# "She wears a two-way but I'm not quite sure what that means" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703 "2002-11-14T10:44:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/1 "2002-11-14T10:44:22Z")
…and nor am I. Anyone have any ideas? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, [check this](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bowlingforsoup/girlallthebadguyswant.html). ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/2 "2002-11-14T10:47:15Z")
Are you asking what a two-way is? It’s one of those neuvo walkie-talking things (Nextel/Motorolla/etc) or a two-way text messenger (pager/cell phone.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/3 "2002-11-14T14:11:28Z")
Yup. Thanks. Hmmm, I thought it was something dirty. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/4 "2002-11-14T15:33:59Z")
I thought it was like a double-header ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/5 "2002-11-14T15:38:00Z")
Ok then, what’s a double-header? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/6 "2002-11-14T16:10:39Z")
AFAIK it’s like a sword fight only with two women and one bloke. I could be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/7 "2002-11-14T17:44:11Z")
I can’t picture that. Do you mean a spit roast? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/8 "2002-11-15T02:20:59Z")
Does she wear while she watching wrestling? I love that song. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/9 "2002-11-15T02:40:08Z")
Here’s one for kissthisguy: “Her cd changer’s full of singers that are mad at their dad.” I thought it was: “Her cd changer’s full of singers that are manic or dead.” ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/10 "2002-11-15T17:37:13Z")
Hee hee. I met the guys from **Bowling for Soup** while they were here in Charleston. They put on a good show, and they were really funny. (If you liked this song, look for “The Bitch Song”. It’s funny, too.) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/11 "2002-11-15T17:48:04Z")
While we’re at it:“she’d like to score some reefer and a forty”. I know what reefer is, but what’s “a forty”? ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/12 "2002-11-15T19:49:51Z")
A forty is a bottle of beer that is sold in 40 ounce quantities. Mostly cheap beer, malt liquor. You can get a forty for $1.90 here. (Really cheap, but that stuff eats your stomach.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/13 "2002-11-16T06:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FriarTed \* > \*\*I thought it was like a double-header \*\* How would she wear that?? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/14 "2002-11-16T15:40:01Z")
what’s a double-header? prop male genitalia built for two to use how would she wear it? strap-on, Duh! _L_ (unless she had real muscle control) ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/15 "2002-11-16T17:04:35Z")
A “two way” was old-fashioned slang for a stretch girdle – it stretched two ways, see? I read the lyrics to the song and her wearing a girdle fits. In fact, the girdle image in the first stanzaa gave me a mental picture of the girl that carried me through the song. A gum-popping, big-haired girl in tight clothes and high heels, right? Jess (who is just barely old enough to remember two-way girdles.) ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/16 "2002-11-20T14:44:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jess \* > \*\*A “two way” was old-fashioned slang for a stretch girdle – it stretched two ways, see? I read the lyrics to the song and her wearing a girdle fits. \*\* The song is definitely referring to a two-way pager, such as the Motorola T-900 or P-935. Trust me, I’ve spent the last three years working for a company that’s trying to sell the damn things, and before that, I spent two-and-a-half years working for the company that built the damn things. As a matter of complete coincidence, I went to high school with Bowling for Soup. The bass player’s mom (she’s _really_ cute!) was one of my professors in college. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/17 "2002-11-20T14:50:46Z")
How could she “wear” one of them though? ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/18 "2002-11-20T16:36:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*How could she “wear” one of them though? \*\* You wear a two-way clipped to your belt/waistband/pocket in the same way one might wear a cell phone. Since they are mostly palm-sized (except for the monster Motorola Pagewriter 2000 series, or “clam shells”), the typical manner of operation is to have them on your belt and slip them out of the clip when you receive a message. The Blackberry RIM series, the more popular devices on the market right now, resemble small calculators or PDA’s with their open faces and keyboards. [RIM 950](http://shop.store.yahoo.com/palmshop/blacrimwirha.html) The Motorola units, OTOH, open like a compact mirror or Star Trek communicator. [Motorola T-900](http://www.weblinkwireless.com/pns/c_productfeaturepages/t900learnmore.html) I hope to get an official answer to this soon. We’ll see. Who knows? Maybe the point is that you’re not supposed be… _quite sure what that means._ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/19 "2002-11-21T14:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by psiekier \* > \*\*I hope to get an official answer to this soon. We’ll see. Who knows? Maybe the point is that you’re not supposed be… _quite sure what that means._ 😉 \*\* We have confirmation. It’s a [pager](http://12.171.180.39/kamikazeeshots/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=482). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/20 "2002-11-21T14:48:51Z")
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