What Should A Man Carry With Him?

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Poison. Snacks. A large cock.

Sorry jackal, the big prick has gone Thai, though I believe alumyan is available if he's finished his bj down by the canal, but you can get snacks at Tesco and rat poison at any good hardware store.

It's gone all spooky. I think a man and a woman should carry with them (as well as a guitar) a penknife, babywipes, nappies, their child/ren (if they have one/some, some matches, string, a water container, and a bank card which gives access to an account with an overdraft facility. And this is only for a trip to the newsagents; estote parati, ha.

Nothing he can't afford to lose. (If anyone jumps into this conversation part-way in, it's well confusing!) ~PEPS~ “There is no spoon.”

A clean hanky. Fags. Lighter. Credit card. Cash card. Drinking vouchers (aka money). Book. Cheeky grin. Finely honed sense of humour. Mobile phone. Convenient deafness. Ticket home.

someone mention my cock? There's nothing worse than a neighbour with crap wind chimes

When my sister was in the Brownies, if I remember rightly, she had to carry a safety pin, a clean handkerchief, a pencil, a piece of paper (when was one piece of paper ever enough? What would you with it?), three plasters, a boiled sweet (in case of lack-of-sugar emergencies I presume) and a stamp. She had to lay them out in front of her Brown Owl every Friday evening. It was very dicatorial and not at all useful. She still carries a safety pin and all it is ever does is come undone and prick her.

Oooh, I was a sixer of the Leprechauns and had to carry 10p for the phone, unfortunately the only time that I had to use it in an emergency (my Mum forgot to pick me up and I was left standing outside the local graveyard for 20 mins) the bloody payphone had been vandalised and didn't work.

Why is it I remember having to carry 5p for the phonebox in my Brownie kit and yet you're all older than me??? jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Why is it I remember having to carry 5p for the phonebox in my Brownie kit and yet you're all older than me??? Or maybe it was 10p and I'm finally losing my grip on my memory. I think it was pencil and a notebook rather than a piece of paper...oh and string jude "Cacoethes scribendi" http://www.judesworld.net

Seems to me that if every man carried a Brownie, he'd be prepared for any eventuality.

My sister informs me that it was, for her, a 10 pence piece and that she got told off for having three plasters in her purse/belt contraption, instead of the customary one. I would imagine three plasters would be more useful than one, but there is no pleasing some leaders of children's organisations. The odd, and rather laughable I'm sure she won't mind me saying, thing is she still thinks a call from a phonebox will cost her 10p. It has got her into all sorts of bother. But then she was only a seconder of the Gnomes - hardly glamorous or ingenius or appealing in name or deed. I was never a Scout though. I have no idea how I got away with that, come to think of it. Thanks Dum and Mad. For me it's fags, cash, book, condoms, black pepper in a miniature grinder that I got in a posh cracker at a ex girlfriend's parent's at Christmas dinner, biro and three blank art-print cards from the National Gallery and stamps, in case I remember a special occassion or bump into somebody on their birthday and want to make them feel as though they are important.

I am earnestly hoping someone amongst you will kindly explain to me what a 'Seconder of the Gnomes' vs. a 'Sixer of the Sprites' is. It sounds like something out a bad fantasy novella... I thought a Brownie was a Brownie (we also had Bluebirds, the difference of which I know not).

A sixer was the leader of the 'pack' Leprechauns, Sprites, Elves, etc...the Seconder was the second in command.

Hating to be pedantic and contrary Camus but they were known as a 'Six' not a 'pack'. This is because there were Six members in each...doh... In Guides they were 'Patrols' led by the Patrol-Leader and her Lieutenant which sounds far more grown-up. Are you sure it wasn't an OLD 5P which was about the size of a NEW 10P hence the confusion?

and guide patrols were named after birds; Jays, Robins etc. I was Patrol Leader of the Jays which is where I developed my militant streak and a penchant for marching.