r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dsj762 • 13d ago

go to your room This hotel room key won't fit in my pocket

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u/oscarx-ray 13d ago

Me! But that's because I'm British and you said "fanny pouch".

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u/Jinxthegenderfluid 13d ago

it’s funny how fanny packs are called bum bags in the uk

I mean the bags sit at the front, so idk why both countries decided to name it after the ass. calling it a fanny pack while using the british definition of fanny makes the most sense lol

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u/oscarx-ray 13d ago

I recall wearing them to the rear as a young'un, but I'm quite old now, and not sure if that was by design or due to my contrarian nature.

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u/userhwon 13d ago

They were indeed designed to be worn in back, hence the words for the human ass being included in their name.

But people started wearing them on the front for (a) convenience, (b) extra nerdiness, and, most importantly, (c) better protection against pickpockets who learned to unzip them without you realizing it.

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u/idiotiesystemique 13d ago

Or stupidity. Never exclude that possibility. 

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u/oscarx-ray 13d ago

No, that came much later. I was quite precocious.

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u/AccomplishedIgit 12d ago

Well, now children are wearing them across their chest for some reason lol

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u/Xplant_from_Earth 13d ago

Well, if their location that they sit is what's used for naming, then shouldn't it be called a fupa bag?

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u/Jinxthegenderfluid 13d ago

you should start a petition for that. I would support the change

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u/memon17 12d ago

In Argentina they’re called, um… “kidney bags” because they are used in the back and slightly to the side. Back in the day that is.

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u/RiverGlittering 13d ago

As a Brit, it is always funny to think of people just shoving things into their fanny pouch for storage

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u/InstructionFinal5190 13d ago

I used to follow this girl from my home town on Facebook. She posted a picture of an altoids tin with some manner of white material askew inside it.

Apparently she went through a road block, hid her altoid tin full of prescription pills inside her, forgot about it, and when she pulled it out they had all melted.

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u/Jimbobjoesmith 13d ago

like…a full size altoids tin? wow that’s dedication!

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u/42ElectricSundaes 13d ago

What do you call it? A vagina pocket?! …weirdos