# What does it have in its pocketseses? (hiss) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568 "2008-09-21T18:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/21 "2008-09-21T22:39:24Z")
Why, nothing. Putting stuff in your pockets makes your pants look all lumpy and ruins your pleasing silhouette. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/22 "2008-09-21T22:45:30Z")
Front left pocket: Cell phone, note pad. Front right pocket: Wallet, car keys. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/23 "2008-09-21T22:50:24Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > Why, nothing. Putting stuff in your pockets makes your pants look all lumpy and ruins your pleasing silhouette. Thank you, for telling me I have one of them. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/24 "2008-09-21T23:00:32Z")
Left pants pocket: Scientific calculator packet of Post-it notes occasionally (though not at the moment) checkbook and/or receipts I need to keep Right pants pocket: Handkerchief Keys Swiss army knife (blade, nail file, scissors, saw, can opener, bottle opener, straight screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, auger, keychain) Rear pants pocket: Wallet (cash, assorted cards, buy-ten-get-one-free restaurant cards, change, Band-aids, individually wrapped moist towelette) Left belt: Generic (non-Leatherman) multitool (pliers, wire cutter, short blade, long blade, assorted wrench sockets, two straight screwdrivers, bottle opener, can opener, fish scaler, heavy file, rule) Right belt: Cell phone (camera and all the other standard things on a low-end flip-phone) Shirt pocket: Regular pen 13-function utility pen (ink cartridge, short razor blades, long razor blades, small saw, small file, pick, nail remover, jewelerā€™s straight screwdriver, jewelerā€™s Phillips screwdriver, tweezers, fork, ear pick) (currently) glasses (I donā€™t wear them at the computer Wrist: Cheap digital watch And yes, I have used almost all of those things (except the ear pick-- Iā€™m afraid to ask what itā€™s supposed to do, and the fish scaler, since I havenā€™t been fishing for decades). Iā€™m considering adding a lighter, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/25 "2008-09-21T23:05:58Z")
Wow! Just seconds before seeing this thread I was contemplating a similar nosey-parker thread (such as ā€œwhat were you thinking before you saw this threadā€) Anyway. At the moment, nothing. But most of the time Iā€™ll have my set of keys in the left pocket and my phone in my right. Sometimes the left will also contain money. (Never in the right, unless paper moneyā€¦ Coins will scratch phone) And when Iā€™m on the toilet my left contains my watch. For some reason I take my watch off when I go poopies or wee-wees. In my coat left inside pocket is usually where I keep paper stuff (boat tickets, printed emails etcā€¦) credit card, papermoney, a hundredweight of shrapnel (slang for coins) The outside bottom right is for the mp3 player and headphonesā€¦ a feeble attempt to balance out the left-right weight distribution. For the same reason the outer right bottom pocket nearly always contains nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/26 "2008-09-21T23:48:10Z")
Somewhere, a pickpocket is frantically scrabbling notesā€¦ Right side, wallet; left side, keys and cellphone. Thatā€™s about itā€“sometimes bills and scraps of paper go into the left pocket, but not often. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/27 "2008-09-22T00:08:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > On a regular day: > > left front pocket - cellphone > right front pocket - keys, Leatherman Squirt multitool > left rear pocket - wallet > Tournament days: > on belt - Leatherman Juice multitool > right front pocket - Squirt replaced by a Gerber Paraframe folding knife okay, Iā€™ll bite - whatā€™s the diff between the two Leathermen, and what kind of tournament needs different Leathermen? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/28 "2008-09-22T00:14:42Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Somewhere, a pickpocket is frantically scrabbling notesā€¦ Wait a second. I thought that was the entire point of the thread! Are you saying Iā€™ve had these spiders in my pockets all day for nothing?! ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/29 "2008-09-22T00:18:34Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Right rear: wallet. > Right front: keys, whatever change I happen to have, lighter. > Left rear: 2 or 3 folded up paper towels, plastic baggie (for dog poop when I take [Zoidberg](http://flickr.com/photos/15709477@N05/2419360613/) for a walk). > Left front: cell phone. > Shirt pocket (if applicable): pen. Dude. Weā€™re fucking pocket twins. Well, My LR pocket has a hankerchief, but itā€™s close enough. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/30 "2008-09-22T00:25:10Z")
Wow, I sure am different. Occasionally Iā€™ll carry a pack of memory cards in my left shirt pocket. My cards, phone, cash etc. go in a book cover that I always have. I donā€™t carry keys because I donā€™t lock anything. The policy for my companyā€™s trucks is to leave the keys in the ignition with the windows down. I donā€™t want my windows busted by someone looking for a camera. Iā€™ve lived here for 17 years and Iā€™ve never _owned_ keys to my house. Decoy wallet indeed. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/31 "2008-09-22T00:30:22Z")
Most of my clothes donā€™t have pockets, but the shorts Iā€™m wearing right now do. Iā€™ve got my cell in my front left pocket and my lighter and a buck and change in my front right. The contents of my purse tend to vary, but Iā€™ve always got my datebook, wallet, mp3 player and checkbook in there. Robin ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/32 "2008-09-22T00:31:38Z")
Left front pocket: car keys Right front pocket: cell phone, memory stick Right rear pocket: wallet ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/33 "2008-09-22T00:42:51Z")
Left front pants pocket: Flash Drive, iPod (sometimes), pens (if no shirt pocket). Right front pants pocket: Keys (including a knife and flashlight), comb, change. Left rear pants pocket: wallet Right rear pants pocket: nothing Shirt pocket (if I have one): pens Belt: Palm Treo, pedometer. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/34 "2008-09-22T01:02:44Z")
Normally before noon there is one 450mg Lithium tablet. Hopefully by noon my pockets are empty, but sometimes I forget to take it until 4 or 5. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/35 "2008-09-22T01:45:51Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The purpose of the decoy wallet is not to keep your money safe. Itā€™s to persuade the mugger that he has gotten enough money to be with his effort without the added risk of kidnapping you, forcing you to go with him to an ATM & withdraw all your money, and then shoot you. Ah! That wouldnā€™t work for me - Iā€™d spend the money in my decoy wallet on toys and then Iā€™d have to reload it, then Iā€™d find something else to blow it on. I guess Iā€™ll just avoid being mugged, less complicated that way. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/36 "2008-09-22T02:22:37Z")
I donā€™t have any pockets at the moment. I had to throw my car keys in the diaper bag today. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/37 "2008-09-22T02:31:53Z")
At work: front right: keys, pocket knife rear right: wallet rear left: hankie front left: empty unless I happen to have loose change for some reason belt, above front right: cell phone shirt: mechanical pencil, work ID badge, and a small notepad in a leather case I call my ā€œshirt walletā€ Not at work: all same except I donā€™t usually carry my pocket knife, my phone is more likely to be in my front left pocket, and thereā€™s nothing in the shirt pocket ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/38 "2008-09-22T05:05:28Z")
Left front - keys right front - cell phone, coins, one Aleve capsule in its foil pouch, box cutter, slip of note paper. Right rear - wallet left rear - pay stub in envelope. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/39 "2008-09-22T05:07:07Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I carry my cellphone in my right pocket and my keys in my left pocket. Everything else goes in my purse. The reason the cellphone and keys go in my pockets is so that if someone mugs me or I lose my purse I can still get into my apartment and I have a way to call and cancel my credit cards and stuff. My wife complains that a LOT of womensā€™ pants donā€™t have pockets. Do you find this to be true, and do you wear mensā€™ pants to compensate? Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568/40 "2008-09-22T05:11:21Z")
> [@Bobotheoptimist](#): > > LR pocket - wallet > RF - Cell phone, change > LF - keys, knife > Either a .45 on my belt or a .380 in my RR pocket. Are you serious? Iā€™m no gun guy, but it seems dangerous to carry a gun in your back pocket. I may be wrong, of courseā€¦ Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-have-in-its-pocketseses-hiss/464568.md?page=3)