Belts

[Rupert Da Fridge]

Just a quickie, why is it that womens & mens belts fasten the opposite way around ???????

[carrotchomper]

Rupert Da Fridge said:

Just a quickie, why is it that womens & mens belts fasten the opposite way around ???????

To minimise the chances of accidentally catching Gay in dark nightclubs.

[robinhood21]

Probably for the same reason the buttons of blouses are the other way round to shirts. Though just why this is so I know not!

[Rupert Da Fridge]

Can you catch that now? I thought it was just about ugly blokes coming up with reasons why there alone!

[Trooper2]

Think it goes back to when "proper" Victorian Women were dressed by servents and it was set up for right handed servents.

[collateral]

Wouldn't it just depend which way up your belt was?

[Pigeon]

collateral said:

Wouldn't it just depend which way up your belt was?

Well indeed. Until I read this post the idea had never occurred to me. I just put my belt on the way it seems easiest. Good grief. I suppose this means there's a 50% chance that everyone who has peered through their letterbox to see who it is when I knock on their door has thought I was a woman.

[mat205125]

Trooper2 said:

Think it goes back to when "proper" Victorian Women were dressed by servents and it was set up for right handed servents.

That actually sounds believable. Is there any truth in this, or is it a QI "fact"

[69elan+2]

I thought it was more to do with sword fighting and not getting your sword caught in your belt when you pulled it from its scaboard (I've not spelt that right have? - infact I'm not even sure its the right word!)

[MitchT]

It's because women do it wrong. *grabs tin hat and runs*

[tvrbob]

MitchT said:

It's because women do it wrong. *grabs tin hat and runs*

.... and

Women have smaller feet so that they can get nearer to the sink

Women haven't been to the moon because it doesn't need cleaning yet

Women have long hair so that men have something to grab when they need controlling

[AndyKH]

I think its from when servants used to fasten blouses for women but not for men, on something along those lines.

[CaptainSlow]

which in the right way for a guy then? Which side does the buckle start on?

[Trooper2]

mat205125 said:

Trooper2 said:

Think it goes back to when "proper" Victorian Women were dressed by servents and it was set up for right handed servents.

That actually sounds believable. Is there any truth in this, or is it a QI "fact"

Doesn't matter if there is any truth to it or not, someone on this Website will shoot it down.....



Actually it's what me Mommy told me, when I was a young'en and asked her why the zipper pulls are on different sides for men and women...

[Famous Graham]

Surely the important question is which way up should armbelts be worn?

[Sciroccology]

CaptainSlow said:

which in the right way for a guy then? Which side does the buckle start on?

I've always fed the belt through the belt-loops around the left side of my body, so the buckle ends up on the left side (looking down) of the zip/buttons and the other end comes through the right hand side.

I have no idea if this is "right", but it's the way I've always done it.

[Famous Graham]

Sciroccology said:

CaptainSlow said:

which in the right way for a guy then? Which side does the buckle start on?

I've always fed the belt through the belt-loops around the left side of my body, so the buckle ends up on the left side (looking down) of the zip/buttons and the other end comes through the right hand side.

I have no idea if this is "right", but it's the way I've always done it.

Ditto, but I noticed the other day the writing on the inside of my kilt belt implies the other way around. Dunno if that's specific to those though.

[Sciroccology]

Famous Graham said:

Sciroccology said:

CaptainSlow said:

which in the right way for a guy then? Which side does the buckle start on?

I've always fed the belt through the belt-loops around the left side of my body, so the buckle ends up on the left side (looking down) of the zip/buttons and the other end comes through the right hand side.

I have no idea if this is "right", but it's the way I've always done it.

Ditto, but I noticed the other day the writing on the inside of my kilt belt implies the other way around. Dunno if that's specific to those though.

Don't know - I've never worn a skirt

[Famous Graham]

Sciroccology said:

Famous Graham said:

Sciroccology said:

CaptainSlow said:

which in the right way for a guy then? Which side does the buckle start on?

I've always fed the belt through the belt-loops around the left side of my body, so the buckle ends up on the left side (looking down) of the zip/buttons and the other end comes through the right hand side.

I have no idea if this is "right", but it's the way I've always done it.

Ditto, but I noticed the other day the writing on the inside of my kilt belt implies the other way around. Dunno if that's specific to those though.

Don't know - I've never worn a skirt

You haven't lived, darling

[CaptainSlow]

Famous Graham said:

Sciroccology said:

CaptainSlow said:

which in the right way for a guy then? Which side does the buckle start on?

I've always fed the belt through the belt-loops around the left side of my body, so the buckle ends up on the left side (looking down) of the zip/buttons and the other end comes through the right hand side.

I have no idea if this is "right", but it's the way I've always done it.

Ditto, but I noticed the other day the writing on the inside of my kilt belt implies the other way around. Dunno if that's specific to those though.

Ok same here...that's a relief I was worried I might be a gay....um assuming you two aren't?