Do you know what the tiny pocket in your jeans is for? 12 uneducated guesses
It’s small, goes by fairly unnoticed and doesn’t seem to serve any purpose. No, not Rishi Sunak.
Rather the tiny little pocket that’s above the main pocket in a pair of jeans.
When Twitter/X user Figen asked about it, he got a bunch of replies that, while incorrect, seem perfectly reasonable to us.
(The real explanation is further down!)
Does anyone know what the little jeans pocket is for? pic.twitter.com/Gwn6OvUAh6
— Figen (@TheFigen_) June 26, 2024
1.
pic.twitter.com/Nd5IJXI2HE
— Taco King (@tacokingX) June 27, 2024
2.
it’s for putting coins there for permanent storage as you’ll never be able to get them out ever again
— Alex Andrei (@alexandrei64) June 26, 2024
3.
That was created so the middle class could put their wages in after paying their taxes.
— Crazy Side of (@crazysideofx) June 26, 2024
4.
Zippo. pic.twitter.com/nTMfPEDMbu
— Davide Bortolin (@Davidetheocean) June 27, 2024
5.
This pocket is used to hide ur wedding ring.
— Andrew Junior (@AndyRenaissance) June 26, 2024
6.
I dunno but this works perfect. pic.twitter.com/rsUXdpKThX
— ꪖꪶꫀ᥊ꪖꪀᦔ᥅꠸ꪖ ᦔꫀᠻꫀꪀᦔꫀ᥅ ꪮᠻ ꪑꪖꪀᛕ꠸ꪀᦔ (@reverenceaionia) June 27, 2024
7.
It’s there to hold my dreams inside
— matt (@matt1775725420) June 26, 2024
8.
It’s not fair we beg for pockets but men have extra little useless ones too
— Rachey (@Mrs_R_Spectre) June 26, 2024
9.
In the 90s, everybody smoked cigarettes and we put mini Bic lighters in those pockets
— Alon Todd Christopher (@AlonTodd) June 26, 2024
10.
IT’S MEANT FOR THIS pic.twitter.com/1bKG78TsR6
— Daberechi (@Kollerkunzultz) June 26, 2024
11.
Too small. pic.twitter.com/fYx8DEsPIz
— Tiffany Del Guidice (@AbstractTiffany) June 26, 2024
12.
AirPod Pro
— Martin Adams | Building Flowtelic (@Martin_Adams) June 27, 2024
This is what it’s really for:
This tiny little excuse for a pocket was actually originally intended for men who wore pocket watches.
It’s officially called “the watch pocket,” according to the Levi Strauss & Co blog, and it was meant as easily accessible, protective storage for all those pocket watches back… pic.twitter.com/KU87ZwOgAH
— Spellbinding Odyssey (@SpellOdyssey) June 26, 2024
That’s why jeans have small pockets pic.twitter.com/KAR7bBJBTf
— ..Rai ji.. (@Vinod_r108) June 26, 2024
Source: Twitter/x/TheFigen_
