John "Bowls Over" The Bookstore

John - a University of Denver student as well as a Customer Service Associate at the DU Bookstore - has started wearing a bowler hat to work these days.  I asked him why he decided to start wearing a bowler, and he replied that it just seemed like the right thing to do.  And as a matter of fact, it turns out that the bowler hat was once the most popular hat out here in the American West, far more so than the standard cowboy hat or sombrero.  It was popular because it would not blow off in strong winds or when you stuck your head out of speeding trains.  Bat Masterson, Butch Cassidy, and Billy the Kid are just three examples of devoted bowler hat wearers.  I suspect John is just channeling his inner cowboy.