Handkerchief Report

[marcusmarcusrc]

arcanology, chenoameg, and I all use handkerchiefs. justom does not. Therefore not all graduates of our high school use handkerchiefs. But do _only_ graduates of our high school use handkerchiefs? This I ask of the livejournal community...

(Hmm. I realize now that justom did not attend our middle school. Perhaps this is the key!)

ps. More random Spanish notes: Handkerchief in Spanish is "pañuelo". Diapers are "pañales". Bedroom slippers, on the other hand, are "pantuflos".

pps. If one doesn't remember the word "pañales", but one desperately needs some, store owners on random streets in Mexico City will, in fact, understand the poor gringo who says "calzoncillos para bebes". And this ends, hopefully, not only random Spanish reports of the night, but livejournal posting from me in general, as I am going to bed!

Comments

[76trombones.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking I should switch, but I haven't. And in any case, I blame y'all's influence.

[marcusmarcusrc.livejournal.com]

Yesssss... join us.... and soon, we will rule the universe together as a handkerchief using syndicate!!!

[76trombones.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I think my dad uses them, too. Though I could be out of date on that one.

[tanatoes.livejournal.com]

I can confirm that myself and do not use handkerchiefs. So there are two more graduates who do not. And both of us attended middle school there as well. I don't know about the Raccoon (third part of our troika) but I will ask him next time we communicate.

[veryhappykayla.livejournal.com]

You'll find your conterexample in my dad, who(m?) I'm pretty sure didn't go to your high school (unless there's a whole lot he's not telling me). He finds it unfortunate that handkerchief usage does not seem to be an inherited trait in our family, but is holding out that it might just be recessive.

[shumashi.livejournal.com]

See, I actually think that handkerchiefs, while classy, are inferior technology to disposable kleenex. Because, eww.

chenoameg once proposed a correlation between handkerchief use and wearing glasses, claiming that handkerchiefs were better for wiping glasses than kleenex.

[marcusmarcusrc.livejournal.com]

Disposable kleenex are definitely what I prefer for when I actually have a cold where my immune system is sending buckets down out of my nose.

But for the once-every-couple-hours-my-nose-itches-and-I-need-to-do-something, well, a handkerchief works well.

Huh. And I don't actually use my handkerchief for my glasses, that's what my shirt is for. =)

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I do, too.

I didn't go to the Middle School, so I continue to shoot your correlation to heck.

(People will allergies or chronic sinusitus are more likely to use handkerchiefs?)

[kirisutogomen.livejournal.com]

I carry handkerchief, solely for glasses.

[miraclaire.livejournal.com]

I know quite a few people who went to Milton Academy for middle and high school, none of whom, to the best of my knowledge, use handkerchiefs. A girl in one of my classes at Simmons does though (she went to Sharon High School).

Handkercheifs, etc.

[desireearmfeldt]

I was loaned handkercheifs by two seperate men at U of Chicago, netiher of whom went to school with you as far as I know.

Slippers are also Pantoufles in French.

When I was 12, I went to France with my family for the first time. While puttering down a canal on a little barge/houseboat thing, I found myself in need of feminine hygiene products. This led to much merriment in the bar we wandered into, attempting to find out where to purchase such a thing, because who knows how to say *that* in a foreign language? (The people in the bar, according to my dad, were on to what was going on, but teased us by offering us paper napkins. I find this an amusing tale in retrospect, but it was Not Funny at the time. :) )

Re: Handkercheifs, etc.

[shumashi.livejournal.com]

I had to do that once in Amsterdam for a friend. She stayed in the hotel and took a shower while I went and foraged. And the Dutch speak excellent English, but all the terms I was using were sort of euphemistic, not that I was trying to be vague, just that the English phrases are sort of obscure. Feminine hygiene products. Sanitary napkins. Maxi-pads. I think I finally said, "For women, once a month" and looked rather embarrassed, and the clerk was finally able to understand and help me.

[dcltdw]

I have one floating around somewhere, and I've even carried it on occassion. I believe the occassion tends to be When I'm Extremely Overdressed And Not Going Dancing.

Went to school in L.A.

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

My father-in-law, who most certainly did not go to your high school, uses handkerchiefs. And frankly, when he pulls it out to wipe one of my kids' faces with it, I get a little grossed out, thinking, "who knows where that thing has been?" Me? I use tissues.

[arcanology.livejournal.com]

Imagine what the handkerchief is thinking about your kid's face!

[marcusmarcusrc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my handkerchief is for me and me alone. I was always a little confused about the traditional "give your handkerchief to a lady in need" though I presume in that case the handkerchief in question is one that you don't use yourself.

[(Anonymous)]

I believe that traditionally one carries two handkerchiefs. One for one's own personal use and a second (clean and unused) to offer to a lady in need.

I personally try to carry bandanas, but often fail, unless I am camping.

-Erin

[arcanology.livejournal.com]

I actually usually do carry a spare in my bag, for all sorts of occaisions.

There are a lot of things a spare handkerchief is good for. I also take an extra with me to my sword classes, for sweat.

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't really have a problem with handkerchief use in and of itself, just the sharing part.

And have you heard my father-in-law blow his nose? Sheesh.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Handkerchiefs have an outside and an inside. When they're unused, they're all outside. Then once they're used, the inside gets used. The outside is still good for dealing with terribly sticky messes.

[ilhander.livejournal.com]

I went to high school in NJ, and I use handkerchiefs, just not on my nose, since it rarely needs that kind of, um...support.

[kelkyag]

I usually have a bandana in my bag, for use as handkerchief-or-whatever. It is replaced by a clean one at the first reasonable opportunity after being used.

The goof uses real handkerchiefs, often to clean his glasses. He has lots of them -- I don't think I've ever caught him without a clean one.

I don't think either of us went to your high school. :)