When I was in University, I was one of those smart-asses that sat in the back with the couple of friends I had (we hated everyone else), and when we weren’t sleeping in our seats, we made up nicknames for the fellow students who annoyed us the most.

There was one fellow student we called “Retard With A Watch And Floating Hat.”  Not the most imaginative or politically-correct nickname, but University students are too sleep-deprived and self-important to notice those things.

During our early-morning Linear Systems and Signals class, RWAWAFH’s alarm would go off (the alarm was built into his digital watch, as per part of his nickname), and rather than just pushing a button to turn the alarm off, he would squeeze his wrist against his thigh to try to mute the beeping as much as possible.

The nickname is starting to make more sense now, eh?

He also wore caps that didn’t fit.  You guessed it, his cap always appeared to be floating on the top of his head.  Dude had a monster dome, and he was still buying his caps from the children’s section.

The previous style of MLB batting practice caps, while fitted, managed to create the illusion of being too small by making the hat look like it was cut well above the wearer’s ears.  Seeing a ballplayer or a fan in one of these hats reminded me of RWAWAFH, and it’s not a fair comparison because I’m pretty sure almost all baseball fans and players can turn off their watch’s alarm.
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