Bag Ladies 2
Gina Barreca marvels at the phenomenon of the purse.
Men? Men carry a credit card and a twenty. If they need it, they buy it. Or they ask us for it.
After all, we’ll have it in our bag.
We carry extra eyeglasses, lip balm, Q-tips, Band-Aids, a half-empty water bottle, four pens (two of which work), 16 crumpled receipts, a tiny notebook, gum, mints, hand sanitizer, perfume sample (empty), tampon, aspirin, non-aspirin pain relievers, Tums, Imodium, matches (we don’t smoke, it’s for friends), a “fun size” Snickers, nail glue, an emery board, a compact 5X mirror (ironic, right?), tweezers, cell phone, Bluetooth, floss, AAA battery (which helps with nothing, ever), and three cute, striped paper clips too adorable to discard.
I’m guessing she’s never looked in a man’s briefcase (or, in the case of hipsters, backpack). I used to have a sewing kit, bandaids, and miscellaneous other sundries in mine, in addition to my lunch.
What wasn’t in there? Briefs.
November 6, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Actually, I have in my purse the following: car keys, house keys, Motrin 800 & Advil. Allergy pills. Excedrin Migraine. Blue Knights challenge coin. Several crumpled (read old) receipts. Sunglasses. Wallet with few bills & probably $25.00 in change. Fun size Candy Corn.
I need to get rid of the change, it’s heavy.
Some men don’t carry a backpack or briefcase because whatever they want to ‘carry’ they give it to theirs wives to put into their purses.
November 6, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Or else it’s on the dashboard of the pick-up truck along with all those used 7-11 coffee cups . . . .