Cowboys are simultaneously more than what they seem and exactly as simple as they look. They can set aside cynicism for a moment and face the flag. They can dance in a line with grandmas, grandpas and young, single women, without making any of them uneasy. At 10 p.m. on weekends and on concert nights, the regulars know what's coming. When a man lacks the etiquette to remove his hat, others glare at him until he gets a clue.
Ladies are exempt from the hat rule.
You can only ask so much of women. Karen Samples is The Enquirer's Kentucky columnist. Her column appears on Sundays and Thursdays in The Kentucky Enquirer. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.