I must need more sleep -- when I first saw this thread, I read it as "Banana Republic."
Or maybe I have seen
that skit too many times...
I just wanted to point out that 100 years ago last Monday, Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts, felt that the bandanna was so useful that he made it a standard - and very noticeable - part of the Boy Scout uniform - the Boy Scout neckerchief.