Telecom bill discussion / censorship / children on the

[Elisabeth Roche]

I saw some of those propeller head beanies at a store here in Tucson on
Congress St called Yikes!.

It has novelties, *marbles* (some collectors), and had those very same beanies.

I'm, thinking "Beanie and Cecil", maybe those chimp movies with Dean Smith,
maybe Dobie Gillis? Maybe Flubber?

elisabeth roche ace at opus1.com


At 05:13 PM 2/15/96 -0800, John Adder Fink wrote:
>> 
>> Dr. Wagers:
>> 
>> What does "propeller head" mean?
>> 
>> Scott Charles
>
>Though it is *extremely* off topic (prolly), I'll assume that your 
>request for information is genuine and that you don't really know what a 
>propeller head is.  
>
>In the fifties (at least, I always associated them with the fifties; but 
>then again, I'm only twenty-two years old) a certain novelty item (like 
>hula hoops, perhaps, but less long-lived) enjoyed a vogue.  This item was 
>a little beanie or small hat, not unlike a yarmulke, that had a propeller 
>sticking out of it, at the top, so as to make the wearer resemble a 
>helicopter, albeit with a much reduced blade span.  Like pocket 
>protectors and slide rulers, the propeller beanie has been associated 
>with members of the "geek" class, computer people, etc.  Hence, 
>"propeller head".
>
>If anyone knows where to actually buy a propeller head in this day and 
>age, drop me a line.  I just may start wearing one again.  Hoo dogies.
>
>-- john f, miami university library systems
>