Man bags - YES or NO??!!

[clapham_gull]

I think that shows a bit of style. And a bit of humour as well. It all adds to the sum of human happiness.

The world would be a poorer place if we all dressed the same.

Anyone who spends their time by going on ebay for back issues of "Look In" for style tips deserves a punch.

There is absolutely nothing original at all about dressing ironically in the hub of London's media scene.

That's the real irony.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Quite right. What do you carry in the small white manbag on the right, the one with a spout?

Oh dear, I'm showing a bit more than I thought. It's an indoor plant waterer.....chicks always like a man who has a plant beyond a yukka.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Anyone who spends their time by going on ebay for back issues of "Look In" for style tips deserves a punch.

There is absolutely nothing original at all about dressing ironically in the hub of London's media scene.

That's the real irony.

Fair enough. Still it does sound like the sort of thing to make you smile if you see it.

I'd say it is better than the 90% of the male population in t-shirt, jeans, and trainers.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Oh dear, I'm showing a bit more than I thought. It's an indoor plant waterer.....chicks always like a man who has a plant beyond a yukka.

Out of interest - do chicks like blokes that refer to them as chicks ?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Fair enough. Still it does sound like the sort of thing to make you smile if you see it.

I'd say it is better than the 90% of the male population in t-shirt, jeans, and trainers.

And the Raleigh Chopper was a nice touch wasn't it ?

 

[8ace]

*Ahem!* I refer the honourable gentleman to my post three above his!

Anyway, I'm glad we agree. Talking of old school equipment my son's got an old Thomas the Tank Engine lunch box. I'm wondering if I can convince one of these metropoofs that it's now a stylish 'must have' accessory. They'll be wetting their knickers.

Does it have the matching thermos flask?
I never had one of these at school - I had to slum it with an old ice cream box.
These days a tescos carrier bag does the job of transporting my sandwiches to work.

 

[Easy 10]

Was it an ORIGINAL Chopper with the gear lever on the frame ?
Or was it one of the new retro ones that has the gears on the handlebars (in this more "health-n-safety-concious" world of ours these days) ?

If it was the latter, I'd have been tempted to ram my umbrella in his front wheel. If I was carrying it that day.

 

[The Spanish]

And the Raleigh Chopper was a nice touch wasn't it ?

f*** me have you just discovered that there was a bit of a craze by vacuous Soho/Shoreditch idiots and other utter mongs for buying up Raleigh Choppers a few years ago?

 

[NMH]

Out of interest - do chicks like blokes that refer to them as chicks ?

I can answer that;
If he's minted - they don't really care.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Oh dear, I'm showing a bit more than I thought. It's an indoor plant waterer.....chicks always like a man who has a plant beyond a yukka.

I'll be more careful in the future. I dont want to turn this site into a NSC Cribs kind of thing. Although that could be interesting.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

f*** me have you just discovered that there was a bit of a craze by vacuous Soho/Shoreditch idiots and other utter mongs for buying up Raleigh Choppers a few years ago?

Kind offer - but no thanks.

No - I have not just discovered it - I have just heard one being used. I have not seen one in use - let alone by an adult for years. Good on him. Makes a lot of people smile I should think.

 

[The Spanish]

Makes a lot of people smile I should think.

There is nothing more heartwarming than a shallow fashion victim spending £500 on an old kids bike to impress other airheads, indeed.

My faith in humanity is restored.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Exactly.

Now if it was a Grifter then thats different lol

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

There is nothing more heartwarming than a shallow fashion victim spending £500 on an old kids bike to impress other airheads, indeed.

My faith in humanity is restored.

Yes - but if he wants to - what is it to you ? It is his money.

 

[The Spanish]

Yes - but if he wants to - what is it to you ? It is his money.

This argument is fizzling out disappointingly.

 

[alan partridge]

Quite possibly the worst thing I've seen in my life in Soho was a twenty something with a dunlop man bag, retro seventies mullet, flaired jeans, tartan jacket and wait for it...

... riding a Chopper.

Me and a mate were completely dumbstruck.

I thought I'd been transported into an episode of Screen Test and Michael Rodd was about to ask me questions about a clip from smething by the Childrens Film Foundation.

the Children's film foundation!

thanks for that fftoyoutube:

 

[alan partridge]

YouTube - Betcher! (1971)

 

[Gwylan]

I like the fact that there are ads for Choppers appearing at the top of the page...a lot less than £500 though

 

[moggiex]

About as much as a hole in the head.

Agreed, that is a tatty material one. I got a decent brown leather man bag one. It cost £75, but certainly does not look cheap (it wasn't!) and certainly not a camp bag .

Matt

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Good spamming! Credit for the effort to dig out a relevant thread and the trouble taken to quote a relevant post