Sep 12, 2011 8:12 PM GMT
does anyone even use that anymore? I thought about doing it for a while, but realized that I had never seen anyone with a hanky like that. Just thought I'd see if people even do that anymore.
"Hankie" code
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Sep 12, 2011 10:05 PM GMTI'm old and that shit was before my time. -
Sep 12, 2011 10:08 PM GMTI was clueless about it when it was in vogue, but I used carry bandanas (assorted colors) for reasons of personal hygiene.
No wonder I used to get some strange looks... -
Sep 12, 2011 10:10 PM GMTPeople still do that? How 70s!
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Sep 12, 2011 10:31 PM GMTThe country-western and leather bars still do it here. -
Sep 12, 2011 11:00 PM GMTit's dead -
Sep 12, 2011 11:03 PM GMTAriodante saidit's dead
Does that mean yours has skulls on it?
I bet we could find you one that has bacon on it, create a revolution in the hankie world.
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Sep 12, 2011 11:06 PM GMTNewDirection said
Ariodante saidit's dead
Does that mean yours has skulls on it?
I bet we could find you one that has bacon on it, create a revolution in the hankie world.
It would already have bacon grease on it from my wiping my mouth =o~ -
Sep 12, 2011 11:17 PM GMTIn general, the color code will never die in the fetish community..
Yellow=piss.
Red=fist
Blue=fucking.
Grey=leather.
If you buy leather or rubber clothing, black with white stripes is fairly innocent.
Though it was interesting to walk into a country/western store in Texas and see a table of handkerchiefs of every color imaginable.
"Why are you giggling?".
doh. "Sorry ma'am..."
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Sep 13, 2011 12:12 AM GMTRobertF64 saidIn general, the color code will never die in the fetish community..
Yellow=piss.
Red=fist
Blue=fucking.
Grey=leather.
If you buy leather or rubber clothing, black with white stripes..."
To expand a *little* on this:
■■■■ = Solid Black - General purpose leather/BDSM inclusive of, and often understood to default to BB (bareback)
■■■■ = Piss/WS
■■■■ = Fisting (implies shedding of blood)
■■■■ = Fucking, anal sex in particular
■■■■ = Olive Drab: military fetish
□■■□ White trim = Safe sex only -
Sep 13, 2011 12:21 AM GMTnah, I understand the code. I just wondered, since I'd never actually seen it IRL, if it was long gone. bummer.
any other ideas to subtly pick up guys? Totally new to this. -
Sep 13, 2011 12:54 AM GMTI virtually never see colored hankies worn but the color code is definitely still used. The colors appear, for example, as stripes on jocks and leather gear, also as "tubing" decoration and lacing of leather wear. Sometimes even more obvious as the solid color of that apparel. It's all very obvious to those who look. -
Sep 13, 2011 12:58 AM GMTSeriously, is this old code even still used?
I heard they used they used this way-back-when in the 1980's!
Yikes!
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Sep 13, 2011 1:49 AM GMTalphatrigger said
RobertF64 saidIn general, the color code will never die in the fetish community..
Yellow=piss.
Red=fist
Blue=fucking.
Grey=leather.
If you buy leather or rubber clothing, black with white stripes..."
To expand a *little* on this:
■■■■ = Solid Black - General purpose leather/BDSM inclusive of, and often understood to default to BB (bareback)
■■■■ = Piss/WS
■■■■ = Fisting (implies shedding of blood)
■■■■ = Fucking, anal sex in particular
■■■■ = Olive Drab: military fetish
□■■□ White trim = Safe sex only
AND, It also depends which pocket you tuck it into. Left, or right?
That always confuses me, i forget, lol! -
Sep 13, 2011 1:57 AM GMTI think it is in use in some of the leather bars when they have "Code Nights", though having said that, I do see some guys out with them on non-Code Nights and in non-leather bars. Yes, they're usually older guys and I'm not sure who else uses them.
I remember talking about it one night with some friends - the colours, the pocket you wear it in meaning one thing or the other - it was funny and gave some insight into some of my friends as a couple of them were pretty expert at the whole thing
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Sep 13, 2011 1:58 AM GMTGigoloAssassin said
AND, It also depends which pocket you tuck it into. Left, or right?
That always confuses me, i forget, lol!
Easy. Left for doms, right for subs. Apparently just about anything on left/right side works, no just bandanas. But, then again, this was for the '80s.
I wish it were still that easy everywhere
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Sep 13, 2011 3:11 AM GMThaha I had to look it up, sorry...I might be too young, but I think its pretty comparable to 8tracks and laserdiscs. -
Sep 13, 2011 3:23 AM GMTNYBeef saidI think it is in use in some of the leather bars when they have "Code Nights", though having said that, I do see some guys out with them on non-Code Nights and in non-leather bars. Yes, they're usually older guys and I'm not sure who else uses them.
I remember talking about it one night with some friends - the colours, the pocket you wear it in meaning one thing or the other - it was funny and gave some insight into some of my friends as a couple of them were pretty expert at the whole thing
Agreed. A remnant of a bygone era, that you have to study to know about.
But also a lesson of how repressed and secretive gay culture was. Like wearing a green carnation in the lapel during the time of Oscar Wilde over 100 years ago.
Still, if right-wingers in the US drive us gays back into the closet, as they campaign to do, or worse, perhaps we'll be relearning these obsolete signs. I wouldn't be throwing your colored hankies out just yet. -
Sep 13, 2011 3:29 AM GMT
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Sep 13, 2011 3:31 AM GMTI saw this thread name and thought...
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Sep 13, 2011 3:32 AM GMTIf you guys came to IML, you would see the Hankie Code is very much alive and well. Not to mention they will be on sale there all over the place. -
Sep 13, 2011 3:34 AM GMTHOLY SHIT THAT IS WAY TO CONFUSING. That'd take more time to learn than the Periodic Table of Elements! Jeezus! -
Sep 13, 2011 3:37 AM GMTGUYS...GUYS...GUYS.... It all depends on what you enjoy.....not everyone enjoys everything....My color is of course......CORAL
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Sep 13, 2011 3:38 AM GMTYeah, that hasn't been active since the 70s. The earring thing is over, too. Left ear? Right ear? Hell if I know.
