Expats in Tin-Foil Hats II

Ok, so it's nearly that time of year again and time to set the date for The 2nd Annual Expats in Silver Hats Party at The Hofbraeukeller on Wienerplatz.

This year we are going to hold it on the saturday rather than the Friday night to accomodate people with nippers ( elite or otherwise ) and also for those who travel back to Munich for the weekends.

If you're unsure of what the format of hats is, take a look at the veritable plethora of pics from last years event in the thread and in the galleries or ask the Hatmaker to the Stars, Inflateablewoman.

So,

Venue: Hofbraeukeller

Date and Time: Saturday 28th July at 4.00 pm onwards

Dress Code: Whatever You Like as Long as There's a Silver Hat Involved

Last Year's Winning Hat below.

Another couple of pics.

And another including the Hofbrau Cows joining in the fun.

you HAD to pick the weekend that I'll be in Amsterdam... must be some kind of conspiracy going on here!

Damn I will be in Sicily by then... would have like to been creative!

Shhhhhh, no conspiracy going on here mate, that's the whole point of the Silver Hats . . . . , so they can't tell what we are thinking.

I love you too!

That is the 400th run of the Munich Hash House Harriers, we got our own special event going on that day. Besides, I don't look good in Silver, I am a gold girl.

Why not make a "Tin Hats and Tracht" Night?

Sounds a good idea G

I think I should be there, last years event was good fun!

Ooh, this should be fun! Marked it in my calendar. "Tin Hats and Tracht" - great idea, if it doesn't push the locals' tolerance beyond the limits. And why limit the tin foil creativity to hats? We could have tinfoil Lederhosen and tinfoil Dirndls. Bluedave could finally get to wear that silver dress that was considered too risqué for the Xmas party. And if Sin is planning to be there, the ladies might want to consider tinfoil corsets:

Shall try this, may take my mind off of my fucked up life.
But promise not to be morose.

If bluedave keeps up his cycling he may show us ladies legs to die for.
I have an idea for my hat but don't know if I will succeed.

The origins of Silver Hats. In my travels around the net I ran across this.
Story is really boring, but aliens land on Earth , take over human bodies, except for the Hero ( a astronomer), who has a silver plate in skull after a car accident, build spaceship, enslave local populace etc...
Hero puts one and one together and invents silver helmet to deflect alien brain waves. Hooray world is saved!
Or does anybody else have earlier one than this??

http://retrovision.tv/?cat=11&paged=3

Sorry this is the one.

They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
Show me more : Sci Fi, Full Movies
Astronomers investigate a mysterious meteorite shower in an English farm field. Richard Arden can’t go because his doctor won’t permit it. He is still recovering from an auto accident. His colleagues begin to act strangely as if they are possessed by alien entities, but he seems to be immune, as is demonstrated because he isn’t possessed at a failed kidnap attempt.

Has anyone started on their hats yet? I have all the pieces, just have to put it together.

nope

Is this open to epat newbies aswell???

Are you crazy? We're all the sort of people who leave things to the very last minute!

yea just dont tell anyone

I had mine made a month ago, (mainly cos I got the dates wrong)

For those struggling to find ideas for their hat, a few thoughts and suggestions. Firstly, tin foil is not as easy as you might think to work with. You need a support structure. If you use just tin foil on its own, it will be too flimsy, the foil will go all crinkly and will shrink. Take a real hat and wrap foil around it, and glue or nail it down somehow, so it doesn't crinkle up. Or make your hat out of cardboard or whatever, and cover that with foil. Of course you don't have to stop there. Try experimenting with wire constructions. I'm not a techie, but I've heard if you get the right configuration of antennae on your head, you can in fact transmit and receive thoughts, and if you use a Brez'n configuration it translates your thoughts into Bayerisch for better communication with the locals. Or dangle stuff from the wires. Let your imagination run wild! Xmas tinsel is good too. And chuck in a bit of colour too, why not? As long as it glitters.

Once you've got the hat sorted, you can think about the rest of your costume - silver Dirndls? silver Lederhosen? Maybe even Sea-king with a silver sporran?

Well, boys and girls, that's just a few ideas to get you started. Now run along and get busy collecting Cornflakes boxes, chocolate wrappers, bottle tops, string, beads, buttons, and let's see what you can come up with.

Heh heh, I got silver hair - guess that gives me a head start!

Here's one I prepared earlier.

"Once you've got the hat sorted, you can think about the rest of your costume - silver Dirndls? silver Lederhosen? Maybe even Sea-king with a silver sporran? "
Now there is an idea . Where did I put that old toilet-tube???

And don’t forget…..



Practice makes perfect

I'm just wondering if anyone will dare to show up in one of these.

Still got no ideas what to do for this weekend, thought maybe something like this one in silver foil but sadly my woeful construction skills make it highly unlikely.

Go to Obi or Dehner or one of the other DYI places and get flower-binding wire. They have it in various strengths, you should be able to construct something fishy with it. Because that does not look like an airplane.

It looks like a Dory hat.

@bluedave: If you're looking for inspiration, see if there's a current theme from the collective TT rantings that would do as a starting point.

I've got some ideas for my get-up, and it won't be sweet and innocent like last year.

I wonder if they'll have Mxxxxxx Metal detectors at the entrance to prevent people from bringing in illicit substances?

I would have been there if I weren't going to Holland...

*giggles at the though of sparty in a tin-foil Dutch cap*

I would but i wouldnt want to give the wrong impression I think BTC is coming...also sara would kill me

Wow, a choice between two Jocks, one of them wearing a g-string!

Only 2 days left to design and build a hat guys and gals.

Failing that, turn up anyway and whisper sweet nothings to Inflatable Woman and he may create a masterpiece for you.

All rolls of silver/alu foil brought on the day gratefully received.

Sick notes and/or letters from your mum or dad will be required for non-attendees.

My hat is done! It is quite a creation, like primal soup right after the Big Bang.

Sarabyrd - that sounds quite mind-boggling!

I've got all the bits and bobs for my hat and associated accessories, just need to put it together. Decided not to bother with an AK-47, but I shall probably be carrying a hand-grenade which will in any case be better suited to my purpose.

Ok, still trying to come up with good ideas for a hat but i'll sort something out.

See y'all later.

Not as many there as last year but still fun !

Especially for the couples there . ...

It is not dignified to be this drunk at 7:30 in the morning!

I agree, get drunkenerer

Brilliant, just brilliant!

7:30 was a great time for a headache spurning a refusal to be awake. Thanks for organizing, Dave.

Big thanks to Bluedave for organising this. But once again, due to unfortunate circumstances, I got there so late I missed the best fun. By the time I arrived in full Marmite Liberation Front combat gear (a la Che Guevara meets Bob Marley meets MLF), everyone else had apparently got tired of wearing their hats, so I felt a bit silly as the only one in silver. Oh, and the correct name is MLF, by the way - Marmite Liberation Front - and not Marmite International Liberation Front as some people suggested. I had hoped, with slight trepidation, to finally come face-to-face with the Bobinator and proffer some of the brown substance as a peace gesture, but he was nowhere to be seen. To my great chagrin I also learned that the MLF commander-in-chief had departed on an important mission shortly before I arrived. I think Bluedave even made a frantic phone call to him, but by that time I was already engaged with Sea-king in a skirmish deep philosophical discussion about Life, Marmite, the Universe, marmalade, nipples, chocolate, black nail varnish, and Everything ... or something. Ah well, such is the unpredictable nature of guerrilla warfare.

One thing puzzles me though. When Scogs discovered that the "hand grenade" was in fact a cleverly disguised jar of Marmite, he dipped his finger in it, and I think Grinner even got a photo of me about to lick it off (though whether the mods will let him post it is another matter), but I never actually made contact with the stuff. Sarabyrd showed a distinct abhorrence, and no-one else had any inclination to even try Marmite with Brez'n let alone fingers. So what happened to all that brown stuff on Scogs' finger?

He wiped it off with a paper napkin.

Great outfit and picture

What a waste.

It's a conspiracy! He was never there.

The Day After

No, the cat was not at the beer garden, she always sleeps that way.