Am I the Only Male Freeper Who Wears a Fanny Pack? (Why the anti-Fanny Pack Hostility?)

Self | July 16, 2006 | PJ-Comix

[PJ-Comix]

The other day I started a thread asking what everybody's Linus-blanket type obsession is. Mine is that I feel completely insecure outside unless I am wearing my fanny pack. Okay a few folks admitted what their neurotic security blankets were BUT I caught a lot of flak for even wearing a fanny pack. Even on my DUmmie FUnnies thread I was the target of mockery for wearing a fanny pack.

The fact is that fanny packs are INCREDIBLY practical. It is the PERFECT place to stow away your money, sunglasses, cell phones, pens, dental floss, knives, radios, etc. when you are away from home. MUCH BETTER than pockets since your pockets will bulge with all that stuff in them plus you merely need to grab your fanny pack when you go out the door and everything you need is already packed away in there.

So why the HOSTILITY to fanny packs? My theory is that one big reason for the anti-Fanny Pack bias is the name. It sounds, well, vaguely metrosexual. Perhaps there should be a better name adopted like Stow Pack. The other reason for the prejudice against Fanny Packs is that they have somehow become associated with tourists.

However, the bottom line is that mere pockets DON'T hold a candle to fanny packs (or Stow Packs) in terms of practicality. My challenge to any male Freeper is to wear (and use) a Fanny Pack for two weeks. I guarantee you will be addicted to Fanny Packs at the end of that time. And if it makes you feel any better, just call them "Stow Packs."

[AlaskaErik]

In many locations a fanny pack screams CCW holder packing a Glock. Even if that were not the case, I would never wear one. I have pockets and holsters for what I need to carry.

[Myrddin]

I was checking out of a hotel one morning as a morbidly obese male appeared in the dining area across from the front desk. He was wearing a prissy looking dress in cornflower blue. A little boy asked him why he was wearing a dress. He claimed it wasn't a dress. It was some kind of Scottish outfit. Sure. A bearded fat man in drag. A real Scot would have been stuffing a caber where the sun don't shine.

[Beagle8U]

I guess you could try to pass it off as a "possibles bag", nobody ever called Davy Crockett gay. ( good luck with that)

I wear a possibles bag when I'm muzzle loader hunting and they are very convenient, but at any other time it would be a purse.

Either get a 50 cal Hawkins to carry with it, or, dump the fag-bag...lol

[PJ-Comix]

Either get a 50 cal Hawkins to carry with it, or, dump the fag-bag...lol

From now on I'm calling it a Handy Pack.

[Beagle8U]

I was joking, I wouldn't worry about what anyone thinks about it.

I myself, won't even wear shorts.

My dad always said "A full grown man that would wear short pants, would suck raw eggs and bay at the moon".

[PJ-Comix]

I myself, won't even wear shorts.

My uniform consists of shorts, T-Shirt, sneakers, oh, and a Handy Pack. Rarely wear anything else.

[Beagle8U]

I seldom wear anything but jeans and cowboy boots unless I'm hunting or fishing.

[absolootezer0]

one of my friends carries a 2 pouch bag when 'chuck hunting. one pocket for hits, one for misses.

[sean327]

"Also the Scottish guys wear something resembling a fanny pack."

The Scottish guys also wear something resembling a skirt!

[smug]

Yep I wear one to conceal my Glock 22. It's either that or in a back pack. And I don't give a d@mn about what people say. They can kiss my.....