2007-03-30 02:04:34 · 13 answers · asked by Leesa 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
no really. im serious
2007-03-30 02:25:06 · update #1
my house im in at the moment is 300-400 years old, do you think he's trapped maybe?
2007-03-30 03:16:43 · update #2
Time marches on its stomach!
I'll bet your Alice reincarnated!
Call for the little rabbit and I'll bet old Mad comes out to celebrate your unbirthday.
2007-03-30 05:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by Pixie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Silly pretty much, but I heard that they used formaldehyde (not mercury) to make hats. They inhaled the fumes and it made them a bit crazy; presumably from brain damage. I heard that from a doctor who was giving a lecture when I was in nursing school. They still use formaldehyde in manufacturing some fabrics, or at least I think so, because some new clothes smell like formaldehyde (embalming fluid).
I just looked it up on the Internet, and there's more support to the mercury theory than formaldehyde; so maybe the doctor was wrong.
I guess "mad as a hatter" became an expression (to mean someone is crazy) sometime in the 1800s, and Lewis Carroll had a character called the Mad Hatter in his book Alice in Wonderland.
2007-03-30 10:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you have someone who is slightly mad. The origins of mad hatter, as in Alice in Wonderland, are that during the 18th century or before, mercury was used in the production of gentlemen's hats, the fumes from which adversely affect the brain causing brain damage - hence the phrase "mad hatter".
2007-03-31 17:21:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mad Hatter's tea party - from Alice in Wonderland.
Means they're a complete nutter (mad as a hatter!).
2007-03-30 09:06:32 · answer #4 · answered by pepper 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hatters used mercury when finishing the hats they had made. Needless to say, this sent them a bit mad...hence 'Mad Hatter'.
If you see one now then my advise would be; stay off the mercury or whatever else it is you are snorting.
2007-03-30 09:12:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Means that person is a nutter- very important not to confuse it with a BROWN hatter
2007-03-30 09:11:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That you have someone around you that is Mad as a Hatter.
2007-03-30 10:04:49 · answer #7 · answered by meretta1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means no matter how hard you try,youll never be able to have a sip of tea because you have to move down, clean cup.
It could mean its your unbirthday.
2007-03-30 09:49:01 · answer #8 · answered by eightieschick70 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a crazy man about
2007-03-30 09:21:54 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means Ur off your nut ! completely mental
2007-03-30 09:16:58 · answer #10 · answered by Sasha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋