the beginning of Mardi Gras parades.<br /><br />As a kid you would start pushign our parents out the door when we heard the bands, but if you saw the shriners you knew it was time to hightail it to the curb or fear of missing the beginning all together...DAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242691304393481987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-75515774672920038272010-08-10T05:44:30.081-04:002010-08-10T05:44:30.081-04:00LimeGreenie....every time you use Ottomosity, I ge...LimeGreenie....every time you use Ottomosity, I get a quarter.<br /><br />Belle...That's nice. Really.<br /><br />Patsy...but the won't let you down there right?<br /><br />Bemused...So sorry about your grandmother. I'd forgotten what a flogging Christians have received from the Otto-Turks. Until 60 Minutes dod a segment on the tragedy this past Sunday.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-31425268406588075632010-08-09T13:23:19.974-04:002010-08-09T13:23:19.974-04:00The fez is not wholly charming. I have a photograp...The fez is not wholly charming. I have a photograph of my Armenian (paternal) grandfather with his wife and elderly mother, taken in Marseilles, en route to America (1907). He is wearing a fez, which Christians (Armenians) in Ottoman territories were obliged to wear under threat of severe punishment, including death. I suspect that the moment he arrived in US territorial waters my grandfather threw the fez overboard with relief. (My great-grandmother was found at Ellis Island to have conjunctivitis, rejected for entry, returned to Turkey and subsequently killed.)Philip Terzianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08535390390605585809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-55974208126506671532010-08-09T10:57:19.105-04:002010-08-09T10:57:19.105-04:00Our Lodge has a secret club (bar) in the basement....Our Lodge has a secret club (bar) in the basement. Or so I've heard........Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-58363584082483889372010-08-09T04:32:55.099-04:002010-08-09T04:32:55.099-04:00My dearly departed daddy's. Shriner's fez ...My dearly departed daddy's. Shriner's fez in proudly displayed on a bookshelf in our den.Belle (from Life of a...)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17948665147630448055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-23723353315169431672010-08-08T14:27:36.205-04:002010-08-08T14:27:36.205-04:00I love the word "Ottomosity" and can'...I love the word "Ottomosity" and can't wait for my first opportunity to use it. I did search high and low and could find nothing Ogden Nash wrote - or says - about a fez. <br />(Where's Matt Groening's be-fezzed pair from the Life in Hell comic strip, Akbar and Jeff.)ilovelimegreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704346108310846391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-60551096497090818122010-08-08T07:31:31.535-04:002010-08-08T07:31:31.535-04:00Hiram...I got to thinking about what I wrote after...Hiram...I got to thinking about what I wrote after you left your comment. I hope people don't think I'm being critical of blue collar brothers...not at all. Just observing the trend, that's all. And by the way, you oughta comment at least every month or so just so I don't think you've died.<br /><br />Eleganto...in the punchbowl indeed. And yes, the Masons, other than the Shriners, have pretty cool regalia. Tons of props.<br /><br />MainLiner...you got it. No booze in the Lodge. And shit, they stumble on the speech-ifying stuff when sober. It's one of the reasons I've never volunteered to do any of the speaking parts in the rituals. I've got the attention span of a gnat and would be making shit up from the get go. And about "Mr. Earl"...it's little stories like that are to me, sublime. It's a topic for a later post...but I was raised by a string of "Mr. and Miz Earls".ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-6237564632257701952010-08-07T12:59:59.632-04:002010-08-07T12:59:59.632-04:00well said, Bro. You are totally correct concernin...well said, Bro. You are totally correct concerning the type of new Masons being less professional and more "blue collar." My lodge is about 50/50. A sign of the times. <br />Happy traveling, Brother.Hiramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-40903806494409828852010-08-07T12:31:19.606-04:002010-08-07T12:31:19.606-04:00Thanks, ADG. Somebody has too.Thanks, ADG. Somebody has too.AnonEngFemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-50093690262278462122010-08-07T11:39:48.958-04:002010-08-07T11:39:48.958-04:00My fez usually sees the light of day once a year.....My fez usually sees the light of day once a year... .<br /><br />Remember the "Bloom County" strip when Milo called last call at the party because "There's a Shriner in the punchbowl"?<br /><br />According to my grandmother, my grandfather was once offered the highest Mason post on the East Coast. No fez, but he had a really cool sword... his name is inscribed somewhere in that monument not far from you.Easy and Elegant Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951907004091808223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-44378218863322357842010-08-07T11:20:28.521-04:002010-08-07T11:20:28.521-04:00One of the Attorneys who works for me is a Mason. ...One of the Attorneys who works for me is a Mason. he has been rushing me for "The Fraternity." However, I declined when I learned that there was no Bar in the Clubhouse...was that wrong? C'mon...a Fraternal crew with no bar..or even a Kegerator over in the corner...I jst don't get it...I suppose the lubrication would get in the way of all that memorization and speechifying and stuff.<br />There was an old Black gentleman, Mr. Earl who hung out at the jazz Club I used to own...he rocked a Fez regularly and it worked for him. I became quite close with Mr. Earl and am to this day...I take him to the racetrack so he can indulge in his passion for the ponies. We make quite a pair of rail hangers...<br />Great psot as usualy Sir A, Viscount DG.Main Line Sportsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11303248738216839079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-5233048627277040922010-08-07T08:18:47.494-04:002010-08-07T08:18:47.494-04:00AnonWarrenHarding...thanks! Don't know what I&...AnonWarrenHarding...thanks! Don't know what I'd do without you fact checkers. Seriously, thanks. 'cause I don't have time for due diligence. Not sure how the mini car thing got started. And I do think the core membership has changed, as a matter of fact I know that it has. Not bad or good per se, but the change has happened.<br /><br />YoungFogeyMon...Truth...I'm gonna get a fez to wear around the house.<br /><br />NCJack...scary what your mind can recollect no?<br /><br />Bandbox...well there you go. Your testament about the impact of the Shriner's Hospital on your life is just what this post needed. Thanks.<br /><br />ScaleWorm...thanks. One of my biz partners is a former Thunderbird pilot. He calls the Blue Angels...Junior Varsity.<br /><br />Death...Of course Fez is Fuzz!<br /><br />AnonEngFem...leave it to you to tart up the post and comments with some about muff.<br /><br />AnonSharkskin...I have not. Thanks for passing the book suggestion along.<br /><br />LisaDrinkUp...yep...the difference between a Mason and a Shriner? About a Pint.<br /><br />AnonRed...I'm buying all RED stuff today. I need some help.<br /><br />MegTown....is it a nice fez or a party favor fez? Damn, listen to me and my beggar/chooseyness. <br /><br />Preppy101...indeed...what would a parade be without the little cars?<br /><br />JMW...they should have little Kentucky Colonel Cars!<br /><br />Paul...I read your "mini-Saab" comment while eating lunch in the office yesterday. Blew a Cheeto up in my sinus. Still there this morning.<br /><br />Jeff...I thought about linking Steely Dan to this post. <br /><br />Barima...I'll still be waiting on the Silver/Golden age of the Fez!<br /><br />PrepProle...Shit, if the money's right, I'll don the purple getup and drive the little carpet ride kart thang.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-19181622425143189892010-08-07T06:34:26.361-04:002010-08-07T06:34:26.361-04:001) Does anyone know the origin of the Shriner/Mini...1) Does anyone know the origin of the Shriner/MiniCar mash-up? Because I can remember seeing them in Fourth of July parades back in the Fifties. (And yes, they looked silly then, too.)<br /><br />2) I'm not sure the core membership has changed as much as you suggest. What's most obviously different is that celebrities and politicians don't seem to belong anymore.<br /><br />3) You're confusing Warren Harding with Grover Cleveland, quotewise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-91112598727468121482010-08-07T01:38:42.328-04:002010-08-07T01:38:42.328-04:00I can't believe it: a sartorial contrivance wh...I can't believe it: a sartorial contrivance whose dice are too fuzzy for ADG.<br /><br />What has the world come to.Young Fogeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-2527009844913468732010-08-06T23:23:23.858-04:002010-08-06T23:23:23.858-04:00Drove me nuts until I remembered it: old corny co...Drove me nuts until I remembered it: old corny comic strip called "Our Boarding House", main character was Major Amos Hoople, who always wore a red fez at home, usually in his easy chair, puffing on a stogie. Along with all the old burlesque and vaudeville troupers on Ed Sullivan, gave a little kid in the '50s a strange view of adult life.NCJacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-74813412962009225712010-08-06T23:11:20.703-04:002010-08-06T23:11:20.703-04:00As a person who was the recipent of the graciousne...As a person who was the recipent of the graciousness of the Scottish Rite hospital, the Shriner brotherhood holds a special place in my heart. However, I sadly agree that the quality of its membership, as well as that of the Masons, is in great decline.Out Of A Bandboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386207282378769686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-89956905483961113902010-08-06T23:03:36.124-04:002010-08-06T23:03:36.124-04:00Beautiful post sir! A wonderful combination of his...Beautiful post sir! A wonderful combination of history, reality, and fun. You mentioned the Angels several times, and we of the Seattle part of Earth get to enjoy their flight skills all weekend. Thank you for such an enjoyable read, truly appreciated!Scale Wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583891708651272779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-85918731170752578892010-08-06T22:20:15.216-04:002010-08-06T22:20:15.216-04:00Can fezzy be fuzzy?Can fezzy be fuzzy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-26655779833432705292010-08-06T20:06:16.913-04:002010-08-06T20:06:16.913-04:00ADG - Guess we've got fez's covered with t...ADG - Guess we've got fez's covered with this one. Surely the most comprehensive fez post in the blogosphere - much to the gratitude of mufti clad Ottoman revivalists everywhere.Anonymous English Femalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-41707757775083682432010-08-06T19:58:27.723-04:002010-08-06T19:58:27.723-04:00Have you read "The Man in the White Sharkskin...Have you read "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit"? It is by Lucette Lagnado and her father wore a fez. He loved fine clothes. If you haven't read the book, I think you would enjoy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-24874418792766172042010-08-06T19:05:22.912-04:002010-08-06T19:05:22.912-04:00My father-in-law was a Shriner and one of the thin...My father-in-law was a Shriner and one of the things I remember about him was his motto: "Drink up Shriner's". It's become our family motto and we haven't a clue . . .Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845757688839404825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-76056718153605621322010-08-06T18:14:49.989-04:002010-08-06T18:14:49.989-04:00i can understand how they get into their wee cars,...i can understand how they get into their wee cars, but fail to understand how they get out!<br /><br />(there's a fez in the back of my car if you want it)Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-39368378967770555732010-08-06T16:05:04.028-04:002010-08-06T16:05:04.028-04:00http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/06/red.romance.s...http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/06/red.romance.study/index.html?hpt=Sbin<br /><br />The secret to the Shriners has been revealed. Their red hats make them chick magnets! Who knew?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com