Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

Yeah, sorry about that. I was too.

NO OFFENSE PENISES!

haha

Dudes - do any of you use "ditty bags" or whatever the man term is for make up bags? If so, what is the best style? My dad wants me to make him one for his birthday & I think I'm going to have to invent the pattern . . .

Shaving Kit.

Dark colors are nice.

I thought I would definitely use a dark color . . . but what kind of fabric? Corduroy seems nice but then it also tends to pick up bits of lint & string. Do I need to vinyl-ize a cotton?

http://www.leatherbywc.com/KCShave.jpg

Hmmm. Is that a box shape? Which view is the top?

I think the zipper is on the top.

I'm guessing you don't want to use leather or snakeskin, but these are nice.

http://www.windstormranch.com/images/AW1385264lg.jpg

I like that shape, for sure.

And the little medallion as a centerpiece is nice. That's the standard shape of a shaving kit, I think. Cordouroy sounds good.

I think I would maybe make some kind of patch with dad's initials on it or something.

Just a suggestion -- you might want to use a material that can stand a little moisture, since most dudes are not going to be too meticulous about drying stuff off before tossing it in the case. High leakage potential.

otm

I call it a dop kit and I've had the same nasty plastic one for years.

a dope dop kit

Yeah I call it a dop kit also. Don't know what that means.

Do we have any other B0nde Do Role fans up in here?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopp_kit

The name derives from early 20th century leather craftsman Charles Doppelt.

i also call it a dopp kit

sarah i am not a fan (don't know them) but i think i'm going to the show on friday?

I've never heard of dopp kits, either the name or the thing itself!

From that Wikipedia page, they seem v. useful.

I used to have a black plastic toiletry bag emblazoned with the logo of my high school's production of Guys and Dolls, but it got kind of gross and I threw it out a few years ago.

I use a vinyl one for my glasses and contact-lens case when traveling.

It looked kind of like this, except with GUYS AND DOLLS in silver:

http://www.pyz.co.za/cat/S00000410

I've owned one for thirteen years, but never called it anything but a shaving kit. Never heard Dopp Kit before.

I only use mine when traveling as well.

i always thought it was a Doc Kit, because mine looks like an ol timey doctors bag but i am an idiot, so.

also, n/a i was just horsing around in the lazy zing thread, i didn't mean you were being self-righteous, for reals, so sorry if i offended.

Goddamn, that lazy zing thread. It's a cancer.

^^^^reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsi_SD6PEE

^^love that one. It might have been the one that got Maddie hooked in KitH, I think.

Mr. Que, it's cool, I know you were just joking around in the spirit of the thread. I was just using your quote to try (unsuccessfully) to deflect the criticism I knew was coming for me trying to steer the thread back on track. But whatever. I'm not reading that thread any more, or at least not today. Actually I was going to take an ILX break but decided to just stick to the Chicago thread.

One thing I love about that sketch is how obvious it is that it came out of improvisation.

I'm a sucker for the sketches that are basically about Bruce McCullough being weird, like all the Gavin sketches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyry81RF0p8&NR=1

What's the deal with his jeans in the cancer sketch?

twas the style at the time

in canada

That's just Bruce's geek chic.

(lol mom jeans)

I thought this was the style at the time, in Canada:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/bf/200px-GordonBarenakedLadies.jpg

well you just can't see their grandpa-waisted pants

Gerald...Gerry...Ger...Guh.

You can't see their jeans though. xpost

I know, I just wanted to post that. :)

All I'm doing now is watching Kids in the Hall.

I remember some KitH thing that was kind of an MTV parody, it was about a new dance or style or something...it was probably the most dated thing they ever did, but awesomely so.

All I ever do is watch Kids in the Hall.

youtube doesn't seem to have the monkey room one

Goddamn, that lazy zing thread. It's a cancer.

srsly, but it's like lung cancer. It's my own damn fault for having it. :(

Regrets, I've had a few.

OTM.