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 ...
Naw, my boots lace up the front.
No
That’s what I thought.......
remember the beer commercials?
It’s a carry all - guy
NO IT ISN”T - bar tender
Let’s see.. I carry phone, iPod touch (for email and ‘net access, wallet, large ring of keys, wallet and a folding knife, and no problems with wardrobe failures. That leather band thing, AKA a belt, helps with that. I do have a laptop bag for at work needs (because I don’t trust lockers anymore) which holds a flashlight, Leatherman Wave, calculator, various medications (Tylenol, allergy pills, etc) minor first aid kit (bandaids and such), reading material for breaktime, and a Sony VAIO (hard to get that even into the best cargo pants..LOL) I don’t go carrying that stuff around much, though. It goes in with me, stays with me by my desk, and goes home with me.
Someday when I can get a permit, I’ll add to the regular carry setup a small semiauto handgun (probably my Kahr CW9) and an extra mag or 2.
Author is clearly a weak, simpering, urban pansy with probable homosexual tendencies.
Try to stop me, dipwad.
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