# Small Pockets in Men's Pants

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-pockets-in-mens-pants/798061>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-pockets-in-mens-pants/798061 "2017-10-05T21:37:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-pockets-in-mens-pants/798061/41 "2017-10-07T15:59:33Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Wow. Ignorance fought. I’m guessing American pocket watches were smaller in days of yore.

Maybe, but I’ve got a soup left pocket watches from the early part of the 20th century and they’re way too large for that pocket, unless that pocket used to be a different size.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-pockets-in-mens-pants/798061/42 "2017-10-07T16:22:28Z")

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> [@DrCube](#):
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> But that guy is using his chain for a key, not a watch. And I always thought zoot suit chains were for wallets, anyway?

Maybe he can’t AFFORD A WATCH.

Sorry I didn’t seek out an image where the guy had an actual watch on the chain, but I love posting pictures of **Evil-Eye Fleegle.**

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