Talk:Handkerchief code

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If there's no universally agreed apon hanky code then why try to present one?

Hanky codes are not even used any more, not at least in a notable scale. We are trying to show what it once used to be, what it meant for the LGBT community. Even then, the colors and the system weren't universal, but there were some standarts such as the different shades of blue. I think it's nice to at least mention what it once was. --dionyziz 21:41, 29 October 2005 (UTC).

Contents 1 Colors 2 69 3 Revert Clearing? 4 Dwarfs 5 A "G-rated" code... 6 Bootlace Code 7 Other reading 8 "Flagging" 9 Hanky Code Cards Available at Leather Fetish Stores

[edit] Colors

There in an interesting implication here that gay men have extremely fine perception of colours in the blue-green range, even under disco lighting.

Maybe they carry Pantone color chip sets along with the condoms and poppers.

[edit] 69

What is the difference between "69er" and "69ee"? Surely there is a symmetry in 69. If we must have this sort of stuff in Wikipedia, please explain it. -- Tarquin 10:23 Oct 29, 2002 (UTC)

I just found out that this is also covered under hanky codes, but there is no list at that entry.

I think there was an old standard that the left pocket was an "active er" and the right was a "passive ee", or the other way around, but for the 69 practice, it doesn't really make sense... =S 85.226.122.237 21:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

That's kind of a joke, folks. Obviously 69 is the same left or right; most lists carry on the active/passive format as a joke. Scix 03:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

For 69, wearing robins egg blue on the left means you are on the top when you are doing the 69. Keraunos 14:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Revert Clearing?

Recent revision states: "(removed info of purely salacious value)" -- Surely the info of purely salacious value is the entire point of this subject. We should revert.

Agreed. I think that we should revert the edits, although it's been some time since they were done. Please state your opinion for or against reverting; if nobody disagrees I shall proceed in re-adding (the most important at least) parts of the Handkerchief Code colors. --dionyziz 21:17, 22 July 2005 (UTC).

Alright, then, I'm going to re-add parts of the cleaned content. If you think it should not be added, please state your opinion here, instead of cleaning it once again. Thank you. --dionyziz 12:36, 1 August 2005 (UTC).

Done. Any suggestions for further modifications are appreciated. --dionyziz 12:57, 1 August 2005 (UTC).

Many terms are puzzling. What does it mean that someone is looking for "unsatisfying sex"???

Case in point Sandalwood for "Carpenter Sex". That term realy deserves some explanation...I don't suppose it's someone's idea of a joke? It seems rather implausable, and i can't imagine what it might be if real.

Having sex while listening to The Carpenters?

Nuttyskin 10:25, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dwarfs

What is the hanky code for a dwarfism fetish?

Spotted hanky as used in the packstaffs of the Seven Dwarfs, while singing "Heigh-Ho".

Nuttyskin 10:24, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A "G-rated" code...

Although I doubt this particular example common among the sex-seeking crowd, I've seen one list of handkerchief codes with a nonsexual (or at least not-strictly-sexual) entry: a teddy bear supposedly indicates that the "flagger" prefers cuddling. Whether the bear is supposed to be a printed pattern/image or the real thing (a Beanie Baby instead of the hanky?), I'm not sure.

NOTE: the list in question was a typewritten copy with no author or copyright listing...local "Xerox-lore" is a terrible source, but I thought the one detail was worth mentioning.

--Ingeborg S. Nordén 18:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Get real. A teddy bear most likely indicates one is into Bears, the hairy and huskier variety of man. (unsigned)

Don't be rude. There ARE (at least in Southern California) variants that include the teddy bear/cuddling :

TEDDY BEAR cuddler cuddlee

KEWPIE DOLL chicken (under-aged) chicken hawk (likes young adolescents)

DIRTY JOCKSTRAP wears a dirty jock sucks dirty jocks clean

DOILY tearoom top (pours) tearoom bottom (drinks)

MOSQUITO NETTING outdoor sex top outdoor sex bottom

ZIPLOC BAG has drugs looking for drugs

COCKTAIL NAPKIN bartender bar groupie

KLEENEX stinks sniffs

KEYS IN FRONT has a car looking for a ride

KEYS IN BACK has a home needs a place to stay

HOUNDSTOOTH likes to nibble willing to be bitten

UNION JACK skinhead top skinhead bottom

CALICO new in town tourists welcome

TERRYCLOTH bathhouse top bathhouse bottom

WHITE w/MULTICOLOR Dots hosting an orgy looking for an orgy

That was from the VERY FIRST google hit on "hanky code" -- even though they are not hankies, technically. Scix 03:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bootlace Code

One outgrowth of the hanky code was the bootlace code, on very similar lines, initially prevalent from the mid-80s onward in the still largely underground gay skinhead scene. The keynote was simplicity, with most of the broad colour categories which obtained for hankies also being true for the laces. This was however complicated somewhat by the scene also intercutting with the straight skinhead scene, not always Nazi but often politicised in one way or another. Consequently, while yellow in the gay bootlace system meant watersports, in the straight system it meant Scooterboy. Nuttyskin 10:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other reading

The Leatherman's Handbook (Second Edition at least) by Larry Townsend. Nuttyskin 10:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Flagging"

How might one create a redirect from "flagging"? It seems like a good idea to me. Scix 03:04, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. For your reference: to make a redirect, create the article and then add #REDIRECT [[Destination article]] to the content. - BalthCat 14:22, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

thankee! Scix 05:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hanky Code Cards Available at Leather Fetish Stores

The hanky code is still used by many gays over 40, and still by some younger gays. Leather fetish stores in gay neighborhoods give out free cards with the meanings of the colors, and have the various colored bandanas for sale at about $2-$3 each. Keraunos 13:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)