A few years ago, Nancy gave me a new billfold. It was designed to fit in your front pocket. It’s thinner than a cell phone, nice and compact, and it indeed fits in a front pocket. But how in the world was I supposed to put all my stuff in that tiny wallet?
My old wallet was much like that of George Costanza on Seinfeld. It had more stuff inside than a sixth grader’s school backpack. When I put it in my pocket, I look like Quasimodo with the hump on my ass.
I thought that there was no way I could I make the new wallet work – but I’d give it a try.
For starters, maybe if I took out the stuff that I didn’t absolutely have to have with me, I could at least then have a travel wallet. So, I began to sort through the contents.
I found a football schedule of the Beckley, WV Flying Eagles Football Team for 1952. I guess I could take that out. Then, I came across a 1983 Out-Of-State Fishing License for Pennsylvania. Probably won’t need that anymore. What’s this? A dry cleaner’s receipt for November 2016? So that’s where my raincoat is! I found three credit cards that had expired between 2008 and 2016. There was a note to call Bill Tanner about something, whoever Bill Tanner is. There was a library card in case I ever went to a library. I’m not sure there is such a thing anymore. I found a stick of petrified chewing gum, a 1989 raffle ticket for a shotgun, a folded lunch menu to the local Chinese restaurant, a key to something, and VIP cards to four grocery stores and two drug stores– that you no longer need with a phone number.
After some much needed housecleaning, I was able to put my new, slimmer wallet in my front pocket with room inside to spare. I had everything I needed and no more Quasimodo butt.
Fellows, I highly recommend the front pocket wallet! With just a little bit of selective engineering, they really work!
