polishgirltx 7 Oct 2008 / #1handkerchief - a small square of cloth used especially for wiping the nose or mouthi don't know about my great-grandpas, but my grandpas and my dad always have a handkerchief in their packet... i remember that it helped many times with my tears... my 24 year old brother do not carry it anymore...does a handkerchief have no future and should be left in the past...? is it only a Polish thing...?PS - handkerchief is not used only by men but also by women....
z_darius 14 | 3,964 7 Oct 2008 / #2does a handkerchief have no future and should be left in the past...?If you wash it regularly then it may have a future.
OP polishgirltx 7 Oct 2008 / #3i do not use it.... but i used to when i was younger...does it really have a future? i doubt it...
joepilsudski 26 | 1,388 7 Oct 2008 / #4I think it's a good idea to have a handkerchief...Especially if you need to blow your nose...However, tissues are good, too...You can blow your nose or spit into a tissue and not look like a bum: they also can be recycled.
OP polishgirltx 8 Oct 2008 / #5z_dariusjoepilsudski*...pgtx wzycha, bo jej ręce opadają.... :/ .....*
z_darius 14 | 3,964 8 Oct 2008 / #6does it really have a future? i doubt it...if the "green" technologies are for real then fabric handkerchiefs have brighter future than the more resource and energy intensive throwaway tissues.
osiol 55 | 3,921 8 Oct 2008 / #7I work with an old Polish chap who has another use for his handkerchief. Honest to God!Luckily for him, I don't think this causes his brain to hurt.
sledz 23 | 2,248 8 Oct 2008 / #8handkerchief - Back in the 1950`sNow they have better usesPGT you must be really bored
osiol 55 | 3,921 8 Oct 2008 / #9Are handkerchiefs used in any forms of folk-dancing?Why the hell am I asking this question?PGT you must be really boredProbably not the only one.
davidpeake 14 | 451 8 Oct 2008 / #11i have a clean one in my pocket at all times, cannot leave home without one lol
sledz 23 | 2,248 8 Oct 2008 / #12So is it for showing or blowing?Are handkerchiefs used in any forms of folk-dancing?Actually yes, Square dancingSwing ur partner doe see doeSouthern USA
noimmigration 9 Oct 2008 / #13Most eastern europeans hold one nostril and blow down the other or use their sleeve.
polishcanuck 7 | 462 10 Oct 2008 / #14My dad used to keep a handkerchief (lost the habit fortunately) in his pocket as did both of my grandfathers. I always that it was digusting.
osiol 55 | 3,921 10 Oct 2008 / #15Did handkerchiefs go the same way as hats? You just don't see hats these days like in generations gone by?Hats deserve their own thread.
