Man bag.
Living in downtown Bellevue, near Seattle, I'm enjoying the "urban life." Walking to work and everywhere, haven't driven much since late December. When I walk to the grocery store, I need a decent backpack to bring home the goods.
I found this New Balance item that has a laptop sleeve, perfect for LWC's iBook which I am currently using and taking back and forth to work. Lotsa pockets in this bad boy, including a Walkman sleeve and special hole for the headphone cord. Best of all, it's not a messenger bag, so it rides comfortably on both shoulders instead of strapping across my man boobs. Uh oh, TMI, sorry.
After I made it quite clear that I wanted this backpack for its laptop carrying capability, the salesman asked, "Do you want the water bottle?" I replied, "Yeah, my laptop needs a water bottle."
In many ways, my apartment life here is like camping. I sleep in an upstairs loft, which means when I have to pee, I better get going early, just like when you're in the tent and the portapotty is across the camp. I'm wearing a backpack and making trips to secure vittles. I bought a Kwik-E-Mart baseball cap to keep the rain off my glasses. ("Thank you for not shooting me.")
My fridge is smaller than the average camping cooler. I have to buy milk by the quart since a gallon won't fit. I bought four frozen dinners last week and had to eat one that night since only three fit in the teeny freezer. LWC knew how small my apartment was when I typed, "brb gettin drink" and came back in about 4 seconds. I'm gonna get lost in the old homestead when I get back.
I notice that we're calling these "man bags" and not "man purses." That's a cop-out, boys. Let's face it: Action figures are dolls.
6 comments:
Action figures are NOT dolls! They are "plastic collectible super hero statuettes".
What would you expect from a man whose company makes dolls?
At least my companie makes durable cardboard mementos of sweaty men. Which, I suppose, could have its own connotations.
Shocho, I am SOOOOOOOOO attracted to you right now.
the difference between an action figure and a doll, is the number of points of articulation.
This was taught to me by theJAMES
Now other terms of the I have heard when I asked what they called their carry-all
MURSE, Satchel, Man-Bag,
I think my favorite right now is man-bag. not because of what you are calling the cop-out. But because of the reference to Seinfield, which I never saw much of but what I did see I liked.
So I appreciate the idea that this term is another addition to the social vernacular given to us form the folks at Seinfield (sic) and so I am going to keep it alive.
When the movie Serpico came out, the main character carried a leather shoulder bag. I think the word "satchel" was used to describe it. In NYC, nearly everybody has a bag to carry stuff, including men. They can't all be gay.
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