Grumpy Old Man Hats

Grumpy is a trait people claim with pride. On a Straight Dope thread about whether men get grumpier with age, one poster opens with "I'm a grumpy old man, and proud of it," and another answers that people just notice what was always there. AARP's reporting on the stereotype notes that older adults tend to be happier than the general population, and Duke's Dr. Heidi White calls the image a product of ageism, which is exactly why wearing it on purpose is funny. The lawn comes with the territory: "You kids get off my lawn" has been an American punchline since David Letterman popularized it in the 1980s. The phrase already sells everywhere: Grumpy Old Man I Do What I Want shirts, Warning: Grumpy Old Bastard embroidered caps, Grumpa shirts promising a regular grandpa only grumpier, and trucker hats on Etsy and Walmart. These Grumpy Old Man hats keep to the American vocabulary. The badges are Grumpy Old Man, Grumpa, Curmudgeon and Old Geezer. The sentences are I Yell At Clouds, Kids These Days, I Never Dreamed I'd Become A Grumpy Old Man, I Smile By Appointment Only and I Retired To Complain Full Time. I Yell At Clouds and the retirement line earn second colorways. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat, for the birthday, Father's Day or retirement of the man who has earned the title and will wear it first.