I think “history is written by the victors” is also attributed to him. I was born June 18 which was day he was defeated at Waterloo. I must be quick to point out, however, that my June 18 was in 1949 not 1815 !
You devil you. Almost had me switch right over to your blog. In the mid 1600’s , we Presbyterians took over Parliament for 10 years . They were called the round heads.
Lo scolapasta, chiamato anche colapasta e colabrodo, è un utensile di cucina che viene usato per separare i cibi dall’acqua di cottura. We used them as hats at grandma’s house
43 responses to “The Real Reason Napoleon Wore that Stupid Hat by Carl D’Agostino”
burstmode
August 17th, 2011 at 08:31
This is one of my favorites.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 17th, 2011 at 14:42
I’ve been drawing a long time. The original was drawn around 1985.
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Craig N.
August 14th, 2011 at 18:00
I would have gone to Elba long before!!!
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Carl D'Agostino
August 17th, 2011 at 14:41
I hear they have great sardine pizza there but who likes sardine pizza?
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echostains
August 13th, 2011 at 09:20
Ah – all becomes clear now! I often wondered about that hat 😀
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Carl D'Agostino
August 13th, 2011 at 09:30
Can you imagine what Lincoln’s head musta looked like ?!
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adeeyoyo
August 12th, 2011 at 06:47
Big hat for a big-head!
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Carl D'Agostino
August 12th, 2011 at 06:55
They don’t make em big enough for some egos in this world
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Sana Johnson-Quijada MD
August 12th, 2011 at 03:39
just goes to show, u never know what someone’s got under their hat
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Carl D'Agostino
August 12th, 2011 at 06:54
or up their sleeve
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blackwatertown
August 11th, 2011 at 20:21
Ah – so Boney was a hammerhead – way-ay-ah.
No wonder he wanted to keep it under his hat.
I have a quotation from Napoleon at the start of my book: What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 21:50
I think “history is written by the victors” is also attributed to him. I was born June 18 which was day he was defeated at Waterloo. I must be quick to point out, however, that my June 18 was in 1949 not 1815 !
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Mark Petruska
August 11th, 2011 at 19:19
Weird! I just wrote about Napoleon, too!!
OK. Not really. Great drawing today though, as usual. Maybe this also explains why our forefathers were so fond of wigs?
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 20:03
You devil you. Almost had me switch right over to your blog. In the mid 1600’s , we Presbyterians took over Parliament for 10 years . They were called the round heads.
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nrhatch
August 11th, 2011 at 14:24
Thanks! Kate’s blog today features Napoleon too! 😀
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 18:06
I checked it out. It is remarkable, no beyond remarkable, that several people I follow have posted same theme same day.
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nrhatch
August 11th, 2011 at 13:53
Talk about having a bad hair day! 😀
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 14:00
That’s a 10 which I have come to expect from you.
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duckofindeed
August 11th, 2011 at 13:14
Mystery solved. That would be weird. I’d wear the funky hat, too, if my head looked like that.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 13:17
Or a sombrero the size of Rhode Island
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Hippie Cahier
August 11th, 2011 at 13:11
There – in the fourth row back. Is that Waldo?!
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 13:16
My, my, you have extraordinary vision.
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The Good Greatsby
August 11th, 2011 at 11:43
The conspiracy theorists were right!
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 13:15
There’s also some suspicious things about that hand his coat too.
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pattisj
August 11th, 2011 at 11:08
LOL Good one, Carl. Otherwise, he’d be Napoleon Bonetogether.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 13:14
That’s a good one !
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 09:36
or the pinhead upon which Humpty sat.
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Rick Flynn
August 11th, 2011 at 09:25
At least he wasn’t an egghead like Humpty…………………..
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Margaret Reyes Dempsey
August 11th, 2011 at 09:05
Looks like they dropped him when he was a baby—upside down into a “scolapasta.”
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 09:35
Lo scolapasta, chiamato anche colapasta e colabrodo, è un utensile di cucina che viene usato per separare i cibi dall’acqua di cottura. We used them as hats at grandma’s house
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Margaret Reyes Dempsey
August 11th, 2011 at 11:00
Ha, so did we. 🙂
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Paul Russo
August 11th, 2011 at 08:42
He ate a frozen tart and had a brain fart..
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 09:31
and he had a slow start.
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hansi
August 11th, 2011 at 08:38
Nice drawing
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 09:27
These take lotta extra time
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kateshrewsday
August 11th, 2011 at 08:35
I always knew there was something very dodgy about that guy.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 09:27
Ach. The French. Such a heady clan.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 18:16
You did Napoleon too today. Interstellar vibes?”
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suzicate
August 11th, 2011 at 07:17
….and do the soldiers wear those hats because they are “block heads”? Let’s see you’ve done coneheads, what do you call Napolleon’s? Hathead?
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 09:26
Firemen are hotheads
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nursemyra
August 12th, 2011 at 04:03
I love me a fireman 🙂
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startingoveringermany
August 11th, 2011 at 07:02
lol, poor guy.
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Carl D'Agostino
August 11th, 2011 at 09:25
He’s a bit out of shape
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