Let me help you younguns. Its a watch pocket. Back in the day when jeans were invented men had pocket watches,
You can’t possibly be old enough to remember that
No, but I'm old enough to remember my granddad called it and have the railroad watch he used to carry there. He was an engineer and the trains ran on time. Interesting how long the design lasted.
I read somewhere that Trains was the reason time ran on time.
As in, before trains "Mid-day" was a different time wherever you went, it was just the time that the church rang the bell. Sure it was around midday because the sun was up there right at the top, but it wasn't exactly midday.
Then the trains came along and they had timetables. To start with they could leave one station a quarter past twelve and arrive at the next one at 5 to twelve, so they had to synchronise the time over the whole line, so that's why time runs on time.
Turns out, there's a ton of good uses for a small pocket.
No, it's a pocket for Kevin.
Ravioli, ravioli
What's in the pocketoli
I was always told it was for condoms but I have 4 kids so I wouldn’t know
Man your wife's boyfriend is fertile
Virile
And fertile
It's a watch pocket; in case anybody was wondering the actual answer. Pocket.. watch... watch pocket...
Slow down, I'm not following
Shove a clock in your pants!
You can shove a clock in your pants. You friend can shove a clock in their pants, but you cannot shove your clock in your friends pants.
Nah its for iPod Nano
Guitar picks, little known fact!
In Germany we need coins to unlock supermarket carts, so I use the coin pocket for it's intended purpose to house my one coin.
I thought it was meant to be a pocket watch pocket?
Now I store my plastic cards in there.
Pretty sure it started as a watch pocket.
It turned into a "coin" pocket when pocket watches went out of fashion and people didn't know what else to use them for.
Airpods!
THIS
Kevin keeps stealing my fucking ravioli tho
He's a hungry lil guy
Kevin is a ravenous ravioloi beast whose foodlust shall not be slaked.
Wireless earbuds case fits in there for me, when Kevin isn't there.
How does that fit in there? I feel like whenever my pants have a coin pocket, they can only fit a singular penny or one stamp. I could probably also put a singular earbud in there, but imagining the entire case in there is wild to me.
Pall Mall Commander 3.0 pants and the Pixel Buds A is my setup.
My Guess jeans can actually fit an entire Leatherman multitool in that 'tiny' pocket. I think that's pretty damn cool, 10/10 would recommend Guess jeans. 👍
Image Transcription:
Text at the top reads: what is that small jean pocket actually for
The first image shows a hand pointing downwards and to the right and the text underneath "a safe place for my finger to hide", the finger has a label reading "he is so nervous"
The second image shows a ravioli square and the text "ravioli" underneath
The third image shows a naked, balding grey-haired man with a mustache, waving and smiling from his place inside the aforementioned pocket and the text "a home for kevin"
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Are we doing "good human" here or are we eschewing that as a "reddit thing"?
Do what you like. I don't care.
Thank you! What I like to do is ask meta-questions.
I've received a few "good human"s, it seems to be pretty much whatever you like. I don't know why one person took offense at your question though.
iPod Nano
In literally every pair of pants I have, I use that to store a hair elastic or two. Then whenever I need my hair up (eg, eating and hair would get in the way), I have one easily on hand.
It is literally called a "coin pocket". smh
“The small pocket in jeans, often referred to as the "watch pocket" or "coin pocket," was originally designed to hold pocket watches. Nowadays, it's commonly used for carrying small items like coins, keys, or other small objects.”
Glad to see at least someone knows their historical facts. Pocket watch pocket indeed.
How many people using pocket watches have you come across this year?
Maybe we should bring that back! I never liked wrist watches.
I really like pocket watches and have tried them out. Skeleton pocket watches are beautiful but kind of hard to read. Main issue is that they are usually mechanically spring powered which requires proper winding technique and doing it frequently.
My phone stays in my pocket and has a clock so, I mean... kinda?
I carry an electronic pocket watch everywhere i go. It's replaced the wrist watch for me. It's too big to fit in that pocket though, that's where i keep my weed.
Isn't a phone essentually a pocket watch though?
Probably. But it doesn't fit in my coin pocket yet.
Watch out with that, I did it for years but eventually had to stop because I got sore skin from the gasoline in the Zippo. And I quit smoking so didn't need it any more 🙂
Your second mistake was filling your zippo with gasoline
Well, it was Zippo lighter fluid, so I guess my second mistake was calling it "gasoline" 😉
Chris (Simpsons Artist) is the best!
I love his stuff, but I also get that it's not for everyone.
Why not? Everyone likes ravioli.
Not me. I don't like ravioli.
hides crossed fingers in tiny pocket
Do you know the name of this comic? Found it once but have never had luck since.
It's Chris (Simpsons Artist)
Be damned lol. Thanks.
Oh whoops, I thought this was a parent comment and was replying from my inbox. Haha, I wasn't trying to troll.
All good, in fairness that was specifically stated earlier, I just don't think to take it literally. I appreciate the answer either way.
Fits my folding knife perfectly
Filthy Frank approves Ravioli
Key fob for keyless entry to my car.
Oh look. It's Jim Pickens.
It's where your keyfob goes.
Hah, just the other day I realized the 'tiny' pocket on my Guess jeans is actually large enough to easily hold an entire Leatherman multitool!
Lucky me, now that I know they make their mini pockets that big, I'll probably make sure to go for Guess jeans in the future next time I go clothes shopping 👍
Actually useful advice. I love my Leatherman, both in the rugged multitools and Folsom senses.
I've actually got a Gerber multitool, but I figured people would more readily recognize the Leatherman name brand and not be thinking "What the fuck, this dude keeps baby food in his pocket?" 😂🤣
Same difference in size though, same size as a Leatherman.
I keep a multi tool in there
Earbud case. Can bust them out and drown out some screaming children in seconds.
A half used carpenters pencil is what mine finds itself being used for most often. New ones stab my side and if they're too short they just get lost in there.
Gut a piece of electric wire and use the insulation as an extension so it'll still stick out from your pocket. That's what I've always done
How the hell do you fit a ravioli in there without squashing the ravioli?
Ravioli
Give me the formuoli
It's also great for knives and flashlights
You are going to hurt kevin
Without the flashlight, it's too dark for Kevin.
You cut your ravioli too small
My entrance card from work fits perfectly in there with it's little plastic housing.
Mask pocket
Jeans were ahead of their time
Things you don't want falling out when you dig into your pockets. I keep change there, or my bus pass, or even a zippo if you smoke
I left Kevin in once and he was PISSED
I keep my TWS Bluetooth case or motorcycle keys in my coin pocket
Let me help you younguns. Its a watch pocket. Back in the day when jeans were invented men had pocket watches,
You can’t possibly be old enough to remember that
No, but I'm old enough to remember my granddad called it and have the railroad watch he used to carry there. He was an engineer and the trains ran on time. Interesting how long the design lasted.
I read somewhere that Trains was the reason time ran on time.
As in, before trains "Mid-day" was a different time wherever you went, it was just the time that the church rang the bell. Sure it was around midday because the sun was up there right at the top, but it wasn't exactly midday.
Then the trains came along and they had timetables. To start with they could leave one station a quarter past twelve and arrive at the next one at 5 to twelve, so they had to synchronise the time over the whole line, so that's why time runs on time.
Turns out, there's a ton of good uses for a small pocket.
No, it's a pocket for Kevin.
Ravioli, ravioli
What's in the pocketoli
I was always told it was for condoms but I have 4 kids so I wouldn’t know
Man your wife's boyfriend is fertile
Virile
And fertile
It's a watch pocket; in case anybody was wondering the actual answer. Pocket.. watch... watch pocket...
Slow down, I'm not following
Shove a clock in your pants!
You can shove a clock in your pants. You friend can shove a clock in their pants, but you cannot shove your clock in your friends pants.
Nah its for iPod Nano
Guitar picks, little known fact!
In Germany we need coins to unlock supermarket carts, so I use the coin pocket for it's intended purpose to house my one coin.
I thought it was meant to be a pocket watch pocket?
Now I store my plastic cards in there.
Pretty sure it started as a watch pocket.
It turned into a "coin" pocket when pocket watches went out of fashion and people didn't know what else to use them for.
Airpods!
THIS
Kevin keeps stealing my fucking ravioli tho
He's a hungry lil guy
Kevin is a ravenous ravioloi beast whose foodlust shall not be slaked.
Wireless earbuds case fits in there for me, when Kevin isn't there.
How does that fit in there? I feel like whenever my pants have a coin pocket, they can only fit a singular penny or one stamp. I could probably also put a singular earbud in there, but imagining the entire case in there is wild to me.
Pall Mall Commander 3.0 pants and the Pixel Buds A is my setup.
My Guess jeans can actually fit an entire Leatherman multitool in that 'tiny' pocket. I think that's pretty damn cool, 10/10 would recommend Guess jeans. 👍
Image Transcription:
Text at the top reads: what is that small jean pocket actually for The first image shows a hand pointing downwards and to the right and the text underneath "a safe place for my finger to hide", the finger has a label reading "he is so nervous" The second image shows a ravioli square and the text "ravioli" underneath The third image shows a naked, balding grey-haired man with a mustache, waving and smiling from his place inside the aforementioned pocket and the text "a home for kevin"
[I am a human, if I’ve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. 💜]
Are we doing "good human" here or are we eschewing that as a "reddit thing"?
Do what you like. I don't care.
Thank you! What I like to do is ask meta-questions.
I've received a few "good human"s, it seems to be pretty much whatever you like. I don't know why one person took offense at your question though.
iPod Nano
In literally every pair of pants I have, I use that to store a hair elastic or two. Then whenever I need my hair up (eg, eating and hair would get in the way), I have one easily on hand.
It is literally called a "coin pocket". smh
“The small pocket in jeans, often referred to as the "watch pocket" or "coin pocket," was originally designed to hold pocket watches. Nowadays, it's commonly used for carrying small items like coins, keys, or other small objects.”
Glad to see at least someone knows their historical facts. Pocket watch pocket indeed.
How many people using pocket watches have you come across this year?
Maybe we should bring that back! I never liked wrist watches.
I really like pocket watches and have tried them out. Skeleton pocket watches are beautiful but kind of hard to read. Main issue is that they are usually mechanically spring powered which requires proper winding technique and doing it frequently.
My phone stays in my pocket and has a clock so, I mean... kinda?
I carry an electronic pocket watch everywhere i go. It's replaced the wrist watch for me. It's too big to fit in that pocket though, that's where i keep my weed.
Isn't a phone essentually a pocket watch though?
Probably. But it doesn't fit in my coin pocket yet.
Zippo
Watch out with that, I did it for years but eventually had to stop because I got sore skin from the gasoline in the Zippo. And I quit smoking so didn't need it any more 🙂
Your second mistake was filling your zippo with gasoline
Well, it was Zippo lighter fluid, so I guess my second mistake was calling it "gasoline" 😉
Chris (Simpsons Artist) is the best!
I love his stuff, but I also get that it's not for everyone.
Why not? Everyone likes ravioli.
Not me. I don't like ravioli.
hides crossed fingers in tiny pocket
Do you know the name of this comic? Found it once but have never had luck since.
It's Chris (Simpsons Artist)
Be damned lol. Thanks.
Oh whoops, I thought this was a parent comment and was replying from my inbox. Haha, I wasn't trying to troll.
All good, in fairness that was specifically stated earlier, I just don't think to take it literally. I appreciate the answer either way.
Fits my folding knife perfectly
Filthy Frank approves Ravioli
Key fob for keyless entry to my car.
Oh look. It's Jim Pickens.
It's where your keyfob goes.
Hah, just the other day I realized the 'tiny' pocket on my Guess jeans is actually large enough to easily hold an entire Leatherman multitool!
Lucky me, now that I know they make their mini pockets that big, I'll probably make sure to go for Guess jeans in the future next time I go clothes shopping 👍
Actually useful advice. I love my Leatherman, both in the rugged multitools and Folsom senses.
I've actually got a Gerber multitool, but I figured people would more readily recognize the Leatherman name brand and not be thinking "What the fuck, this dude keeps baby food in his pocket?" 😂🤣
Same difference in size though, same size as a Leatherman.
I keep a multi tool in there
Earbud case. Can bust them out and drown out some screaming children in seconds.
A half used carpenters pencil is what mine finds itself being used for most often. New ones stab my side and if they're too short they just get lost in there.
Gut a piece of electric wire and use the insulation as an extension so it'll still stick out from your pocket. That's what I've always done
How the hell do you fit a ravioli in there without squashing the ravioli?
Ravioli
Give me the formuoli
It's also great for knives and flashlights
You are going to hurt kevin
Without the flashlight, it's too dark for Kevin.
You cut your ravioli too small
My entrance card from work fits perfectly in there with it's little plastic housing.
Mask pocket
Jeans were ahead of their time
Things you don't want falling out when you dig into your pockets. I keep change there, or my bus pass, or even a zippo if you smoke
I left Kevin in once and he was PISSED
I keep my TWS Bluetooth case or motorcycle keys in my coin pocket
It's obviously for your lighter.