# What does it have in it's pocketses, Precious? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805 "2005-12-09T01:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/21 "2005-12-09T13:49:03Z")
Not an apostrophe in “it’s” for a start . . . [pedant] ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/22 "2005-12-09T14:22:31Z")
Nothing right now because I got to work and immediately emptied my pockets. Before emptying, my pockets had: Wallet, Keys, Keys, Cell Phone and … damn it where are my glasses? Shit, I left them at home. It’s going to be a fuzzy day. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/23 "2005-12-09T14:43:18Z")
Left jeans pocket: Wallet, mobile phone Right jeans pocket: 20 Marlboro Reds, cheap lighter, keys (with 2 bottle openers and a torch on them). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/24 "2005-12-09T14:51:46Z")
LF - car/house keys RF - cell phone LR - nuthin RR - nuthin - but if I was wearing jeans, I would have my wallet back there. I have a big “girlie” wallet I keep in my purse, but I have a man’s wallet for cash and credit cards. So portable! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/25 "2005-12-09T17:16:18Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > [Gollum]Whats do you have in your pocketses, Precious?[/Gollum] [ul] [li]Car key with fob[/li][li]House/office keyrink[/li][li]Money clip with an extra-ordinary number of singles[/li][li]Miscellaneous change[/li][li]Wallet[/li][li]A handful of miscellaneous zip-ties.[/li][li]Fine Point Sharpie[/li][li]Parker stainless steel ballpoint[/li][li]Benchmade Osborne 940 Axis Lock (clipped in waistband behind right kidney)[/li][li]SureFire L2 Digital LumaMax (clipped in waistband behind left kidney)[/li][li]Black Diamond Dynatron straight carabiner (clipped to left beltloop)[/li][/ul] Batman has nothing on me. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/26 "2005-12-09T19:11:49Z")
Right pocket of fleece jacket: debit card. Left pocket of fleece jacket: debit card receipt for one Starbucks eggnog latte. It was yummy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/27 "2005-12-09T19:15:36Z")
Right pocket: String Left Pocket: nothing. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/28 "2005-12-09T19:18:48Z")
I can tell you without looking: Left Front: keys, change, small bills Right Front: inhaler, cellphone Right Rear: wallet Left Rear: slips of paper that I need to have on me for a short period of time (optional) Coin Pocket: 0-5 quarters. If there is something amiss about this arrangement, I will not be able to leave the house until I’ve determined what it is. A year ago, the list would have included the shirt pocket, left: Cigarettes, lighter. It took me about six months to get over the fact they weren’t there when I was walking out the door. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/29 "2005-12-09T19:38:15Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > LF: Wallet, Mini-Mag flashlight > > LR: comb > > RF: keys, coin purse (rubber “clam shell” type), Victorinox “Spartan” > > Watch pocket (I’m wearing jeans) l.a.s.e.r pointer and PrincetonTec _pulsar_ on a single key ring > > RR: Stanley 10’ tape measure > > Shirt: glasses case, Sharp ElsiMate calculator, Bausch & Lomb magnifying plastic strip, “little black book,” a couple of business cards > > belt: Gerber multi-purpose tool aha, another Flashlightaholic, i see… 😉 [teasing] my lights are better than _your_ lights 😉 [/teasing] ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/30 "2005-12-09T19:58:33Z")
Jeans: RF: $1 Coat: Left: left glove Right: right glove, bandanna, two ticket stubs, shopping list of unknown date ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/31 "2005-12-09T20:08:57Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > aha, another Flashlightaholic, i see… 😉 > [teasing] my lights are better than _your_ lights 😉 [/teasing] It’s be pretty tough to carry anything in your pocket brighter than a Surefire 6P. Do you pay for the batteries for that thing yourself? You should carry one of [these](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/419/sesent/00) in your breifcase. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/32 "2005-12-09T20:38:01Z")
Pants: Right: Keycard and two pennies Left: Empty Coat: Right: Keys, $15 and some loose change, a pair of Aaron’s socks, his dogtags and birth certificate and an old note from preschool. Left: Two bucks and a green Sharpie. Robin ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/33 "2005-12-09T20:44:45Z")
Left pocket: Some coins and lint. Right pocket: Lint Back right pocket: Wallet I travel light. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/34 "2005-12-09T21:01:24Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Batman has nothing on me. Dude, you are _so_ lucky. You wouldn’t believe the crap I’ve had to do for him because of some photographs. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/35 "2005-12-09T21:30:00Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > It’s be pretty tough to carry anything in your pocket brighter than a Surefire 6P. Do you pay for the batteries for that thing yourself? You should carry one of [these](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/419/sesent/00) in your breifcase. [Drool]Dammit, don’t _do_ that to a flashlightholic!, now i want one![/drool] would you wave a bottle of whiskey in front of an alcoholic, taunting them with what they can’t have? (afford), no, then why do it to a Flashlightholic my god, man, won’t someone think of the children?!? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/36 "2005-12-09T22:27:32Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > It’s be pretty tough to carry anything in your pocket brighter than a Surefire 6P. Man, it’s like I don’t even exist: [quote=Stranger On A Train] [ul][li]SureFire L2 Digital LumaMax (clipped in waistband behind left kidney)[/ul][/li][/quote] That’s [100 lumens max output](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/1141/sesent/00) that came in use one night when the things got a little rowdy at one of my haunts and the bouncers needed an extra hand. (It ain’t usually like that–I avoid those sort of places–but I’m also not going to let a brother get clubbed over the head with an empty bottle, either.) I have a Petzl headband light that I generally keep in a bookbag or jacket pocket, but it’s a little too bulky for the jeans/pants pockets. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/37 "2005-12-09T22:37:16Z")
I’m wearing jeans, and I have nothing in the back pockets. Just in case my husband comes along and grabs my ass. Grabbing my ass is all that’s likely to happen, though, because in my front pocket I am carrying a spare tampon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/38 "2005-12-10T00:14:49Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Man, it’s like I don’t even exist: > That’s [100 lumens max output](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/1141/sesent/00) that came in use one night when the things got a little rowdy at one of my haunts and the bouncers needed an extra hand. (It ain’t usually like that–I avoid those sort of places–but I’m also not going to let a brother get clubbed over the head with an empty bottle, either.) > > I have a Petzl headband light that I generally keep in a bookbag or jacket pocket, but it’s a little too bulky for the jeans/pants pockets. > > Stranger This is like the flashlightaholics anonymous hijack. I’m afraid **MacTech** ’s 6P has yours beat by 20 lumens. That’s nothing compared to the M6 Guardian I linked to earlier. The output on that beast is _500 lumens_ :eek: ! A fellow addict I know has one, and after spending 42$ on batteries it’s like a freakin’ portable searchlight. I almost looked into it to see how bright it was at first, until he warned me. The damn thing left spots dancing before my eyes when he shone it in my face with my eyes _closed_. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/39 "2005-12-10T00:40:14Z")
Um. A pony tail holder in LF. Spare Lego bit in RF (need to put it with the other Legos, but it will likely end up in the wash). Coat pockets contain gloves. Christ I’m boring. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805/40 "2005-12-10T02:29:39Z")
> [@Quint](#): > > This is like the flashlightaholics anonymous hijack. I’m afraid **MacTech** ’s 6P has yours beat by 20 lumens. That’s nothing compared to the M6 Guardian I linked to earlier. The output on that beast is _500 lumens_ :eek: ! Only if he has the [P61](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/206/sesent/00) high-output head on it, which taps the batteries out after 20 minutes. The standard [P60](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/204/sesent/00) lamp assembly only puts out 65 lumens. I’ve handled the [M6-CB](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/419/sesent/00) and it puts out so much light you expect it to have a recoil. The [M3](http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/403/sesent/00) is easier to carry, though. The D2 I carry has come in handy a number of times when poking around through old equipment stored in the back of some old hangar; Lt. Dumbjohn is standing there with his Ray-O-Vac 2C cell putting out slightly more light than a candle and bitching that we can’t see this thing that we’ve travelled to the middle of Ghod-foresaken Wyoming to look at and then I give it a blast with the SureFire and watch him stagger from the reflected light. They always want to know where I got it and how much it costs. And I’ve only had to change batteries in it once since I’ve bought it, since I mostly used it at the 15 lumen level. I should just become a personal distributor for SureFire. Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketses-precious/334805.md?page=3)