10-23-2003, 01:31 PM
Remember Gord is a writer/musician/performer/athlete. Many performers and athletes attach special qualities to objects that remind them of good times or feel that an item brings them good luck.
Gord's worn out ball cap has probably been with him through a number of tours and experiences and I think he wears it as his "fifty mission cap". It's like a badge of honor. It's old, beat up and ugly, yet at the same time a well-worn friend. It may remind him of the struggle to become who he is today. (I'm reaching here). I think he will continue to wear it until the bill falls off.
I will have to agree with Highlander on this one. When a man has a favorite old pair of jeans or a favorite beat up ball cap, it sometimes becomes attached to our persona and we become offended if others want to discard it. Women, (I'm generalizing), say throw that ratty old thing away because it takes away from your looks, and buy a new one that compliments you. We can't because it took us a while to get it into this broken down, comfortable condition that we have become attached to.
My personal opinion is this. Woe to the person who destroys, discards or takes Gord's hat. I feel he holds special importance to that hat and he wouldn't be very forgiving if he lost it.
Gord's worn out ball cap has probably been with him through a number of tours and experiences and I think he wears it as his "fifty mission cap". It's like a badge of honor. It's old, beat up and ugly, yet at the same time a well-worn friend. It may remind him of the struggle to become who he is today. (I'm reaching here). I think he will continue to wear it until the bill falls off.
I will have to agree with Highlander on this one. When a man has a favorite old pair of jeans or a favorite beat up ball cap, it sometimes becomes attached to our persona and we become offended if others want to discard it. Women, (I'm generalizing), say throw that ratty old thing away because it takes away from your looks, and buy a new one that compliments you. We can't because it took us a while to get it into this broken down, comfortable condition that we have become attached to.
My personal opinion is this. Woe to the person who destroys, discards or takes Gord's hat. I feel he holds special importance to that hat and he wouldn't be very forgiving if he lost it.