Posted on 08/24/2010 7:02:45 AM PDT by MissTed
Stuff has spent the long summer shoved miserably in the pockets of my blue jeans and khakis.
Stuff like my wallet. It presses against my backside when I sit. My keys scratch my thighs with every step. When my reading glasses or sunglasses aren't clattering to the ground, they are hooked through the top of my shirt; if I cross my arms with abandon, I could break the frames. My iPhone tugs me down, and if I'm sitting when it chirps, I panic: How will I fish it out of my pocket in time?
As we approach September, with every hint of chilled air I dream of jackets. Jackets have pockets in the lining for a wallet or cellphone, and side pockets for keys and earbuds and little slips of pockets on the chest that are perfect for glasses.
Jackets have space for all of this stuff that has become part of my daily armor, stuff I didn't used to own, like an iPhone and earbuds and reading glasses.
But maybe I and you too, dude should be thinking about more than blazers and sport coats and ski parkas.
Bags. Maybe it's finally time for men to start carrying them. And not just to work. A bag to the coffee shop. To the bar. To the ballgame and the cage-fighting extravaganza and a bag to the monster truck show.
You know, guy bags.
"Just don't call it a 'man purse,' " said Courtney Colavita, fashion editor for Details magazine. "Don't approach it as fashion for guys. Approach it as making your life easier. Even if you wear a blazer in the winter, there is a risk. It could get weighed down. I embrace a bag for guys."
(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...
Already been done man purses were a big thing in the 70’s in California and New York.
Good one!
This guy's got skills.
I think of the smaller ones as lifted station wagons, and the bigger ones as weird short bed pickups, with a built-in camper shell.
The only thing a man should carry is a holster on his hip with his favorite sidearm. Open Carry!
A shoulder holster for your phone would be cool! The only thing the cops in Vegas will gun you down like a dog.
I carry a rough looking “messenger bag” and love it. It even has a quick release pocket for my S&W 357 and another for extra rounds. I also can carry my ipod, a little first aid kit, a few medications, about anything. Then go to the mall, let my wife wander off to the department stores and sit back and relax having every thing I need for a couple of hours. Never leave home without it ... and I don’t have to worry about my wife “not leaving home without it” ... she’s got the American Express card as she wanders. (Danger!!)
Gerber LST, iPhone and 2 quarters and 4 dimes go in left front pocket. Keys go in right front pocket. Bi-fold wallet goes in right rear pocket. Glock 19 goes in IWB holster in front under tool shed canted slightly to the left. No deviation is acceptable. Repeat daily until dead. It’s the man way.
What was that shoulder bag that Jason Bourne carried around in the “Bourne Identity” movies? I remember that one of them was red, and it was used to identify him: “You with the red bag—Stop!”
You nailed it.
Caribiner for my keys, Walmart phone holster, Leatherman in its holster. However, I’ve had to add suspenders just to keep all that junk & my trousers up.
Maybe libertarian27 is on the right track with his toolbelt. However, it really looks like he needs suspenders, too.
Maybe we can get Cabelas or REI to come out with a lighter duty version of the Fighting Load Carrier (FLC) system (MOLLE)
Awww, come on...if someone laughs at you, you can always hit them with your purse, LOL! {she ducks}
Those are definitely, most assuredly bags that have nothing to do with men.
Now you’re talking.
Quit wearing those darn skinny pants then, you idiot. I can get anything our of my pockets when driving with my seatbelt on, without having to pull more than that item out.
No it hasn’t arrived. Bulging pockets are better.
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