# What's in your pockets right now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/61 "2018-09-14T17:10:38Z")

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Wallet, handkerchief, keys, USB memory stick. I left the cell phone charging. Handkerchief is not usual, but allergies are bad today. Memory stick is an off and on thing as is a pocket knife.

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/62 "2018-09-14T17:13:40Z")

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Some cash in a money clip  
$0.91 in coins  
2 Dunlop Jazz III Tortex picks

Everything else is in the shoulder bag I carry everywhere I go.

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/63 "2018-09-14T18:10:19Z")

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Nothing, it’s too hot here to be wearing pants.

When I’m at work, though, with my cargo pants and two jackets I usually have:  
wallet  
pen  
marker  
watch (the strap broke but it keeps time just fine)  
keys  
spare gloves  
box cutter  
folding knife  
scraps of paper  
hat (unless it’s on my head)  
a device that’s basically a small computer that does one really specific thing

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/64 "2018-09-14T19:12:54Z")

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Cell phone  
change  
pocket knife  
keys  
wallet  
comb

Always the above. If these items are not in my pocket they are either 1) actively being used, or 2) on my bathroom counter in a “stuff holder”. Always. This is how I avoid losing said stuff. The bookmark I had 0.34 seconds ago? Gone. No idea where to find it. My “core” stuff, however, I can always locate quickly.

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**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets-right-now/821277/65 "2018-09-15T01:02:26Z")

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I’m at home right now so nothing.

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