# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/21 "2006-02-03T21:29:40Z")
I have thin driving glooves in the gloove compartment of my 4 year dead vehicle. Driving glooves and a stick shift. Vroomm Vrooomm let’s race. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/22 "2006-02-03T21:42:40Z")
Yes. They come in handy about twice a year when I lose one or when it gets cold much faster than I expected. And then every once in a while somebody asks, “What’s with the gloves?” and I can say “It’s the _glove_ compartment!” I crack myself up sometimes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/23 "2006-02-04T00:12:47Z")
Papers, a flashlight, & one of [THESE](http://www.monstermarketplace.com/General/Landing2010a311.html). For long trips, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/24 "2006-02-04T00:48:02Z")
Am I and my family the only people on earth who call the “glove compartment” the “jockey box”? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/25 "2006-02-04T13:39:33Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Am I and my family the only people on earth who call the “glove compartment” the “jockey box”? I’ve never heard the term before. 😕 ---
**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 4, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/26 "2006-02-04T17:05:37Z")
While were at it, am I the only one who calls the hazard light button on modern Fords the “triagle launcher”? ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/27 "2006-02-04T17:14:16Z")
> [@bob\_loblaw](#): > > i keep my gloves on the dashboard. and my dashes in the glovebox. okay, so let’s hijack a bit: why is it called a dashboard? Why not call it the instrument panel–that sounds like a jet plane. cool! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/28 "2006-02-04T17:38:16Z")
No, but I don’t live in a place that gets cold enough to merit having gloves in the compartment. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/29 "2006-02-04T21:28:54Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > While were at it, am I the only one who calls the hazard light button on modern Fords the “triagle launcher”? Not anymore! I keep gloves in the trunk. The drawer-like soon to be renamed thing in the passenger side of my car holds car related papers, some moist towelettes, an antique pack of cinnamon Trident, a tire pressure guage, a pen (which more than likely doesn’t write) and a tiny flashlight. ---
**Author:** ![Ty\_Cobb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ty\_Cobb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ty_Cobb)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/30 "2006-02-04T22:21:58Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > 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? I might if knew why it’s called a dash. Is it faster than the other parts of the car 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/31 "2006-02-04T22:49:01Z")
Because in Ye Olden Days (1940-1989) domestic cars’ dashboards were made of steel with razor-sharp edges that were covered with 1/64" of foam rubber. Therefore, one would “dash/gash” their head off even in a low-speed wreck 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591/32 "2006-02-05T04:55:47Z")
Yes. Usually a pair of cotton work gloves and my insurance card. I keep my flashlight and tiregauge in the console. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-gloves-in-your-glove-box/342591.md?page=1)