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by - retroglide - on February 9th, 2007
On the label in the hatband it says "In this style" and the 10/6 is the price. Hatters used to hawk their wares on the street and were noted for their bazaar behavior. In England at the time of Lewis Carroll the pound Sterling was (and is) the central unit of money. Prior to adopting decimal units, the pound was divided into twenty shillings and each shilling was divided into twelve pennies or pence. Amounts of money were written in various ways. The pound was represented, as it still is, by a £ sign, the shilling by a 's' and the penny by a 'd' (for 'denarius', a Roman silver coin which was also used as the name for the English silver penny). So the meaning of £1-10s-6d is fairly obvious. But amounts below a pound were also written 10/6 meaning 10s-6d. An amount such as 10/6 would be pronounced "ten and six" as a more casual form of "ten shillings and sixpence".
http://www.hgtech.com/Information/Mad%20Hatter's%20Hat.htm
by Mushen on April 29th, 2008
The price (old English money).
by elle_000 on February 9th, 2007
10/6 is the price of the hat
by bobwalruses on January 21st, 2012
I agree with macy
by macyd4 on January 25th, 2011
10/6 means 5/3 one of the Ratio of each number to the one before it (this estimates phi or Φ) http://www.goldennumber.net/classic/fibonser.htm
by Jack_H3398 on March 16th, 2011
October 6th "Mad Hatter's Day"
by amanda1127 on February 20th, 2010
go and read the last paragraph on that link V and i know its a dumb answer, but thats what it means!
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by - retroglide - on February 9th, 2007
nice pun with the word bazaar.
by jpreppie on February 9th, 2007
Also, the term "MAD AS A HATTER" came about when, during the days of Lewis Carroll, "hatters" were people who worked in hat factories. Beaver hats were popular at the time and those that worked in the making of beaver hats used MERCURY to get the beaver pelts to adhere to the hats. MERCURY POISONING is BAD. The hatters often acted "mad" due to mercury poisoning from working in the factories. Hence the term "MAD AS A HATTER".
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