Purse or Man's Bag

[Jack Williams]

Great to get back to the subject. Hmm.. Around here you see small back-packs, which seem to have taken over.

[Mipi]

All a matter of personal choice.
My first preference is the modern manskirt style such as the Utilikilt which has pockets, failing which there is the option of a bumbag or a sporran which straps round the waist.

I'm completly with you on this topic, Alex.

[Jack Williams]

Yes, I wear my skirts to the shops because they are more "dressy" for up the town, and have the pockets as the jeans which I previously wore. These days I wear the dresses mostly at home except to the nearer "Dairy" for the paper etc. At first I would have them to the grog shop etc but not so much these days. Maybe a bit blatent in dress perhaps further afield.

[Since1982]

I like a "fanny pack" worn in the front like a sporran, see example in my WSOP picture in Las Vegas. I was about 90 pounds heavier in this picture than I am now.

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[Jack Williams]

When I was at that Gables Tavern Christmas party, with lava-lava and t-shirt over the knit dress, I had no pockets. So I attached a cloth bag to a cord, and wore it diagonal shouldered under the t-shirt to contain my wallet etc. This gave me the equivalent of an inside pocket, lifting the t-shirt to access it.

[Milfmog]

I like a "fanny pack" worn in the front like a sporran...

I too use a "bum bag" (to offer the English vernacular) when informally kilted, because I don't like the way a sporran bounces against me when walking. It's not easy to see in this picture (taken in 2006), but I was wearing a large Lowe Alpine bag to carry wallet, camera, keys etc.


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However I find a shoulder bag practical and it's good to have a choice available to suit the circumstances.

Have fun,


Ian.

[nicothoe]

A "fanny pack" is one of those words that doesn't translate well from American English to British English, and is likely to cause a few raised eyebrows.

[Jack Williams]

My understanding of "American" English has been that a "fanny'' was a woman's backside. Thus it would be what we call here a
"bum-bag".

There is also the more "schoolboy" definition of it being her sexual parts in front...

[Since1982]

That's interesting, my mind doesn't automatically think of less than clean thoughts, I guess being a child of the 40's makes my thoughts a bit different than new age people. I play a lot of online poker and it bothers me that most younger people more quickly jump to rudeness before being polite. In my experience, certain phrases lend themselves to automated responses that are sadly lacking in most of today's younger men playing online poker. Case in point, a player gets a hand, plays it with skill and wins a big pot, to me, I'd automatically type "nh" or "gh" for "nice hand well played" and the long time automatic response is "ty" for thank you. Nowadays, most of the time "nh" is ignored with no response. I don't get upset when my compliment is ignored, I just leave a note on the player's avatar which no one can see but me, with one word, "rude" and go on to the next hand. The day becomes better when the player types "ty" and I assume these days that it is an older player. Sometimes I'm surprised to find that it, instead of an older player, it's actually a well brought up younger player. Makes my day!

[Jack Williams]

Ha Ha Skip, but your "fanny pack" is in the front.

[Since1982]

Very observant Jack, that jump out at you from my picture?? I didn't name the device, someone else did, and here in America it's known as a "fanny pack" no matter where you wear or put it, back, front, inside a shoulder bag or suitcase.

[Jack Williams]

A fanny is a fanny.

[Milfmog]

A fanny is a fanny.

And as Freud once admitted, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... I know what he was saying jack, but I have no idea what the point you were trying to get across was.

Have fun,


Ian.

[Jack Williams]

Just trying to out pedantic the pedantic!

[Jack Williams]

P.S.:You might know what the man is trying to say, but it entirely escapes me. He says "A 'fanny pack' can be worn at the back. Ten it becomes a "bum bag" in most of the world. So this man is being pedantic. And therefore doesn't know what he is talking about. And I am not enough interested in the subject to give a stuff.