Hey now, THAT should insure an incredible read-to-post ratio. 
Not THAT kind of clutch. After more than 10 years wearing a fanny pouch, I’ve decided to try to ditch it. Considering the volume of “necessary” items I carry every day with me when I leave the house, I’ve decided to go Euro and carry a Man’s Clutch. Man’s Bag? Man’s Pocketbook? Man’s Purse? I need some guidance here.
It’s a nice soft leather thing, with room for what I carry around. I’m fairly scared of walking away from it at a table somewhere, but I guess I’ll adjust to the need to reach for it when I move, opposed to wearing all of that crap around my waist.
I actually lay in bed last night, envisioning a small peizo-electric siren with a button battery, wired to a small reciever IN the purse. If someone steals the purse, I can hit the transmitter button on the small device I will always keep in my left-hand shorts pocket, and the purse will emit an incredibly loud siren alarm.
It frustrates me that I see NOBODY using these unless they have an accompanying set of breasts. ( Not that there’s A DARNED THING WRONG with breasts, or accompanying them, but that’s another thread. 
). I’ve seen them in heavy use in Europe. Figuring that I’d rather be a trendsetter than do more to wreck my back, I’ll give this a shot.
Should I put a card in there saying my name and #, in case it’s found ? Is that insanely naiive? Should I still carry my Gerber Multi-Tool in it?
So much to consider here. Do I also need to start wearing open-toed brown weave leather sandals with black socks???
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Hey, you got room in there for my sunglasses?
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That’s what I always got when I carried a purse - hubby and kid seemed to think I was the pack mule. So I traded it for a fanny pack - big enough for my stuff, but not theirs.
ummmm, what’s a Gerber Multi-tool?
Gerber Multi-Tool.
Dare to dream.
I’m not overly worried that they’ll pack mule me down, they’d have tried that when I was wearing but not carrying. It doesn’t have a handle, it has a long leather shoulder strap which I detached for the time being. I’m still trying to gain a reasonable comfort level with the whole idea.
I carry one and have been looking to upsize. That’s the danger of them. The bigger they are, the more stuff you find that you want to carry around with you.
I call it my purse, for fun. Sometimes I call it a man-bag. But it is nice to have it so your keys are not bulging from a pocket and stabbing you in the leg.
Please excuse all the Australians and Poms while we titter behind our hands ("He said fanny pouch! Teehee!)
Nonetheless, may I recommend the label “Man-Bag” for your, umm, male hand-bag?
Damn you, Homebrew! How did you sneak in there?
BTW, what are you men carrying about that requires the services of a hand-bag (or, ahem, a ‘fanny pouch’)? I don’t think I’ve seen a dozen men with either. I understand women carry make-up, bulky purses, tissues, tampons, etc., but what do men need a great big bag for?
In answer to Narrad…
Cell phone, CDs, keys, check book, condoms, a book, pens, pencil shapener, bills to be paid.
I’m thinking of upsizing so I can fit my Franklin planner in there too.
The “what do you have in your purse” thread has been done before, but it mighta been lost in the Great Purging, and besides, Narrad just asked. Here’s what I have in my Man-Bag:
One Key-chain with 8 keys and 4 Key Fob Bar-Code plastic cards.
$ 11.00 US, and some change.
2 Pre-Paid Phone Cards.
1 Motorola Star-Tac cellular phone.
1 Spare Lithium-Ion battery for above.
1 Cobalt Blue Mini-Mag Lite
1 Generic Albuterol Inhaler.
1 ChapStik.
1 Mini bottle of Sweet Breath drops.
The Gerber Multi-Tool.
A small Altoids metal box filled with Lactaid tablets.
1 man’s folding wallet.
1 Handpspring Visor.
My NYS EMT badge is clipped on one of the zip-up pouches.
I can imagine a few more things I MIGHT wanna carry, but since this is what I had in the Fanny Pouch, I’ll stay with this for now.
Narrad?? Something I said?
I’ll never give up my belt back.
Part of its appeal to me is that I am not likely to leave it at a table, because I feel naked without it’s weight around my middle. In it, I carry:
- Wallet
- PDA
- Sunglasses
- Two sets of keys
- Flashlight
- Lighter (I don’t smoke, but I’ve found it useful)
- Several pens
- Leatherman tool
Also, it has TWO small zippered change pockets! I keep silver change in one, pennies in the other. I love it!
I’ve often made the claim that you could drop me anywhere in the world, and if I’m wearing my belt back I have a fighting chance.
Men’s purse. Not likely for me. Good luck though, if you try.
that is beyond frightful, fairychatmom!!!
Well, if you’re carrying the bag in FCM’s link, I’d say it’s highly doubtful anyone’s going to question your manhood. It would truly take balls (pun DEFINITELY intended) to carry that thing around.
I’ve had it all day with me. I’m so preoccupied with the fear of LOSING it, that it’s insane. I dunno if this is going to work out for me. Of course, I kept the fanny pouch I’d worn lo these many months. ( They all die out eventually… )
I saw one of those at Bike Week… $165, I think. A gift for the man or woman who has anything.
Mebbe we should all chip in and get one for 'Toons?? :eek:
Thanks, but that’s not my bag, man.