Aboard steps a busker in a perky kiss-me-quick hat with lucky heather stuck in the band, accompanied by a face-painted consort.

She wore a perky gray hat with a veil, a gray traveling suit, and a white fur shoulder piece.

Helena, who seems dressed for the Eve Arden role (light blue suit and perky hat), is so insecure that she believes they are feigning love just to ridicule her.

I wear green velvet knickers," Mr. Sedaris began, "a forest green velvet smock and a perky little hat decorated with spangles.

A perky, wheatstraw, off-the-face hat was perched atop a brand new permanent, and her dark hair gleamed with some kind of spray.

The smiling officials inside the hut were now wearing kitschy lederhosen shorts and perky hats as they greeted a visitor - but the gun-metal eyes were the same.

This one was reasonably cute, had the familiar firm manners of a drill sergeant, wore a perky little white hat perched on short orchid-colored hair, and was dressed in a white uniform.

The ravioli themselves are perky little top hats stuffed with a mixture so pungent you can't help wishing there were more of them.