tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10479606.post-19964207570019882872007-08-15T15:31:00.000+02:002007-09-07T12:57:34.759+02:00<a href="http://www.delsey.com/images/produits/apercus/00_0507940.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.delsey.com/images/produits/apercus/00_0507940.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Lots of friends from abroad have either been making fun of me or asking questions about my purse/handbag/european carryall/gay bag/whatever you call it... <br />for most of the people, it is either a gay thing, or metrosexual, or simply a girl item...<br />And it seems that it is a kind of a cultural shock for visitors in Serbia... it strucks them that such a "homophobic nation" is cool with "gay items"... :)<br /><br />well, even if we often use a name "pederusa" (gay-bag) for it, I don`t think anyone really finds it gay... it`s simply useful! no need to fill your pockets with all the stuff you usually carry around: cell phone(s), credit cards, cigarettes, IDs, money, pen, papers, usb stick, condoms etc... although, it is indeed a risk that if you lose it - you lose all the stuff :), but that never happened to me... yet... :)<br /><br />anyways, there`s a nice blog about it at <a href="http://blog.b92.net/text/617/The%20Serbian%20Man%20Purse/">B92.net VIP blog</a> - author is a foreigner living in Belgrade... read the comments too - some are really funny!<br /><br />Jess, enjoy it - this post is for you anyways! :DPeckoPivohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537077590620485435noreply@blogger.com