Thinking About Squid Hats

A squid hat! What would that be like?

In fact there are many different types.

There is the white felt squid hat which looks a paper bag, that fits over your head. It has two round black plastic eyes, one for each side of the head. The arms are a little too short to look convincing, and the tentacles hang down in front of your shoulders like two thick white plaits. It's not a very good squid hat.

There is the horrid scary grey squid hat, with fake red blood marks and one detachable bloodshot eye. Not for the faint hearted.

There is the comical yellow squid hat, a high stuffed yellow felt cone with fins, yellow and black eyes, eight long furry yellow arms with suckers attached, and two longer tentacles that hang down at the front. A good all-purpose squid hat.

There is an attractive purple and pink velvet squid hat, suitable for ladies. This hat is in the form of a purple hood representing the squid's mantle, with fins well to the back, eight long purple velvet arms lined with pink, and two longer tentacles that may be used as gloves when the wearer's hands are inserted from behind. This enables the lady to wave them about and frighten her children.

I was thinking about these squid hats as I was walking in to town. Then I stopped thinking about them, because I had arrived.

I was thinking about the squid hats again when sitting in the Elder Hall listening to " Kegelstatt" by Mozart. Then I became distracted by an interesting question, that had nothing to do with squid hats, but something to do with "Kegelstatt".