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Wednesday, August 18. 2010

The B's Summertime Poll #3: What's in your pocketbook?

This one is obviously for the gals only, since guys quit carrying handbags when pockets were invented. 


Only parts of the female body are more private to them than their bags and pocketbooks.


What do you gals have in yours?


Please tell us in the comments...and, if a handgun, make and model please.

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 11:54 | Comments (16) | Trackbacks (0)

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I once had a girlfriend very painfully snap her purse shut on my prying fingers when I was in high school.

Never came close to pawing through another.

Attention All Male Teenagers:

You've been warned.
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-08-18 12:52 (Reply)
a letter I have to mail
2 gifts to drop off at a friend's party that I have to miss
spare change
driver's license and bank card
18 2x4 lined index cards and a pen--for notes or ideas

pretty much the only reason I have a purse is so I don't have to carry a wallet for my driver's license and bank card in my pocket

my purse is basically an envelope; it has a long strap so that I don't have to actually hold it, put it down or lose it.
#2 LP on 2010-08-18 14:13 (Reply)
Buck knife my mother gave me. Wallet, tissues, tape measure, pen, cell phone
#3 J on 2010-08-18 16:04 (Reply)
wallet
cellphone
checkbook (rarely used but that is where I keep it)
tissues
small tape measure
receipts I badly need to take out
gum
pen
don't usually carry my gun in my purse these days :)...my kids sneak in there to get gum
#4 g on 2010-08-18 16:23 (Reply)
Too much to list ... but basically my purse is my office and my bedside drawer.
#5 Liz on 2010-08-18 16:32 (Reply)
I wonder what Dr. Bliss would have to say about Barrister's inquisitiveness about female personal possessions?

Hmmmm.....

There are probably things in women's handbags that men are better off knowing nothing about.
#6 feeblemind on 2010-08-18 17:30 (Reply)
None of your beeswax.
#7 Bomber Girl on 2010-08-18 18:16 (Reply)
I don't carry a bag/purse. If it doesn't fit in my husbands pocket, I must not need it.
#8 up late on 2010-08-18 18:39 (Reply)
wallet with checkbook and cash
old receipts
Polly Pocket dolls
gum (will disappear in a day)
calculator
writing pad
Portals of Prayer devotional
old coupon holder with lots of expired coupons
calendar (not updated)
fingernail clippers
old gift card w/ $3 on it
photograph booklet
kleenex
my voter's reg card (since May)
neat-o single soap sheets (2 yrs old, lost their nice smell)
chapstick
Luther's Small Catechism
friend's business cards for his new biz

TMI?

While dating my hubby, I was always trying to see what he had in his wallet and he would never let me see. He always carried an extra hair tie for me in his wallet which got him lots of lifted eyebrows from ppl who saw it. ;)
#9 Mollo on 2010-08-18 18:52 (Reply)
I carry a "handbag" (actually a Camelbak fanny pack slung over my shoulder or a Timbuk 2 messenger bag) that contains at least:

1 IBD and some spare gauze.
Some kerlex
Notebook, index cards, post-it notes
Crayons
Change of clothes for the recently potty trained brat.
Mechanics gloves
Spare pair of sun glasses
travel pack of wet ones
travel pack of wet wipes
2 AA batteries.
Glock 26 and spare magazine.
The cellphone is in a pocket velcroed to the strap.

In the Timbuk2 I add a flashlight (inova), a Glock 19 and spare mags (I usually don't carry both guns, but sometimes) a trauma kit containing some a bunch of kerlix, a tourniquet, nasal airway &&etc. And a booboo kit. Some bungee cords, a multitool (I keep a swiss army knife in my pocket). I also keep my passport some more spare batteries and other random cr*p in there.
#10 William O. B'Livion on 2010-08-18 20:49 (Reply)
Wallet that I've had for over 15 years. w/credit cards etc.
HP12c calculator
business card case
small flashlight
folding knife
tiny screwdriver
fingernail clippers with file
jewler's loupe
tape measure
driving glasses and glass cleaning stuff
cell phone
several sets of key chains with keys I have no idea what they are for
pens and mechanical pencils
post it notes
eye drops
dental floss
gum
lipstick/gloss
hand sanitizer
leather sap
photos of some collectible jewelry that I want to find pieces to match


lots of cruddy change in the bottom of the purse that falls out of my wallet and gets gummed up with fuzz and God knows what else that collects in the corners of the purse.

I consider my car to be one giant purse. You don't want to know what is in there.
#11 Dust Bunny Queen on 2010-08-19 00:51 (Reply)
Wallet
Cell phone I never use
Pen
A band-aid
Reading glasses
A little loose change
4 or 5 lipsticks
#12 D on 2010-08-19 06:59 (Reply)
drivers license
truck keys
flash light
lip gloss
cash
VA ID card
two hair clips
my late husband's dog tag
a 357 mag loaded hollow-points
#13 Cilla Mitchell, Galveston Texas (Link) on 2010-08-19 07:33 (Reply)
Overstuffed wallet, cellphone/bluetooth, sunglasses/reading glasses double case, checkbook, occasional tobacco pouch w/pipe, occasional S&W 38 Police Special (2" barrel).

Must have shoulder straps, unless extremely rare formal evening wear. Should be big enough for can of soda & book.
#14 Karen Myers (Link) on 2010-08-19 10:53 (Reply)
Interesting how many people carry gum. I recently read that gum sales are up up up in the recession.

I love gum, and would chew it all the time, except that society considers it low-class, so I have to sneak it when I'm alone. It relieves tension and helps me concentrate. It does make you look stupid, though.
#15 Park Slope Pubby on 2010-08-19 13:14 (Reply)
Interesting what other women carry around.

My list:
cash
credit card
driver's license
voter registration card
library card
credit card receipts ('til the bill comes)
ATM receipts ('til the bank statement comes)
checkbook

Actually I carry a slightly oversized fancy wallet made to look like a purse.

Dad's dog tag is on the key ring along with a cricket (one of those clicker things the paratroopers carried for D-Day landings, comes in handy for announcing my whereabouts when I've lost track of my shopping companion) and a very mini flashlight.

Cell phone goes in a pocket.

Years ago I carried one of those oversized sholder bags until I got tired of the extra weight hanging on my shoulder. I took a look one night at all the stuff that had collected in it that I didn't need from one week to the next and decided to go the minimalist route. That had the advantage of stopping the 'hey, honey, put this in your bag' added weight, too.
#16 H on 2010-08-19 16:15 (Reply)

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