# What's in your pockets right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277 "2018-09-13T16:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/41 "2018-09-14T00:17:55Z")
My fried insists that women will not get equal rights while their pants lack pockets. My pockets: LF: handkerchief, car keys, house keys. RF: money clip, coin cunt (don’t know another name for it), office keys, penknife fob pocket: emergency pills LR: card wallet RR: small agenda booklet, transit passes ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/42 "2018-09-14T00:21:07Z")
Keys, change, wallet. Phone when I’m out. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/43 "2018-09-14T00:44:24Z")
Front left: Two quarters and two dimes. Front right: keys. Back right: bus pass. Back left: nothing. > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I have also been denied pockets because of my gender. Aw, you got fake pockets? _Lucky_. Well, I’ll have you know some of my jeans have pockets about four inches deep. Half pockets, if you will. How’s that for lucky? It’s always such a joy to pick up my keys and change off the floor when I get up from the toilet. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/44 "2018-09-14T03:14:45Z")
I wear scrubs 5 +days a week so I have 4 or 6 pockets in my pants and at least 2 in my tops. On a daily basis I carry Chapstick, pens, car keys with hair tie, phone, reading glasses, disinfecting wipes. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/45 "2018-09-14T11:36:42Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > ETA: probably not a wise joke to make Well, I was getting all ready to beat the crap out of you, but I didn’t have my brass knuckles with me. I really need somewhere to keep that kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/46 "2018-09-14T12:03:29Z")
I wonder where Alanis Morissette gets her pants from… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/47 "2018-09-14T13:23:11Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I wonder where Alanis Morissette gets her pants from… They don’t sound like anything particularly special–she can only get one hand in her pockets. And just to continue hijacking the everloving bejeezus out of this thread: what IS up with girl pants having useless pockets? I’ve never met anyone who liked the feature, and many who’ve complained about it. IME chicks aren’t so different below the belt line that pockets would be untenable. Are there no bold, iconoclastic fashion designers willing to see what happens if they made a line with useful pockets? My theory is the purse people are behind it–give a girl some pockets to carry her girl things in and she won’t need to carry around an overpriced, ridiculous-looking bag. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/48 "2018-09-14T14:51:11Z")
I’m right now wearing one of the few pants I have which include actual pockets. And the left back pocket is coming unsewn! It contains two large holes, the standard one at the top and one at the bottom! Tragedy! Must find clothes-fixing-place soon! (Unsewn is totally a word. They aren’t stuck in place, so unstuck doesn’t fit.) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/49 "2018-09-14T14:57:04Z")
Nothing - everything is in my purse. I will put my phone in my back pocket and office keys in my front pocket when I go for my lunch walk. If I’m walking the dogs I’ll have my phone, keys and dog treats in my pockets. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/50 "2018-09-14T15:01:01Z")
The usual: wallet, keys, phone, pen. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/51 "2018-09-14T15:14:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Well, I was getting all ready to beat the crap out of you, but I didn’t have my brass knuckles with me. I really need somewhere to keep that kind of stuff. You would beat up a guy in a wheelchair? :eek: You are an evil chick. Just tip me over, geez. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/52 "2018-09-14T15:16:57Z")
I’m just glad to see you. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/53 "2018-09-14T15:22:11Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Well, I was getting all ready to beat the crap out of you, but I didn’t have my brass knuckles with me. I really need somewhere to keep that kind of stuff. **Dung Beetle** is Chrissie Hynde–she got brass in pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/54 "2018-09-14T15:44:04Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **Dung Beetle** is Chrissie Hynde–she got brass in pocket. Yep, I have Friday brain. 1) I thought for a second you had just outed a celebrity on the board, and 2) I’m pretty sure my office mate saw my pupils turn into little red hearts (Ms. Hynde is my punk crush). Truly disappointed when my rational brain explained to me what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/55 "2018-09-14T15:47:41Z")
^ Take a half-day. Tell 'em I said so. With a message of love. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/56 "2018-09-14T15:56:28Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > You would beat up a guy in a wheelchair? :eek: You are an evil chick. Just tip me over, geez. > > 😉 Nah, I’d have to catch you first, and by then I’d be over it. > [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Yep, I have Friday brain. 1) I thought for a second you had just outed a celebrity on the board, and 2) I’m pretty sure my office mate saw my pupils turn into little red hearts (Ms. Hynde is my punk crush). Truly disappointed when my rational brain explained to me what was going on. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/57 "2018-09-14T16:11:47Z")
I don’t generally carry anything in my pockets. Firstly, because I’m a woman and I am conditioned to think of pockets as decorative over functional, and secondly, because I usually carry a purse. I do have one or two pairs of pants with decent front pockets. They really do come in handy sometimes. Like last year at Aftershock, where you can’t bring purses or backpacks unless they’re see through. I was so excited to discover I had room to put my ID and money in one pocket and lip balm and medication in the other. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/58 "2018-09-14T16:15:39Z")
Bathrobe. Nothing. In a few minutes, I will add the Fitbit. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/59 "2018-09-14T16:18:18Z")
Phone, keys(3), 4 scraps of paper, wallet, pocket watch. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/60 "2018-09-14T16:56:58Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Ouch. Yep, I’m just Mr. Sensitive today. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277.md?page=4)