What happened to handkerchiefs

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Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

What happened to handkerchief weren't they a good idea? It's a little cloth for blowing snot on. You can clean them. A lot of old men still have one in their pocket but it seems to be a goodbye practice

I like the idea and I think but should be culturally retained

The polyester ones are a nightmare, but the linen ones are hard to find

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20 Blunts: Jan 21, 2017

gang warfare

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:13

JIZZ DENOUEMENT: Oct 3, 2012; STRIKE!

what is the thing that freddy wears from scooby doo

bring that back (was it ever here???)

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:14

Gaunab: Feb 13, 2012; LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL

They carry disease

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:15

Kazak: Jan 10, 2012

I got some handkerchiefs from my grandmas possessions when she died so I carry those around whenever I remember to, only use them for sweat though I'll never put snot in my pocket.

See also: bandanas when I'm out being active and pocket squares when I'm suited and booted

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:16

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

A good hanker chief is hard to find as a good can opener

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:17

Skypie: Sep 28, 2008

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

what is the thing that freddy wears from scooby doo

bring that back (was it ever here???)

It's an ascot but idk if it was ever a popular thing as Scooby Doo fashion was already outdated when I was a kid

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:18

its all nice on rice: Nov 12, 2006; Sweet, Salty Goodness.; Buglord

Yeah op let me offer you this snot covered rag to dry your sweaty forehead with. Sounds great.

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:21

gleebster: Dec 16, 2006; Only a howler; Pillbug

I always carry two: of for sneezing and one for not.

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:22

Tane: Feb 27, 2005

microfiber handkerchiefs marketed to millenials

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:22

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

just blow your nose in a paper towel and throw it out. jeez you want to carry snot around in your pocket? gross

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:28

Zybourne Clock: Oct 25, 2011; Poke me.

Because if you choose the wrong color handkerchief people might piss and/or poo poo on you.

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:40

Schweinhund: Oct 23, 2004

video game tshirts don't have pockets

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:44

nullEntityRNG: Jun 23, 2010; Mostly pseudo-random.

Twisted by big tissue industry. Dont buy something practical, always consume. Consume.

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Pitdragon: Jan 20, 2004; Just another lurker

Keeping a reusable snot rag in your pocket isn't a trend I'm sad to see go sorry OP. Maybe you can dress up in one of those ridiculous old-timey suits with one and bring them back OP

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:50

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

Wearing suit jackets and blazers has become more rare, and those were the main use-cases for handkerchiefs in terms of haberdashery.

Also, what happened your English? You used to sentences when post.

# ? Sep 28, 2019 23:55

ClamdestineBoyster: Aug 15, 2015; Can't post for 10 years!

Idk my life is an endless fountain of cum and boogers so it�s weird I haven�t even looked into a pocket square. I think those aristocrats use them to mop their chops usually but you can also use them for cum and boogers. :shrug:

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:06

green chicken feet: Nov 5, 2015; spray-paint the vegetables
dog food stalls
with the beefcake pantyhose; Grimey Drawer

After washing pants with Kleenex in their pockets one too many times, I'm starting to see the wisdom of handkerchiefs.

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:12

Lacey: Jul 10, 2001; _{Guess where this lollipop's going?}

What about those times when you get sick and go through like two boxes of kleenex in a weekend? Are you going to keep sixty handkerchiefs around jic?

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:14

Lacey: Jul 10, 2001; _{Guess where this lollipop's going?}

Just thought about this some more and I realized a soft cotton handkerchief would probably feel a lot better on my moustache area than scratchy paper tissues...

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:19

Nice Guy Patron: Jun 29, 2015

Are you talking about like bandanas that you'd take to work, or nice handerkerchief some would wear with a suit?

E: to clarify, people still carry nice cloth bandanas in my field of work, but I've always felt a handkerchief was equivalent to a pair of cufflinks. Not an everyday thing.

Nice Guy Patron fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Sep 29, 2019

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:22

Nefarious 2.0: Apr 22, 2008; Offense is overrated anyway.

i don't use paper towels and people are loving flummoxed when they ask for one and I hand them a cloth napkin or a hand towel. anyway americans are trash is why op

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Noblesse Obliged: Apr 7, 2012

Somewhere there is the greatest magician in the world. Weeping as his forearm bleeds as he pulls more and more of them from his sleeve into the growing pile

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:24

Pitdragon: Jan 20, 2004; Just another lurker

green chicken feet posted:

After washing pants with Kleenex in their pockets one too many times, I'm starting to see the wisdom of handkerchiefs.

Why are you stuffing tissue paper into your pockets? You throw it away when you are done using it

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:24

green chicken feet: Nov 5, 2015; spray-paint the vegetables
dog food stalls
with the beefcake pantyhose; Grimey Drawer

Pitdragon posted:

Why are you stuffing tissue paper into your pockets? You throw it away when you are done using it

I like to keep a clean one in my pocket in case I need to blow my nose when out and about. Allergies.

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:26

Moon Atari: Dec 26, 2010

Personally my nasal load size is large enough that a single blow is going to put that hanky out of commission for the day, making carrying it around pointless. Also they tend to degrade fairly quickly and end up losing whatever old timey classiness they might have had after only a couple of washes, by which point they look like rags. Plenty of old men in the nursing home I worked at had them, and there is a certain genre of Mr Bean like intellectually disabled folk who always dress in dated business or formal wear that still use them.

I'd pin the decline on a combination of the greater awareness of germ theory and sanitation and that most men are dressed in such a way that their only pockets are fairly tight pants pockets rather than one loose enough to not be smearing snot into your pants or hand in the process of stashing them.

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:34

Kuato: Feb 25, 2005; "I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"; Buglord

I use a hanky as a combination cum towel and snot rag FYI

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:41

ClamdestineBoyster: Aug 15, 2015; Can't post for 10 years!

I sculpt my cum and booger encrusted hanky into a beautiful swan at the end of each day, and then I let it harden overnight, take to the beach in the morning, and let it go out with the tide, hoping someone, somewhere, will appreciate it. Then it�s off to the handkerchief store for another days supply. Surely my cum swans make it somewhere, they must, or else what is this all for? :unsmith:

# ? Sep 29, 2019 00:49

Moon Atari: Dec 26, 2010

They say that if you release a thousand cumbooger swans into the ocean your wish will be granted by the gods. Unfortunately this superstition has contributed significantly to the Great Pacific Cumbooger Patch.

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