Straw hat

Before it was possible to interfere she was bending over Jack's drool, with one of her pretty white hands laid gently on his head.

how your head burns poor jack she said simply does my hand cool it still holding desperately by the chain he answered like a timid child yes mistress your hand cools it thank you she took up a little straw hat on which he had been working when his door was opened this is very nicely done jack she went on tell me how you first came to make these pretty things with your straw he looked up at her with a sudden accession of confidence her interest in the hat had flattered him once he said there was a time when my hands were the maddest thing about me they used to turn against me and tear my hair and my flesh An angel in a dream told me how to keep them quiet.

An angel said, let them work at your straw.

All day long I plaited my straw.

They'd come out for their weekends with their

straw hats.

Are they influencers now? They're all

influencers

sure.

My God.

I want the Straw Hats.

Come back every weekend.

But these weren't just any hats.

This is a particular type of straw hat.

It was one that was all the rage from the late 19th century through the early parts of the 20th century.

And during that time, there was one unwritten rule, and that was that men couldn't wear straw hats after September 15th.

It's hard to believe, but enforcement of this custom got so out of hand that it resulted in mayhem, arrests, severe injuries, and even the death of at least two men.

So this retired teacher is giving you permission to grab your favorite hat, proudly place it on your head, and let's take a listen to The Straw Hat Riots.

And yes, there was more than one.

I am Steve Silverman, and this is the Useless Information Podcast.

This thing got split by an old-ass Gabon, bro.

And then got tied up by the Straw Hats.

That old-ass Gabon is fucking boxing with 90% of the versus.

Killing him, got tied up by the Straw Hats.

No problem.

Like it was nothing.

It's the Straw Hats, bro.

Shut the

But for now, let's just have a little talk about that because the idea of this time skip being present allows a lot of things to happen in the world and the world to shift post-war without it being centralised and focused.

on the straw hat pirates because we have been following the straw hats and as this world has got bigger and bigger and bigger and more people are being involved and there's a lot of moving parts the idea of the time skip allows the world to keep on turning without us being directly following the straw hats yes we don't see all the things that are happening but we get this opportunity for things to happen within the world and a shifting of powers for example Blackbeard and obviously if you have not got to post time skip please leave this episode where it is and come back later but the idea of Blackbeard becoming emperor of the sea we see the shifting in the admirals the change the great battle all the things that don quixote doflamingo is doing with the smile fruits and the smile fruit production kaido's extending his reach over the um the rest of the world and big mom and all these involvements we have in the new world but all this is kind of moving with the two-year time skip and The plot of One Piece is everyone's getting repositioned and getting ready and asserting their position in the world for the final run to the One Piece.

And everybody's getting re-established.

And this is really interesting because you've got to remember, the power balance has been shifted from the death of Whitebeard.

As, as far as a scene, as far as one that I can think of, I don't know why I think it's so funny, um, but I'm having so much fun recording it and working on it.

There's just one scene in the middle of the, uh, Davy Back fights where, um, the Straw Hats have one round, and they're getting ready to pick whoever it is from Foxy's crew that they want to come back, and they do this shot of about six or seven complete nobody guys that have never done anything thus far in the show-

[laughs]

... who are thoroughly convinced that they're the ones that Luffy's gonna pick.

Yeah.

Yeah, that, that makes sense.

Um, so, um, uh, uh, as I mentioned before, some of the cast are already noticing some of the, uh, difference in dynamics am- among the relationships of the Straw Hats.

Even at this point they're kind of subtle here and there.

We have a segment called The Turn where we head towards the back nine and talk about something on the way to that 10th tee.

I'd love to ask you about the iconic straw hat.

I'm fascinated actually just being around golfers and getting into scripting for majors and all that.

Also, how you kept them so neat and clean with all your travel and everything.

And so when I started playing golf at the age of 16, I always wore a hat.

And there was always just a white and another white.

So it was just a beige straw hat.

And it used to be very floppy.

We got a switch on him, nigga.

We have Zoro on the list, but I think the Straw Hats as a whole need to be on the list, too.

Because when they oral farm together, they be on it.

And each of them had moments where they can, like, argue for being hella dope or a farmer.