"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in message news:<SHdQc.6592$AY5.5428@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>...
> "Tony" <poipoipoi@poipoipoi.com> wrote in message
> news:cerodh$bqg$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > Where does the 'tinfoil hat' expression come from?
> 
> Isn't it a reference to those freakazoids who believe that wraping your head
> in foil will protect it against harmful alpha waves or something?

http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/173_panawave.shtml

not related, but tinfoil hat is fashioned to keep the orbiting mind
control lasers from affecting you.