The Common Murse

While sitting under a palm tree in the company of the wild turkey-like birds I found myself watching people walk around the courtyard to their various classes. Which in all honesty turned out detrimental to my article-reading mission. But hey, I can read articles at home. I can only people-watch Australians for the next four months.

Well out of my various observations the one that seemed most interesting was how many men carry purses  (or murses, or whatever you want to call them). Almost every man on campus has some sort of rainbow or natural fiber bag that they carry around. If they aren't carrying one, they are carrying a backpack, but i would venture to say that the backpack is the less common option.

And now that I am looking more closely the examples of murses, I have realized that men don't look half bad with them. In fact, it's really practical because they don't get those funny wallet marks on their butt pockets. My brother knows that I find those marks annoying. I bought him one of those thin mighty wallets just though it wouldn't happen to his jeans. Anyway, the murse solves this all together. AND I saw a guy whip out tissues when someone next to him in class started sneezing. Needless to say, I was impressed by how prepared he was.

So all in all, I think the murse trend is beneficial to the whole butt-pocket-tissue-reading issue that we all face. Anyway, you learn a new thing everyday they say, and today I learned about man-purses.