Man Bag

[Laddey]

So i was round and about yesterday, and this bloke come into the pub with a Man Bag.

http://www.ikandypromotions.com/ikandy_news_pics/54.jpg

I thought it looked rather daft and gay, but i can see why men would wear them. I've always got 10 or 20 fags in my pocket, mobile phone and SOMETIMES abit of money, thats quite abit for jeans and it gets un comfy.

Would you wear a man bag? Would i look like a knob with one?

 

[old.Tohtori]

It's a MANbag, to carry knives, bullets and porn!

 

[Laddey]

It's a MANbag, to carry knives, bullets and porn!

My phone carries all my pr0n! 1gb memory card!


Would you wear it?

 

[Bahumat]

I have one and they are fucking amazing! I keep the following items in it;

My passport (dont have any other form of ID)
Monthly train ticket
Pen (always handy)
Injection (diabetes)
Tube map of London
Book of whatever i'm reading at the time
USB key
Glasses case
Pass to get into my work building

I get the odd n00b say "ooh you've got a man bag, they are gay". And I just reply

This man has one so stfu...

Spoiler

 

[Stallion]

Before sorting one out, ask yourself: "would you feel comfortable wearing one".. if you cant stand comments or other people judging you for a piece of clothing, DONT USE IT. It all boils down to, what you like and how you feel, what other people think is to be shrugged off..

Nothing looks worse then some dude or chick wearing some really neat accessorie (like a bag), but clearly shows lack of confidence and self comfort..

 

[old.Tohtori]

Would you wear it?

Not that one, but i got my indy-manlier-bag with me when i need more stuff then ciggies and phone.

 

[Sparx]

i've carried one for years

 

[Chronictank]

I just have one of these follow me around, but laddey kept drooling so i had to put a sign on her

 

[Laddey]

I just have one of these follow me around, but laddey kept drooling so i had to put a sign on her

Haha


I never knew so many people wear them tbh.

I could invest in one, but wont it get i nthe way when i run from the police ?

 

[kiliarien]

Depends what the difference between just a normal bag for carrying a load of stuff for a reason, or whether you carry one regularly with a whole heap of crap in it (ie. like girls).

If it's the second category = Gay.

And Bahu, you can't use the Indiana excuse - he carries unidentifiable artifacts and keys to ancient civilisations in his bag. It kind of trumps your glasses case and train ticket. Whilst you're rooting around for your ticket, he's on top of the train having a punch up with a bloke who his clearly twice his size.

 

[Chronictank]

Haha


I never knew so many people wear them tbh.

I could invest in one, but wont it get i nthe way when i run from the police ?

Mine is kind of like a laptop bag rather than the one in the pic above

 

[Maeloch]

ofc Beckham manages to make something entirely practical look utterly ghay.

I got one, just some freebie from a work conference. You go into town, don't want to lug about a backpack, but need something for all your junk. If you have a coat can just about fit it into pockets, but if not, then bag needed.

For example you carrying a spare jumper, london a-z, mp3 player, glasses case, a paper, ofc something required to put all this general crap you lug about in.

They used to be called satchels and were allowed

 

[Bahumat]

Depends what the difference between just a normal bag for carrying a load of stuff for a reason, or whether you carry one regularly with a whole heap of crap in it (ie. like girls).

If it's the second category = Gay.

And Bahu, you can't use the Indiana excuse - he carries unidentifiable artifacts and keys to ancient civilisations in his bag. It kind of trumps your glasses case and train ticket. Whilst you're rooting around for your ticket, he's on top of the train having a punch up with a bloke who his clearly twice his size.

oh I see, we're playing the "lets twist the words to fit my opinion" game eh?

He carries items. The bag's function is to hold those items yes? Just cause his bag has a skull in and mine has a pack of sweets in the shape of skulls bares no relovance. We are both carrying items in our bag.

Also do you really think i'd say to everyone what ancient artifacts I have in my bag? I'll throw you a bone and tell you I have a 7 month old pack of Original Hula Hoops in there....

 

[Dukat]

Being a biker I tend to have a backpack with me when I go out for a ride somewhere, which would have all of the random stuff I might need incase of accidents etc, but if I'm not on my bike I tend to manage just with stuff in my pockets or on my belt - normally I wouldnt need more than:

Pen(put in comb pocket on jeans)
2 or 3 scraps of paper (folded)
Mobile Phone
Walkman
USB stick
Wallet:
- drivers licence
- money
- train tickets
- etc

Anything else I would need like a toolkit would go on my belt, etc, so I wouldnt really ever need something like that.

 

[Mey]

I have a similar bag to Dr. Jones.

 

[soze]

I carry a record bag with me most places (not just to the shop or pub) it has
Keys
Wallet
Leatherman
2 Passport Hard disks
A few disk keys
Tom Tom
Screwdriver set
iPod
CD Wallet
and in the paperwork section i have licence keys and about a year of pay slips

 

[Huntingtons]

I have one kinda like this, but i refrain from calling it a manbag in case a gay person heard it and started hitting on me. my manbag is sacred and mildly shaved! i also use mine for much sinister actions, not only for carrying my precious and invaluable stuff!

some men pay like 140 quid for a manbag (or well shops sell them for that so i guess its possible somebody buys em)

 

[Binky the Bomb]

My man bag holds my testicles.

 

[megadave]

a lot of manbags just look like 1 strap bags rather than handbags so i think those ones are ok

 

[Overdriven]

I just have a wallet

 

[Mikah75]

They're amazing, they don't look gay at all unless you're a moron with grandad views on what looks good with your lovely knitted jumper..

They're completely practical, especially for me, fit my uni folders and paper pads in perfectly, they look nice and are comfortable rather than lugging a rucksack around on your back. Also I'm in London regularly, and I feel a lot more comfortable walking around busy cities, and using tubes when I can just move it so its either to my side or my front so I can see it and feel it, less likely to get pick pocketed etc. Also more convenient than slinging a bag off your back when you can just slide it in front of you, lift the flap and get out whatever you need.

Some people take it a bit far though I think, such as my mate who take's his bag into town with him or wherever just to put his keys and mobile in which is pretty stupid seeing as you have pockets but for needing to carry more things they're much easier.

 

[Imgormiel]

I have a few questions.

Does your bag have testicles in it?
Does your bag have a knob and girly feelings?
Does your bag have a natural pre-disposition to want to fuck men?

Did you answer no to all of these questions? Then why the hang up about gays? I smell fear, paranoia and homophobia in the this thread. For a bunch of supposedly easy going cosmopolitan irtehpwn if ur attitude is of a lesser pwnage than mine group of peeps. You sure suck on this issue because I smelling the napalm of hysteria here.......

Some people are gay, get of over it.

 

[pikeh]

when I was at Uni, I used a backpack, simply becuase it was just a better shape for carrying my drawing equip, and being a skate backpack, had a handy velcro strap which would strap an A3 sketchpad down.
One-shoulder bags tend to make me walk a bit like quasimodo.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Some people are gay, get of over it.

And some people aren't that serious about it, get over yourself

 

[kiliarien]

oh I see, we're playing the "lets twist the words to fit my opinion" game eh?

He carries items. The bag's function is to hold those items yes? Just cause his bag has a skull in and mine has a pack of sweets in the shape of skulls bares no relovance. We are both carrying items in our bag.

Also do you really think i'd say to everyone what ancient artifacts I have in my bag? I'll throw you a bone and tell you I have a 7 month old pack of Original Hula Hoops in there....

You haven't really grasped the point about what I meant. Quite a few people haven't it seems.

Imo bags that are used to carry stuff for a purpose; whether it is because you need that stuff or it's too much of a pain in the arse to carry.

Men carrying bags for a major purpose, means this is just a fucking BAG, not a MANBAG. A manbag was actually derived from the use of a bag in a similar manner to a purse was for females and was considered a high fashion concept with little practical need at the time, although this has of course eveolved.

Wow. In this day and age men carry bags. This seems to be all we've established. Nothing manbag about that.

THESE are manbags....





And sorry, they do look kind of feminine, and might emasculate some.

 

[TdC]

no those are man-purses.


this is a man-bag:

 

[Overdriven]

The one Hunt posted is most probably something close to what I'll actually be getting in a little while. My rucksack I cut one of the holds off so it went across one shoulder (having it linked on both arms made me feel odd) so I know why they're better across one shoulder.

*Wonders if he'll need one*

 

[megadave]

They're completely practical, especially for me, fit my uni folders and paper pads in perfectly, they look nice and are comfortable rather than lugging a rucksack around on your back. Also I'm in London regularly, and I feel a lot more comfortable walking around busy cities, and using tubes when I can just move it so its either to my side or my front so I can see it and feel it, less likely to get pick pocketed etc. Also more convenient than slinging a bag off your back when you can just slide it in front of you, lift the flap and get out whatever you need.

I've worn one once and this is how i felt, if i had more money i'd buy one straight away

As for manpurses, that's just wrong

 

[kiliarien]

no those are man-purses.


this is a man-bag:

Actually check about and you'll find the man bag term was a generalised term for the murse first.

This is my argument - your picture as many others, are just frigging bags. Stop it with the hip name 'man bag' - it serves the purpose to carrying shit from one place to another and is the same size as other bags - therefore is just a bag.

 

[Mikah75]

I've actually never seen a bloke with one of those abominations, they are more like purses so i guess they're murses man-bag ever since ive heard of them are the strap ones anyway and im sticking to that. The first one looks more like a washbag that I put my toiletries etc in when going somewhere...

Also, bum bags/fanny packs are coming back in supposidly designers keep plonking them on the cat walk and we muct revolt to keep them off our streets! leave them in the 90's forever