Whatzit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

British guard's "Bearskin" hat.

Perhaps as distant cousins? I must wonder. But in order to not lead anybody astray, no.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

British guard's "Bearskin" hat.

... no.

Is this further helpful? I'm not sure because it shows very little......

[webenda]

Is this fufther helpful? I'm not sure because it shows very little......

Fufther? Do you mean "further?" Or maybe "furrther?"
Is it a beaver cap on a female model?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Is this fufther helpful? I'm not sure because it shows very little......

Fufther? Do you mean "further?" Or maybe "furrther?"
Is it a beaver cap on a female model?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Is this fufther helpful? I'm not sure because it shows very little......

Fufther? Do you mean "further?" Or maybe "furrther?"....

I have repaired the typo.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Is this fufther helpful? I'm not sure because it shows very little......

...
Is it a beaver cap on a female model?

I'm not sure it's a beaver's pelt in substance. But it is definitely NOT on a female model ( that's a clue.) However, the concept of the object being of a cap is on target.

[webenda]

Is this fufther helpful? I'm not sure because it shows very little......

...
Is it a beaver cap on a female model?

But it is definitely NOT on a female model ( that's a clue.)

Not on a female model? Then...

Nay, nay, nay! Take it away and return with one on a female model.


Ahh, that's better. I think I want to move to Russia.

[Roy]

I didn't know women wore those things. When I think of that type of headgear, I think of Papa John Philips.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Here's whom I had in mind...

[rogruth]

It could be one of the legs of one of the "modern" ladies who don't shave their legs.

[webenda]

I didn't know women wore those things. When I think of that type of headgear, I think of Papa John Philips.

This is Anastasia Gruzdeva. She lives in Yakutia, the third-most-populous city/town in the Russian Far East (299,169).

Poor thing does not have a fur cap. I wonder if I could send her one?

This is Anastasia, same location, but last summer.

Yikes, Arctic mosquitos. If I get her address, would you send her a case of OFF, Roy?

[Roy]

Here's whom I had in mind...

What's the point?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Here's whom I had in mind...

What's the point?

Of?

[webenda]

Here's whom I had in mind...

What's the point?

The point is, "He fooled us!"
Nobody guessed the Whatzit was an Orthodox Jewish Head Covering called a shtreimel.


Shtreimel is Yiddish, and it refers to a specific type of fur hat that Hasidic Jewish men wear on Shabbat, Jewish holidays, and other festivities.

Typically made of genuine fur from the tails of Canadian or Russian sable, stone marten, baum marten, or American gray fox, the shtreimel is the most costly piece of Hasidic clothing, costing anywhere from $1,000 to $6,000.

I think if Murph had kept on adding little pieces of the puzzle we would have gotten it as soon as the whole shtreimel was shown but not who it is.

Now, who is it? Not Richard Dreyfuss is it?

[Roy]

Well, I could be filing the excess solder off my engine's crosshead...