The hod is a device for carrying a load of bricks with one hand, leaving the other hand free to load and unload the bricks, and to facilitate climbing up ladders. It looks like a big right-angle bracket stuck diagonally onto a handle (see link).

But climbing ladders one-handed is dangerous. Isn’t there a way to have not just one, but two hands free whilst carrying bricks? There is now! Try the new hod hat.

Imagine a handsome black bowler hat with the business-end of a hod securely attached to the top. Put it on, load it up with as many as 20 bricks, and up the ladder you go, in safety and comfort.
-- AO, Mar 21 2003

Hod http://www.tradecar...pations/occ.04.html
Hod carrier with hod [AO, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]

(?) Companion hat for mortar http://www.ashland.edu/~bweiss/z9.jpg
[Worldgineer, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]

General head carrying http://www.positive.../Regular/joel79.htm
No, it won't send you to the chiropractor. [AO, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]

Wrap the bricks together first http://uk.geocities...halfbakery/hat.html
heeheeheeheehee heeeeeeeeehoo haaaaa [thumbwax, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]

Brick wall hat in a combat situation http://www.mnftiu.c...c/fighting.055.html
From the creators of "Get Your War On" [friendlyfire, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]

Comes with a One Free Visit coupon for your local chiropractor.
-- krelnik, Mar 21 2003


Wouldn't it be even easier/safer to climb that ladder with a hod belt?
-- beauxeault, Mar 21 2003


Or a HodCod Piece?
-- bungston, Mar 21 2003


Maybe it's for a limited market of those who live in glass houses.
-- Worldgineer, Mar 21 2003


Actually, it will send you to a chiropractor, or worse. Somewhere, I came across an article cataloguing the spinal injuries to African women accustomed to carrying their goods on their heads. This was in connection, I recall, with the development of an economical wheelbarrow made from bicycle wheels.

So, keep using that hod.
-- DrCurry, Mar 21 2003


Some personal advice: never try balancing a full glass of water on top of a mortarboard hat. Especially not minutes prior to collecting your degree...
-- yamahito, Mar 22 2003


friendly, what a bizzare, bizzare, bizzare, and relevant comic strip you found.
-- Worldgineer, Mar 22 2003



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