Junk Drawer Hats

Almost every house has a junk drawer, and somebody in it is its keeper: the one who knows where the spare key, the twist ties and the old takeout menu are. The word is an Americanism, first traced by the OED to a 1912 article. NPR once ran a piece called "It's Not A Junk Drawer, It's An Archive Of An Interesting Life," and a UK survey headline put the average drawer at six batteries, three phone chargers, five unspecified cables and four takeaway menus. These junk drawer hats are for the keeper. JUNK DRAWER is the badge. The rest run on a proud, funny keeper's logic: the head that works like the drawer, the unshakable claim that it is in there somewhere, the rule that nothing gets thrown out, and a food writer's vow never to want for a rubber band. The Takeout called the drawer a sacred institution that deserves our respect, and one design gives it that treatment. A scoreboard of dead batteries and keys to nothing gets the last word. The brain line and the scoreboard each get a second colorway. Clean Freak is the opposite identity, and Garage Sale & Yard Sale is about buying stuff. This page is the person who keeps it all. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Give one to the mom, dad or grandparent who can find anything.