Why don't you wear a cape?

[Bennyboy]

I am thinking about sporting one soon and wonder why more people don't wear capes.

[Tobin S.]

1. Fuck, man. It was 94 here yesterday.

I was considering sporting a speedo.

[Seneca]

2. I was exposed to gold kryptonite and lost all my powers

So why bother?

[csziggy]

3. I had a really nice one I wore until th moths got to it

And I have another than is mostly finished that I need to complete for next winter.

Problem is that capes don't really work well with car doors and seat belts.

[Withywindle]

4. You should see mine.

Well, it's really more of a cloak. My dad got it for me out of some weird military surplus catalog (he always gives the oddest and most inspired gifts).

Yugoslav army surplus, circa 1950s or so? I dunno. Very thick, stiff wool. Olive drab. High collar and detachable hood. Weighs about 15-20 lbs. It's really, really warm, and there are some winter nights in Chicago when I am very, very glad to have it. Gives me that oh-so-trendy Quasimodo look when I have my backpack on under it. :D

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Must be close to 20 years ago now...

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...visiting my sister's family in a NYC bedroom community in
a very, VERY upscale Connecticut neighborhood.
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My niece and nephew, somewhere around 5 and 4 respectively,
were stuck indoors on a very gray drizzly November morning --
bitchin' and bitchin' and bitchin' at each other, increasing
EVERYONE'S misery.
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I grabbed an old green baby blanket and snuck out the front
door. Tied it around my neck like a superhero's cape, knocked
on the windows of the playroom they were in, and proceeded to
run and jump and tumble and roll and leap and and "fly" and
somersault and skip and pounce and pogo... well, you get the
frightening picture.
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I could hear the ROAR of their laughter coming from the house.
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Suddenly, I realize that the neighbors, while not CLOSE by any
stretch of the (ahem) imagination... well, all those neighbors
can see is some big biker/hippy guy WAY out of place in their
neighborhood cavorting about with a cape.
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I quickly went into the now much happier house.
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My work there was done, good citizens.
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[jobycom]

18. Good uncle-ing.

:applause:

[MiddleFingerMom]

31. Uncle-ing has always been my most favoritest job in the world...

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...and LIGHTYEARS ahead of the Electrolysis Assistant gig I got on those Ron Jeremy videos.
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[Arugula Latte]

6. It's not good cape weather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDbN9TZqFcg

[Broken_Hero]

7. I wear a cape all day, every day....nt

[sakabatou]

8. Because capes might get you sucked into jet intakes.

[jobycom]

19. Or snagged on rocket fins. nt

[Winston Wolf]

9. If We All Wore Capes, The World Would Be A Better Place

Or at least, the world's coolness level would be raised to the nineth power.

[struggle4progress]

10. Wearing a cape screws up my aerodynamics when I'm flying faster than a speeding bullet

Sure, they look good on superheroes in the Hollywood movies, but that's not real life: it's just special effects

[old mark]

11. I had one in 1971-72 or so that I wore with long hair and stuff...it was buckskin

with fringes....man...:hippie:


mark

[TommyO]

12. No Capes!

Bob: Yeah. Something classic, like, like Dynaguy. Oh, he had a great look! Oh, the cape and the boots...
Edna: No capes!
Bob: Isn't that my decision?
Edna: Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers? Nice man, good with kids.
Bob: Listen, E...
Edna: November 15th of '58! All was well, another day saved, when... his cape snagged on a missile fin!
Bob: Thunderhead was not the brightest bulb...
Edna: Stratogale! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine!
Bob: E, you can't generalize about these things...
Edna: Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snagged on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex!

Edna: No capes!

[riderinthestorm]

25. You beat me to it! Edna is the best. No capes! Great movie. nt

[TommyO]

34. It's one of my favorite Pixar features, I want it on Blu Ray!

I love the mid-century aesthetic of the movie, having grown up in a house like the Parr's.

[NMDemDist2]

39. yup that's why I don't

OK, I'm lying

I have a vintage camelhair cape that I pull out every winter. it's warm and will shed light rain and snow

it's awesome!!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. I leave that to my World of Warcraft characters and superheroes.

And they don't really go with the stuff I have to wear to work. :shrug:
Duckie

[whistler162]

14. A friend once wore a cape....

got misSTAKEned for a vampire!
Not for me.

[Recovered Repug]

15. Wasn't there a Seinfeld episode about this?

[Arugula Latte]

21. See the clip in my post #6

[rug]

16. I read a police report once which stated

"neighbors describe him as a man you'd expect to see wearing a cape." :rofl:

Turns out he was quite flamboyant and was diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder.

That said, I'd love one of these:



http://www.cascobaywoolworks.com/product.php?prod_id=5

[raccoon]

17. Too hot here, and capes get in the way. If you do wear one, don't

work on your car while wearing it.

[jobycom]

20. They clash with my shorts and sandals.

[LibertyLover]

22. I do when I'm at a SCA event and wearing garb.

I have two capes - one is green wool and lined with fake fur for the cold winter months and the other is an unlined heavy cotton for the spring and fall.

[Orsino]

23. If it gets caught in a revolving door...

...I could end up just a pathetic footnote:

[Bucky]

36. Ironically enough...

All the Watchmen disdained capes, and yet the movie still ended up as a pathetic footnote.

[Old Troop]

24. Last time I actually saw someone wear a cape was in my undergrad

days at a small military college in Vermont. There was a retired colonel, the Commandant of Cadets, who wore a cape with his dress blue uniform. It was "Army blue" (natch) on the outside and lined with the lighter "infantry blue". It looked really cool to a 21 year old cadet.

[Xipe Totec]

26. I prefer the more open, airy look

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/08/22/saturday-night-special-watchman/

[Posteritatis]

27. I see them in town once in awhile

Usually among the local neopagan crowd, but as day-to-day wear nonetheless, at least on colder or rainy days.

[KamaAina]

28. I can't find a phone booth to change into it

damn phone companies keep ripping them all out. :grr:

[JTG of the PRB]

29. It seems that society looks down on those who wear capes who don't have super powers.

Otherwise, I would be wearing a cape every day of my life. I just don;t want to be judged. :cry:

[hedgehog]

30. What makes you think I'm not wearing a cape?

[petronius]

32. Because it's only June? You don't wear capes before Labor Day,

everybody knows that... :eyes:

[Bennyboy]

38. Wow a fashion FOPAW!

I can see why you would only want to wear them after labor day however>

I love the Caroling cape: http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/Cloaks%20for%20Sale.html#Capes_and_Evening_Wraps

If I had one of these babies I might even get out and do more carolling!

[Jamastiene]

33. I can't find any.

I'd love a green cape with a dragon on the back of it. :)

[nuxvomica]

35. There was a priest who wore a cape when I was in grade school

He was well over six feet, had big bushy eyebrows, a very high voice and always wore a black cape with a red satin lining. It was tough not laughing whenever he came to classes to speak.

[B3Nut]

37. Wow...just...wow

There's a mental picture. Though a black cape with red satin lining would be amusingly flashy at the right gig... :D Hmm...ideas for Halloween this year, assuming we book a 'ween gig...

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[Ikonoklast]

40. I wear an invisible cape.

I get compliments on it all the time.