I was reading my cousin's blog and came across her saying "So, as my elementary teachers always used to say, put your thinking caps on!" I have heard this my whole life, but never really thought about the literal meaning. Why should we put a hat on to think? Does it really help us think better? I searched online and found a website that gave a possible origin of the phrase. It said, "In previous centuries, it was customary for judges to put a cap on before sentencing criminals. Because judges were respected thinkers, it was referred to as a 'thinking cap.'" Hmm, interesting. So, from now on, whenever I say that phrase I will be imagining a judge with his cap on thinking really hard to decide whether to sentence a criminal to death or not. :)
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