[quote=Marik]
I’d mostly be concerned at the potential fire hazard.Is there a rule that you have to name an item after the first letter of that item? Howard the hat does sound nice, but never do you see Bruce the hat. Well, unless it’s Bruce the bowler hat.
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I wasn't even thinking that that might be the logic behind it. I was moreso just surprised that she named the hat at all.

And I mean, she didn't even approach the subject like "I dub thee Howard!" or anything - I just asked her to hand me my hat and she was like "You mean Howard?" and I said "....What?" and she replied "The hat. I named it Howard." 

:I 

Also, this is a pink hat with cat ears on it. It doesn't even look like a Howard if you ask me.