Yes, the JUNTO's beloved RED FOX AKA KLIM has a birthday today, May 1st. To honor the occasion, we wish to celebrate one of his stupider moments caught on film. Actually, it's rather tame and I am sure there are many stupider moments on film, but this is one of the best I have to offer.
In Idaho on a ski trip, at the saloun on trivia night, RED FOX decided to show his skill in making hats, a la one of the haberdashers of olden tymes. Many don't know that the RED FOX himself spun many a coonskin cap for notorious and heroic frontiersman, war heroes, crime bosses, and early magnates alike-- all over the U.S. of A-- to include Daniel Boone, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Lewis, Clark, Boss Tweed, John Calhoun, Robert E. Lee, and Eminem. As an old-tyme haberdasher of the 18th century from the nor'eastuhn corner of ye olde Tennessee, RED FOX demonstrates in this video his skills in hat-making to the brewers, fronstiersmen, telemarkers, hunters, huntresses, and Injuns of the Idaho frontier.
WARNING: Haberdasher in action! For those young haberdashers still learning, note the importance of the following tips in successfully fashioning a good hat:
1) Whistle continuously with no tune while spinning the hat under construction
2) Be sure to shuffle your beer and other hat construction materials from side to side as you work
3) Rub your hands together from time to time
4) Hold a finger up to "shush" observers and hold them at bay if they are trying to distract you
5) Upon trying on your hat, rub hands through fur or felt to assure quality
6) Wear appropriate attire when making hats-- preferably a leather cowboy coat with leather strings hanging from the sleeves
7) ALWAYS, ALWAYS look very surprised when a hat materializes from under the table... er, from your work bench
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Newt hunter would throw out pictured haberdasher from the bar for sacrificing a poor coon to his hat-making cause!
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