Metropol

Nick Harvey wrote:I would never put a phone in my trouser pocket. Imagine all those radio waves interfering with the operation of important equipment.

Yea, could cause some nasty damage to your iPod.

Uni stuff ie books, paper, pens
Bottle of water
Chocolate
Newspaper

Wouldn't keep my phone/wallet in there for fear of losing/damaging them.

I don't own a manbag. Keys, wallet, phone and m:robe/personal DAB are my accompaniments to work in t'morning. My umbrella is a proper one, one you can stab children's feet with from a distance of 10 paces.

Now in my Manbag...

Laptop
Laptop charger
USB phone charger
Rail Pass
Oyster Card
Staff ID card
Wallet
Pen and Post-Its
Headphones for aforementioned phone
Mini can of deoderant
Mini bottle of Marc Jacobs
Blank CDs and DVDs
USB memory key thingy
Subway vouchers (which expired last year)...

I never bought into the manbag / satchel trend. I've always used backpacks. Problem is that nowadays manbags are so popular in the shops it's hard to find a decent backpack.

A folder
Little Brown Umbrella
At least one bottle of water
Lip balm
Toothbrush and toothpaste (I take them everywhere with me just in case)
Mp3 player and headphones
Spare batteries
Two rape alarms
A pen

Wallet
Book (currently Down Under by Bill Bryson)
Work passes with bad picture
Mobile phone
Earphones for mobile
Broken iPod Nano (4th gen)
Chewing gum
USB stick
A sachet of silica gel ("DO NOT EAT") which I haven't thrown away

And occasionally my laptop bag with more stationery in it than WH Smith.

Chie wrote: Lip balm
Two rape alarms

A lesser man might suggest that you're asking for it with those shiny lips.

But I want you to know if anyone says it, I'll ban them immediately.

Chie wrote:I never bought into the manbag / satchel trend. I've always used backpacks. Problem is that nowadays manbags are so popular in the shops it's hard to find a decent backpack.

Try travel shops, they have small backpacks that are well made and well-priced. I assumed manbag == backpack in this thread anyway.

Two rape alarms

I give up, what's the second one for?

8 refill pads
Tissues
Gamestop Pre-Order stuff
Netbook, charger, iPhone cable and case
Shure headphones
Condoms
Guitar Plec
Bottle of Football Special (if you have ever tried it, I instantly will love you) and bottled water
Gym/Tesco/Student Union loyalty cards
Wrap (Tesco Chicken and Bacon filler and ham slices)

Sput wrote:Try travel shops, they have small backpacks that are well made and well-priced. I assumed manbag == backpack in this thread anyway.

I used to have a lovely hand-stitched Diesel backpack. It was so 'me'. But by the time it fell to bits, the whole satchel thing had taken over and the backpack had been discontinued, meaning I wasn't able to buy another one.

Here's my current bag.

A red star? COMMUNIST.
And when did you start carrying rape alarms? Was it before or after plymouth became entranced by your apparently waxy lips?