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I propose that today nsG will answer the greatest question of all, a question that has plagued man since the dawn of time causing countless suffering:

Women. What do you have in that handbag of yours!?!?!

seriously why am I not allowed to have a peek? is this something to do with the girls bathroom?

sorry.

its a secret. i cant betray the sisterhood.

sorry.

its a secret. i cant betray the sisterhood.

I thought that was just with Pants, :p

I've always wondered about that. I mean, seriously, what in God's Green Earth is in those bags? They bulge like they're carrying the dead body of perverted gnome that tried to take a peek in the ladies bathroom.

I thought that was just with Pants, :p
now i dont much go for tweenie novels but i can assure you that there are no pants in there.

its a secret. i cant betray the sisterhood.

then you will never know the deep dark secret of why boys always miss the toilet :cool:

I've always wondered about that. I mean, seriously, what in God's Green Earth is in those bags? They bulge like they're carrying the dead body of perverted gnome that tried to take a peek in the ladies bathroom.

well I did ask to have a peak but what I got was "no because you never know what might be in there" :eek:

my sister generally has the following: cell phone, tampons, makeup, pen and paper, ipod, and (now I find this very, very strange) usually a smaller purse with her money in it.

my sister generally has the following: cell phone, tampons, makeup, pen and paper, ipod,

I think you mean C4 and detonator

her money in it.

don't be silly women never have their own money thats why they spend all ours

my sister generally has the following: cell phone, tampons, makeup, pen and paper, ipod, and (now I find this very, very strange) usually a smaller purse with her money in it.
Funnier if that purse had a smaller purse inside of that.

I always have my wallet, cell phone, keys, hand lotion, tampons, chapstick/lip gloss, a teensy-tiny hair brush, pen(s), sunglasses and a mirror in my purse. Sometimes I'll have tissues. If the purse is big enough, usually a novel and a notebook, too.

I think you mean C4 and detonator



don't be silly women never have their own money thats why they spend all ours

Oh, they do...they just hide it in dozens of purses, and then get really angry if you go into theirs.

don't be silly women never have their own money thats why they spend all ours

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i always assume anyone with a duffel-purse (you know the ones, huge beyond all reason) has all of the supplies needed to make a hasty getaway to either foreign countries or the wilderness, should the need arise. they always deny it when you ask, but that is only to be expected.

I propose that today nsG will answer the greatest question of all, a question that has plagued man since the dawn of time causing countless suffering:

Women. What do you have in that handbag of yours!?!?!

seriously why am I not allowed to have a peek? is this something to do with the girls bathroom?

I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Meine Kavalieren...

I've ventured into the purse, and what I discovered was so horrific, so terrifying, and so much the dark truth that underpins the entirety of human existence that I risk every minute of my life knowing what lies therein. I HAVE SEEN.

Women. What do you have in that handbag of yours!?!?!
A (dead?) cat, some poison and a radioactive isotope.

A (dead?) cat, some poison and a radioactive isotope.
Polonium?

I have no idea what's in any of my handbags. All kinds of junk. I can never find whatever it is I need at any given moment, anyway.

Shergar and Jimmy Hoffa

Polonium?
Fabreeze.



Shergar and Jimmy Hoffa
Distributed evenly between all handbags?

In mine I have: a wallet. Three sets of keys: school, home, and car. Six stubs of chalk. Hand sanitizer. Sunglasses. A sanitary napkin. Breath mints. A packet of tissues. Lactaid tablets. Loose change. A pencil. A purple pen. A Metrocard, a cell phone, an inkpad and a rubber stamp.

I am a man, but through stealth and dangerous missions behind enemy lines, I have learned the truth.

Condoms and bricks. Sometimes, if shes going to a real party, there will be coke in there too.

then you will never know the deep dark secret of why boys always miss the toilet :cool:Or why we flush before we're done pissing.

I propose that today nsG will answer the greatest question of all, a question that has plagued man since the dawn of time causing countless suffering:

Women. What do you have in that handbag of yours!?!?!

seriously why am I not allowed to have a peek? is this something to do with the girls bathroom?

I have no idea what the hell is in there but in the 8th grade the girl behind me hit me on the back of the head with one. :eek: Fortunately I was not seriously injured with that lethal weapon.

I have no idea what the hell is in there but in the 8th grade the girl behind me hit me on the back of the head with one. :eek: Fortunately I was not seriously injured with that lethal weapon.

Are you sure? :p

Each handbag is effectively a bag of holding in disguise. They're vastly larger on the inside than they are on the outside. Some have been known to contain primitive civilisations.

Each handbag is effectively a bag of holding in disguise. They're vastly larger on the inside than they are on the outside. Some have been known to contain primitive civilisations.

I remember once glancing into my mother's when she asked me to get her phone once, quite a while ago. She had a whole cold fusion power plant in there that took up about 20% of the space.

I remember once glancing into my mother's when she asked me to get her phone once, quite a while ago. She had a whole cold fusion power plant in there that took up about 20% of the space.

Well something has to power the time travel device.

well I did ask to have a peak but what I got was "no because you never know what might be in there" :eek:
She didn't even know? Eerie . . .

My mom always used to say, "A big knife and the hand of the last person who tried to have a look inside," and we'd all laugh. Then, one day, she was having a hard time opening the plastic packaging on a pair of headphones she'd just bought. So she opens up her purse and pulls out this huge fucking knife (it had a leather sheath and everything) to cut the plastic.
Everyone else in the car just kind of stared, and we never raised the question of what was in her purse again.

The answer is obvious...A GIANT HAMMER

All the implements of WAR! Watch out me fellow men. Soon the womenfolk will strike! They've already infiltrated our culture!

Why ask when you can use the awesome power of the X-ray.

X-raying is also less hazardous to your relationship's health.

Why ask when you can use the awesome power of the X-ray.

X-raying is also less hazardous to your relationship's health.

ahh but then carbon fiber weapons wont show up . . . .

ahh but then carbon fiber weapons wont show up . . . .

The bullets inside them will

I almost never carry an actual purse per se, because it's easier just to use the front pockets of my backpack as a purse, and then the rear pockets can hold books, papers, my laptop, etc.

The front pockets of my backpack generally contain some combination of the following: makeup, writing utensils, tampons/pads, a mini hairbrush, chewing gum, money, hand lotion, and assorted crap I really ought to clean out. :tongue:

you wanna know what's in their handbags?...the antidote...

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN

That's right, Women are secretly poisoning us menfolk so that we do their bidding!

The answer is obvious...A GIANT HAMMER

thought that was kept in nullspace.

I almost never carry an actual purse per se, because it's easier just to use the front pockets of my backpack as a purse, and then the rear pockets can hold books, papers, my laptop, etc.

The front pockets of my backpack generally contain some combination of the following: makeup, writing utensils, tampons/pads, a mini hairbrush, chewing gum, money, hand lotion, and assorted crap I really ought to clean out. :tongue:

I am really bad with pockets.. while doing laundry I pulled out of my pants pockets recieptes from every purchase I have made in the past week, and then from my coat I pulled out 2 pairs of sunglasses, someone's keys (I havn't found out who's but I'm sure they want them back), my pay stub, an old wallet I don't use any more, I lion's head totem, and 3 decks of playing cards. As well as several months worth of recieps from last year and a cell phone charging cord.

In my purse, there is currently: a cosmetics bag full of makeup I rarely wear, my wallet, cellphone, house/car keys, classroom keys on a Brighton badge-chain-thing, a granola bar, assorted hair bands/clips, a memory stick, a notebook, two pens, an iPod, an inhaler, a pack of tissue, all the cards that couldn't fit in my wallet, hand lotion, my glasses case with glasses inside, a digital camera, checkbook, assorted papers I folded up and threw in and forgot about, tampons, and... apparently an article from ESPN magazine from February 2007.

OMG - it's full of stars !

OMG - it's full of stars !
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You know all that dark matter that astronomers can't find....

I found out what those keys were... they were keys for the station vehicles here at work (I don't know how they got into my pocket though) and happily fo rme the lock over the thermostat, its now a comfortable 70 degrees in WGYY radio!

I've always wondered about that. I mean, seriously, what in God's Green Earth is in those bags? They bulge like they're carrying the dead body of perverted gnome that tried to take a peek in the ladies bathroom.

So you've seen inside of one then?

In mine I have: a wallet. Three sets of keys: school, home, and car. Six stubs of chalk. Hand sanitizer. Sunglasses. A sanitary napkin. Breath mints. A packet of tissues. Lactaid tablets. Loose change. A pencil. A purple pen. A Metrocard, a cell phone, an inkpad and a rubber stamp.

You seemed prepared.

One never knows when you will need a purple pen :p


My mom always used to say, "A big knife and the hand of the last person who tried to have a look inside," and we'd all laugh. Then, one day, she was having a hard time opening the plastic packaging on a pair of headphones she'd just bought. So she opens up her purse and pulls out this huge fucking knife (it had a leather sheath and everything) to cut the plastic.
Everyone else in the car just kind of stared, and we never raised the question of what was in her purse again.

This made me LOL.

Please, we we wanted the thread to stop as soon as the first person mentioned tampons!!!!

There are some things, men should just not pry into. Anything involving menstruation products is one of these.

Please, we we wanted the thread to stop as soon as the first person mentioned tampons!!!!

There are some things, men should just not pry into. Anything involving menstruation products is one of these.

Don't read the dating thread then, we get worse than that in there. *nod*

my wallet
a first aide kit
a sewing kit
feminine supplies
face tissue
lip gloss
Burt's Bees stick
mascara
cell phone
Nintendo DS
notebook
4 pens
3 pencils
mirror
laptop
napkins
static guard
hair spray
hair brush
ponys
clips
barrettes
safety pins
tape
Rubicks cubes (a 3x3 and a professor's cube)
2 foam balls
a trick deck
a normal deck
nail clippers
nail file
eye lash brush
nail polish
hand lotion
gum
mints
2 Reese cups
loose change (separate from the change in my wallet)
random assortment of things confenscated from my kids
coupon envelope
money envelopes
small notebook
library card catalog cards
4 business cards and holder sets
gloves
stocking hat
balloons
small pump
lighter
tea light candle
bag of candied pecans
movie ticket stubs
Sweet and Low
Nikon D-40
and
2 books.

*snip*

:eek:

How big is this bag?

*snip*

Wow, either you live by the Boy Scout motto "Always be Prepared" or you just have a habit of grabbing things and shoving them in your purse (like I do my pockets).

my sister generally has the following: cell phone, tampons, makeup, pen and paper, ipod, and (now I find this very, very strange) usually a smaller purse with her money in it.You seem to have missed the tiny woman whose change purse that was.

Distributed evenly between all handbags?

science has no value when it comes to fashion

Wow, either you live by the Boy Scout motto "Always be Prepared" or you just have a habit of grabbing things and shoving them in your purse (like I do my pockets).

either that or shes a shoplifter :p

either that or shes a shoplifter :p

*Imagines Smunkee the Kleptomaniac*

Please, we we wanted the thread to stop as soon as the first person mentioned tampons!!!!

There are some things, men should just not pry into. Anything involving menstruation products is one of these.
thats why your mom wont let you look into her purse.

y'all need to leave well enough alone before you find out the rest of the truth.

MY question is how do you guys live without a purse?

where do you put all your stuff that you need every day? pens, keys, cards/money, change, cigs, tissues, lip balm, cell phones, ipods, etc?

MY question is how do you guys live without a purse?

where do you put all your stuff that you need every day? pens, keys, cards/money, change, cigs, tissues, lip balm, cell phones, ipods, etc?

My pockets. I ALWAYS wear jeans, things go straight to my pocket. When they are not in my pocket I have assinged positions for all of them in my house.

where do you put all your stuff that you need every day? pens, keys, cards/money, change, cigs, tissues, lip balm, cell phones, ipods, etc?We don't need pens, tissues, or lip balm everyday. I think cell phones and ipods have their own holders - I'm not sure though.

MY question is how do you guys live without a purse?

where do you put all your stuff that you need every day? pens, keys, cards/money, change, cigs, tissues, lip balm, cell phones, ipods, etc?

Pretty much what SaintB said, I am always wearing pants that have pockets (no matter how hidden) so I chuck it in there. But apart from your phone, wallet and keys (maybe your iPod) what else do you really need.

We don't need pens, tissues, or lip balm everyday.

*Raises his hand* I carry my wallet, keys, sometimes chapstick, always carry hand sanitizer, and I often have my cell phone, tissues if I have a cold, some headache pain reliver (which is in my wallet), a pen, an adress book, business cards when applicable, a list of emergency phone numbers, my flash drive, a pair of polarized sunglasses, and whatever else I happen to pick up along the way :p.

Right now its winter so they reside in my coat pockets (of which I have about 20). One of the fems here from NS has suggested a couple other things I should always carry too.

*Raises his hand* I carry my wallet, keys, sometimes chapstick, always carry hand sanitizer, and I often have my cell phone, tissues if I have a cold, some headache pain reliver (which is in my wallet), a pen, an adress book, business cards when applicable, a list of emergency phone numbers, my flash drive, a pair of polarized sunglasses, and whatever else I happen to pick up along the way :p.

Right now its winter so they reside in my coat pockets (of which I have about 20). One of the fems here from NS has suggested a couple other things I should always carry too.Wow, you carry a lot.
Why do you have a list of emergency phone numbers if you have a cellphone? Can't you just put them into the phone?

My pockets. I ALWAYS wear jeans, things go straight to my pocket. When they are not in my pocket I have assinged positions for all of them in my house.

We don't need pens, tissues, or lip balm everyday. I think cell phones and ipods have their own holders - I'm not sure though.

Pretty much what SaintB said, I am always wearing pants that have pockets (no matter how hidden) so I chuck it in there. But apart from your phone, wallet and keys (maybe your iPod) what else do you really need.

*Raises his hand* I carry my wallet, keys, sometimes chapstick, always carry hand sanitizer, and I often have my cell phone, tissues if I have a cold, some headache pain reliver (which is in my wallet), a pen; business cards when applicable, a list of emergency phone numbers, my flash drive, a pair of polarized sunglasses, and whatever else I happen to pick up along the way :p.

Right now its winter so they reside in my coat pockets (of which I have about 20)


yeah theres the problem eh? you have to change it all out every day (or every time you change your clothes) you are prone to leaving stuff in your pockets that end up getting washed with your clothes. you have NO good place for a pen, a back up pen and a pencil (just in case).

sad really.

MY question is how do you guys live without a purse?

where do you put all your stuff that you need every day? pens, keys, cards/money, change, cigs, tissues, lip balm, cell phones, ipods, etc?

Pockets. Either my jacket's pockets or my pants pockets.

A (dead?) cat, some poison and a radioactive isotope.

I know someone who owns a mummified cat, and carries it around with him in a small suitcase. He came to my house with it once, needless to say he's not welcome back.

yeah theres the problem eh? you have to change it all out every day (or every time you change your clothes) you are prone to leaving stuff in your pockets that end up getting washed with your clothes. you have NO good place for a pen, a back up pen and a pencil (just in case).

sad really.

What do you need a pen for?

Anything that can be writtern can be typed into a phone.

yeah theres the problem eh? you have to change it all out every day (or every time you change your clothes) you are prone to leaving stuff in your pockets that end up getting washed with your clothes. you have NO good place for a pen, a back up pen and a pencil (just in case).

sad really.Eh. All I need are my keys and wallet, and a box cutter or two if I'm going to work.
I suppose someone who carries more might benefit from a purse though.

Please, we we wanted the thread to stop as soon as the first person mentioned tampons!!!!

There are some things, men should just not pry into. Anything involving menstruation products is one of these.
When your mom and sister asks you to buy menstruation products for them, it's not that weird.

where do you put all your stuff that you need every day? pens, keys, cards/money, change, cigs, tissues, lip balm, cell phones, ipods, etc?
Pockets. Wallet, phone, mp3 player, hanky. I don't usually carry a pen, unless I'm going to school, then I put some pens in my uniform pocket. Sometimes if I'm on duty and too lazy to bring a bag I just sling my stethoscope around my neck and bring the thermometer and penlight in the pocket where the pens are.

I've always wanted a purse; I have trouble without one. It's easier in winter, when I have coat pockets, but it's annoying even then because it makes wearing my coat a necessity, and if I want to carry, say, a water bottle I usually have to carry it in my hands.

Wow, you carry a lot.
Why do you have a list of emergency phone numbers if you have a cellphone? Can't you just put them into the phone?

What if something happens to the phone? Same reason I have an address book, both written and on my computer :).

yeah theres the problem eh? you have to change it all out every day (or every time you change your clothes) you are prone to leaving stuff in your pockets that end up getting washed with your clothes. you have NO good place for a pen, a back up pen and a pencil (just in case).

sad really.

I'm really good with checking my pockets. I have learned :).

I'm really good with checking my pockets. I have learned :).
yes

same as the poor learn to sleep well on a straw mattress never dreaming of how great a sealy posturepedic is.

yes

same as the poor learn to sleep well on a straw mattress never dreaming of how great a sealy posturepedic is.

Ouch :(

Please, we we wanted the thread to stop as soon as the first person mentioned tampons!!!!

There are some things, men should just not pry into. Anything involving menstruation products is one of these.

Oh, puh-lease. They're little lumps of cotton on string, not nuclear warheads. They are not scary, for heaven's sake.

i always assume anyone with a duffel-purse (you know the ones, huge beyond all reason) has all of the supplies needed to make a hasty getaway to either foreign countries or the wilderness, should the need arise. they always deny it when you ask, but that is only to be expected.
:tongue:

Mine has only the bare necessities:

- chapstick
- tissues
- wallet
- chewing gum
- passport
- car papers
- pen
- tampons
- cell phone
- sometimes a tiny Swiss army knife

:tongue:

Mine has only the bare necessities:

- chapstick
- tissues
- wallet
- chewing gum
- passport
- car papers
- pen
- tampons
- cell phone
- sometimes a tiny Swiss army knife


you forgot my boxers are still in there from a year ago. :D

you forgot my boxers are still in there from a year ago. :D

Ah, no, sorry, I burned that purse.

Ah, no, sorry, I burned that purse.

:eek:

...my lucky boxers! (at least that is what i called them after that night)

Oh, puh-lease. They're little lumps of cotton on string, not nuclear warheads. They are not scary, for heaven's sake.
Hear, hear.

Once, when buying a box of tampons for my girlfriend at the time, the shop assistant (an older lady) gave me this beaming smile and commented that I was, "so brave".

Strange.

:eek:

How big is this bag?
http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/in/init4u/.mids/DSCN9849.JPG
It's actually smaller than what I usually carry, which is actually a diaper bag.

Measures: 12.5" tall x 12" across x 4.5" base

Wow, either you live by the Boy Scout motto "Always be Prepared" or you just have a habit of grabbing things and shoving them in your purse (like I do my pockets).
Part of my OCD is having "everything I'll ever need" and another part is not throwing anything away ever. So if something makes it into my purse it rarely makes it out, some of that stuff I needed one day but don't need daily but I can't bear to take it back out because I might need it randomly.

You should see the list of things on my desk.

In my current handbag (which is actually a "tote") since I recently switched bags:

-One cosmetics bag: mascara, lipgloss, chapstick, foundation powder, lotion, hand sanitizer, powder brush, Revive moisturizer, hair ties
-One iPod Touch w/ headphones
-One key purse: University ID, credit cards (3), debit cards (3), drivers license, assorted cash, Starbucks card, NM card
-Two pens (red and blue)
-One small notepad
-One passport
-One Nintendo DS
-One mobile phone
-One pager (work)
-One key ring: apartment, office, car (2), parents house, cousins house
-Assorted ID's: Work (3 + 1 lab), University lab (1), Gym (1)

I also carry a laptop bag (to and from class/work) which contains assorted electronic gadgets (iPod Nano, PDA, jump drives, etc..) and my laptop.

Purses are a big hassle to me because I like to change them to match my clothes, but I am absent-minded, so the risk of forgetting something I will need during the day -- like my keys -- is very high. So I tend to have multiples of my standard purse/pocket litter sets of which reside permanently in every purse I own, and multiples of the most important things stashed around trusted people's houses (like my keys).

The list of necessaries includes:
keys
cash
ATM card (which I recently misplaced among moves from purse to purse, but it's about to renew anyway, so feh)
ID
transit system card
date book and pen
more pens
paper clips
business cards
cell phone (which is currently both dead and misplaced)
hair ties
lip balm
gum or mints
tampons and a pad (yeah, guys, tremble)

Optional items include:
a make-up kit
a knitting project
a book, magazine or newspaper
a spare, fold-up totebag in case I go shopping
a folding umbrella

Things that somehow end up accumulating in huge volume in every bag include:
random receipts
articles printed off the internet
loose pages of project notes
pennies
other people's business cards

Oh, puh-lease. They're little lumps of cotton on string, not nuclear warheads. They are not scary, for heaven's sake.

Ssssh. This is fun:p

Hear, hear.

Once, when buying a box of tampons for my girlfriend at the time, the shop assistant (an older lady) gave me this beaming smile and commented that I was, "so brave".

Strange.

For some reason, a lot of guys are just terrified of those things.

I never understood why. Its fun to joke about, but actually being afraid?

I have no problem buying tampons. Provided she tells me exactly what Im supposed to get.