Manbags!

[furie]

I doubt this is something that even slightly fazes the youngsters here, but for me it's a major issue :lol:

I've lived my life happily, day to day, with coat pockets.

Okay, when I was college, I used to carry a rucksack or whatever with my large number of books and papers in, but beyond that, I've never had the need for anything else.

Recently though, I've found my jackets and trousers bulging. Bulky wallet with my life in it, back up hard drive for work, ridiculously big personal smart phone, small work dumb phone, iPod so it isn't left in the car, Kindle if I'm going to be waiting anywhere, loose change in pocket (no room in wallet), glasses case, etc, etc, etc.

Then every time I change jacket/coat, I need to transfer the whole bloody lot. So I'm thinking maybe a manbag is the answer. Just something to sling over my shoulder and hide the secret contents of my life until I need them. It seems a bit handbaggy to me though, and would injure my 1970's bigoted man pride.

So CF, should a middle aged man - brought up in a world where men were real men and women shouldn't be allowed outside of a radius of 4 feet of the kitchen (maybe more if there's a long washing line in the garden) - get a manbag and swallow his years of doing the manly thing of unsightly pockets?

The alternative is the practical man-vest, like all good engineers are issued with their degrees

 

[kimahri]

I have a Manbag thing... it's kinda falling apart now but who cares.

I like to walk around with my hands in my pockets and if theres a thing in there they get fiddled with and that usually means they get torn up or lost... also I read comic books cause I'm a social reject and it easier to use a bag.

Get one and be forever in self resentment for your loss of masculinity.

 

[Intricks]

I gots two, one with Sonic on it that travels with me to parks and whatnot (houses my camera and anything I get from the park that can fit it), and another that houses my laptop which I nabbed from Think Geek (Bag of Holding).

I wouldnt say either are feminine in any form, but get something meant for holding a laptop of some kind and it shouldnt ruin your ego.

 

[furie]

it shouldnt ruin your ego.

My ego lays in tatters on the floor of 1996 or something anyway :lol:

 

[SaiyanHajime]

I don't like excessive objects in my pockets.

If I require more than a wallet, phone and keys... Bag comes with me.

I like to have water with me. And painkillers. So I usually have a bag.

I rarely carry a bag in the USA because there's always access to free water everywhere and a car I can leave stuff in and return to. It's a bit different back home.

 

[furie]

Due to my excessive laziness and inability to throw things away "in case I may need them", I do worry that the thing would get out of control and within a year, this would be me:

At least by swapping pockets, I only take the things I need with me each time - though it does mean I have spurious crap in every pocket of every coat I own...

 

[FaceYourNemesis]

YES, you need a manbag...or a messenger bag (if that makes you feel more manly)

Seriously, these manbags are great for storing all your day to day bits when out on the go, and can look pretty stylish in some cases.

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

Manbags are perfectly ok if you cannot fit all of your items in your pockets.

 

[caffeine_demon]

'manbag'

 

[furie]

Manbags are perfectly ok if you cannot fit all of your items in your pockets.

If you can't fit all your items in your pockets, you're not a man

Seriously, these manbags are great for storing all your day to day bits when out on the go, and can look pretty stylish in some cases.

That's the problem, stylish in which cases, or will I just look like a train spotter (the only people who had such things when I was growing up)?

 

[Edward M]

No. I use what men should... wallets

 

[FaceYourNemesis]

Seriously, these manbags are great for storing all your day to day bits when out on the go, and can look pretty stylish in some cases.

That's the problem, stylish in which cases, or will I just look like a train spotter (the only people who had such things when I was growing up)?

Manbags look good anyway, but they also give off that whole studious or creative impression. The perfect accessory if you want to look professional and stylish...(I just sound really gay now, so I'll shut up :wink: )

 

[furie]

No. I use what men should... wallets

Hmmmmm... I took out a couple of credit cards and shifted my loose change around, but still couldn't fit my glasses case and backup hard drive in my wallet.

I think I may be a failure as a man?

Manbags look good anyway, but they also give off that whole studious or creative impression. The perfect accessory if you want to look professional and stylish...(I just sound really gay now, so I'll shut up :wink: )

Yes, you may not be helping mate :lol:

 

[davidm]

?

 

[furie]

That's very you Dave

 

[Ian]

I use a faux-leather manbag when I'm carrying work stuff/going somewhere I need look important. However, I always refer to it as my "handbag" to acknowledge the femininity of it. Otherwise I use a rucksack.

 

[Bastille]

I generally use a backpack, as I look sporty and cool. And it fits books and a laptop.

If not that, then just pockets. Cargo shorts all the way!