Okay, here I am. If people won't accept bobs for safety reasons, why don't we make them indispensable as fashion statements? We can decorate them for all the holidays -- Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, 4th of July, etc. And in between holidays, we can have decorating contests with themes. The possibilities are endless!

It will get to the point where people will be embarrassed not to have a decorated bob atop their mast.