With all the stuff a guy needs to carry, has the man purse's time arrived?

The Denver Post ^ | 8/24/10 | Douglas Brown

[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."

[BudgieRamone]

What many seem to forget is that purses were originally carried by men, and were a simple bag. Maybe I,m just weird but, I see nothing wrong with a masculine styled bag for carrying a pistol, magazines (both reading and ammo) a good fixed blade knife, a book, a sketch book, drawing implements, a camera, and a good multi tool.

[IronJack]

If you’re carrying so much crap you need a purse, then you’re carrying too much crap.
High speed, low drag.

And it wouldn’t help anyway. I see women every day carrying two, three, even four bags of junk with them on their way to work. I call them Street Sherpas.

[Disambiguator]

I have a Maxpedition bag, and it’s great. Mine’s even the same color as the one in the picture you posted.

I get a few strange looks now and then when I’m out and about, but most people don’t even notice.

[P.O.E.]

Always wonder what a decent collection of hotel ashtrays would go for these days. :)

On vacation last August, stopped for fast food on the road. We had to ask the counter help for plastic forks, ketchup packs, etc. Seems there was a college nearby, and every year the incoming students would clean them out if they didn’t hide the freebies.

[KarlInOhio]

What kind of handgun is in there?

None, but I do have a knife. Well a Victorinox Cybertool, for when a member of the Swiss Army has to field strip a computer.

[Charles Martel]

"Zardoz on the Bayou"

I get the Connery film reference - but in general, WTF?!

[P.O.E.]

[SnakeDoctor]

>> 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?

Then again ... this sounds like the kind of guy that needs to carry a purse. He panics when his iPhone chirps? He’s being chaffed by his keys? Good grief.

SnakeDoc

[KarlInOhio]

And remember guys, according to “The Man Law”, the only acceptable way for a guy to hold his wife’s/girlfriend’s purse (if you absolutely have to), is to hold it like an NFL running back holds a football.

You've got to hold it like an offensive lineman holds it. You don't do it often, the play has to be really screwed up if you have it, and you don't plan on going very far with it. :-)

[Tijeras_Slim]

but in general, WTF?!

Just sharing the miracle that is the internet with my fellow FReepers.

[Charles Martel]

Suuure. And keep pretending that SUV isn't an oversized minivan.

Don't mean to pick nits, but SUVs are actually oversized *station wagons*.

[La Lydia]

All over the Washington DC metro area, the fast food restaurants keep most stuff behind the counter, including those irritating little packets of salt and pepper. No more shakers because people steal them. And for ketchup, there is a huge pump container and little wax-paper cups to put it in. Apparently the only things people don't steal are straws, because they are left unguarded by the soda machine.I have always assumed the reason for these security measures is to keep the street people and the students from taking all their stuff.

PS: I have seen decent collections of hotel ashtrays at the Salvation Army Thrift Store.

[Doohickey]

The biggest problem I have is that I have to move my phone because it gets in the way of my paddle holster.

[NVDave]

Preach it, Brother!

[HungarianGypsy]

When my husband leaves the house he carries a phone, wallet, and keys. no need for a carryall bag.

I have a friend who needs to carry around a little more. He just uses his computer bag, because everything is computer related. Nope. No need for a purse.

[USNBandit]

I have a couple man bags. One is my survival bag, and the other is my active shooter bag. Those are the only bags I need.

[lwd]

It's not a purse, it's a satchel!

[P.O.E.]

Wish I could remember where I read the story, but a friend of Conrad Hilton invited him to dinner. As a prank, the host arranged with the local hotel to have the bathroom stocked with Hilton towels & soap, and mixed in Hilton silverware, salt shakers, etc. at the table.

[Allegra]

Post #32...ROFL!

[DManA]

“Journalism” 2010. Why oh why are newspapers dying?