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RogueBanana@piefed.zip 19 hours agoIt became a habit for me whenever I am leaving home. Phone and hand kerchief in right pocket, wallet and keys in left pocket. If any item is missing I feel an absolute dread that can’t be ignored. Sometimes dap and iem in right and left pocket when it’s one of those trips.
Spectacles, testicles (optional), wallet and watch. I know this is supposed to be how to cross yourself, but ever since my mother taught it to me I’ve used it as a way to make sure I was carrying everything I was likely to need.
Sometimes I’ll quote it to my wife and she’ll say “oh wait, I forgot my testicles!”
You put your handkerchief in the same pocket as your phone?
First of all, how big are your pockets?
Second of all, doesn’t your phone collect oils from your hand? Do you really want that transferring to your handkerchief in your pocket?
Kerchiefs barely take any space, not sure what size you are thinking of. You change it everyday, just like clothing that picks up the oil.
I guess I was imagining something the size of a cloth dinner napkin, or one of those things bandits cover their faces with. Didn’t realize kerchiefs were smaller.
But my phone seems to attract oil and cling to it. I wipe it down with alcohol every few days but it doesn’t take long to rebuild. Even while keeping my hands clean. I wouldn’t want it in the same pocket as anything I wipe my face with
You usually open up the folded kerchief to wipe your face. Shouldn’t matter if the outside is oily.
What’s flagging? Is that some hip lingo I’m too old to understand?
phar@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I feel like a handkerchief indicates way older than millenial
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 18 hours ago
Nah, late twenties. Parents taught me from childhood so that stuck around.
phar@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I have always found the idea of a hanky really gross. Do you actually blow your nose in it and then put it back in your pocket?
fartographer@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I use it to wipe other people’s noses, and then clone them into one mega-human when I get home.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 14 hours ago
Yes, I fold it in a couple times so it stays on the inside
can@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I do that with regular tissue