# Are there gloves in your glove box? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591 "2006-02-01T23:18:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kim\_ney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@kim\_ney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kim_ney)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/1 "2006-02-01T23:18:18Z")
not in mine ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/2 "2006-02-01T23:19:21Z")
Yep. Useful for those nights I have to scrape ice off my windshield before I can drive home. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/3 "2006-02-01T23:35:53Z")
…surgical gloves… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/4 "2006-02-02T00:26:25Z")
No gloves. Some condoms (I think.) Some contact lens. A survival blanket. But no gloves. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/5 "2006-02-02T00:28:52Z")
Nope, but I have a spare pair of knickers and a velvet scarf. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/6 "2006-02-02T02:22:45Z")
My glove box is tiny, the manual takes up nearly all the room. Insurance papers and ATM envelopes fill out the rest, maybe a random pen and ketchup packet. There’s a center console hideyhole that’s huge, though. Maybe 15 CDs, a box of kleenex, hairbrush, hand lotion, sunglass case, perfume, gum and mints, a few maps…still no gloves, though. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/7 "2006-02-02T02:26:26Z")
Not in the glovebox per se, but there are a pair of leather work gloves, a box of latex gloves, and two pairs of wool gloves in the truck in various places. The glovebox contains a flashlight, some maps, a couple of knives, spare sunglasses, and three Jack In The Box antenna balls. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/8 "2006-02-02T02:32:11Z")
No, no there are not. Which is precisly why for the past several years I’ve been leading a personal campaign to call it the “dash box”. Join me, won’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/9 "2006-02-02T02:32:58Z")
I have a cheap pair in my glove box, along with the car manual, repair record, insurance, candy/crackers (hyperglycemia acts up sometimes), small lotion, mp3 player, flashlight, and a map. It is huge, to make up for the miniscule center armrest/box. The center one is too small to even squeeze a CD case in! I keep my FM transmitter and phone charger in there, and they can barely fit. Gloves are really useful for super hot or super cold steering wheels! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/10 "2006-02-02T02:48:37Z")
I have a pair of batting gloves, a phone charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter, and a race scanner in my dash box. I’ll take up the PA crusade, Hal. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/11 "2006-02-02T02:49:45Z")
By the way, when did the term “glove compartment” fall out of favor? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/12 "2006-02-02T04:26:08Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > By the way, when did the term “glove compartment” fall out of favor? My guess is when women stopped wearing gloves regularly. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/13 "2006-02-02T19:32:08Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > By the way, when did the term “glove compartment” fall out of favor? In my lexicon, never. My blaze orange winter gloves reside in the trunk, though, with other emergency gear. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/14 "2006-02-02T19:35:18Z")
The gloves are in the back seat. The GC holds the owner’s manual, a group of membership cards, tire warranties, and a map. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/15 "2006-02-02T19:37:19Z")
The first time I heard Death Cab for Cutie’s “Title and Registration,” I completely cracked up. The complete lyrics are [here](http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858490757) , but it was the opening words that got me: " The glove compartment isn’t accurately named and everybody knows it." I haven’t got any gloves in the glove compartment either. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/16 "2006-02-03T06:15:00Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > No gloves. Some condoms (I think.) Some contact lens. A survival blanket. But no gloves. At the risk of sounding like your sek ed teacher, you really shouldn’t keep condoms in a car… latek breaks down with heat. No gloves in by glovexok either 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/17 "2006-02-03T07:20:58Z")
> [@kim ney](#): > > not in mine …no ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/18 "2006-02-03T10:14:04Z")
i keep my gloves on the dashboard. and my dashes in the glovebox. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/19 "2006-02-03T18:04:29Z")
I prefer to keep a pair of gloves in the glove compartment. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/20 "2006-02-03T21:01:47Z")
No gloves here - which is precisely why I moved to Florida! I left all my cold weather stuff in frigid New England and will be happy never to see them again. My ‘dash box’ has insurance info, ATM deposit envelopes, a few bucks, CDs, pad of paper, pen or five, and various hand-drawn maps to important places cause I’m horrible at remembering directions. 🆒 That’s me with sunglasses and sunburn. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591.md?page=2)