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Even though I knew he was joking, I felt the need to do something extraordinary to redeem myself once I returned home from work. Later on that morning...
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And indeed you did

Awesome story. Now the "Legend" of the WO hats is perfectly documented (with VB1001's effort) for posterity from all points of view.
You have surely given us a colourful gift to endure what would have otherwise been a dark and very boring crypto winter. Thanks for that!
P.S.: Now that I think about it, my hat is probably the darkest and least colourful of all hats to date... but I am the only one to blame for that lol