On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:04:55 +0100, Carlton Miniott 
wrote:

>I think it started way before skateboards were invented.
>It protects the neck from the sun, and increases the visual field when 
>needed

I'm sure you're right.  As far back as the Victorian age, photos of
flat-capped workman often show one or two with their caps on back to front.

But I wasn't alluding to its practical purposes, rather as a fashion
statement.

A bit like the fifties and sixties thing of wearing sunglasses on top of the
head.
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:34:46 +0100, JAF wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:04:55 +0100, Carlton Miniott 
>wrote:
>
>>I think it started way before skateboards were invented.
>>It protects the neck from the sun, and increases the visual field when 
>>needed
>
>I'm sure you're right.  As far back as the Victorian age, photos of
>flat-capped workman often show one or two with their caps on back to front.

And there's Los Olividados who wear a peaked cap backwards to stop the
olive stone flying down the back of the neck.

Hmm, just a minute.  I love Youtube - I can't find that monologue,
but:

A song of Patriotic Prejudice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vh-wEXvdW8

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