Sporran VS Fanny Pack...

[Eujeankilt]

It's rare to see anyone wear a "fanny" pack in the back anymore, unless it's for hiking. I wore one for years in the front position with khakis. It sure beat the sciatica caused by carrying my wallet in my back pocket. I guess it's about what you're used to seeing. I only gave up my "fanny" pack recently to a SW nylon sporran.

Dale

[davedove]

It's rare to see anyone wear a "fanny" pack in the back anymore, unless it's for hiking.

That seems to be the way most people wear them, mainly because it's easier to access the pack when it's in front. It IS better to wear it in the back if you're doing any amount of walking.

[auld argonian]

Caradoc: two nations seperated by a common language...in these here parts fanny strictly means the "buttock-ial region" and is considered an innocuous term for it...rather little kids should say "fanny" than "***"...I wasn't aware that it had another definition over there. I guess that I'm not quite getting exactly what it does mean in the UK but I do get the message that it must be something a bit more unmentionable than "***".

And I do see that many people wear the things on the front...lot of cops I know carry their off-duty cop stuff in leather ones that they wear in the front...makes sense: you have to get stuff out of it. My point in this case was that this guy might have not stuffed so much stuff in it considering where it was situated.

Best

AA

[Iolaus]

I guess that I'm not quite getting exactly what it does mean in the UK but I do get the message that it must be something a bit more unmentionable than "***".

From what I was told... think "opposite sex."

[phinz]

Fanny packs are only suitable if you're attending an Indigo Girls concert.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

OK, going out on a limb here, but I am still not getting a clear understanding of "fanny" in the UK, and possibly other places across the pond. The reference to "opposite sex" does not sound like it is a big deal, so I am unsure of the problem with using fanny? or maybe it is fanny with pack in the same sentence? If I am being dense (would not be the first time!), or it is really not appropriate to this forum, please PM me.

[Iolaus]

OK, going out on a limb here, but I am still not getting a clear understanding of "fanny" in the UK, and possibly other places across the pond. The reference to "opposite sex" does not sound like it is a big deal, so I am unsure of the problem with using fanny? or maybe it is fanny with pack in the same sentence? If I am being dense (would not be the first time!), or it is really not appropriate to this forum, please PM me.

A girl I used to know called it her p***y pouch, due to where it hung; when I mentioned that fact here, I was told that, in the UK, fanny pack means the same thing, for the same reason.

I hope that wasn't over the line.

[bubba]

In the UK fanny is the female genitalia.

[Colin]

Fanny packs are only suitable if you're attending an Indigo Girls concert.

here, here!!! Sporran and fanny pack shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. Of course my monster in law wears a fanny pack all the time (in the back and she is in here 70's and has no problem accessing her stuff), so I am biased.