…who invented pockets??
NO! NO! not those pockets! (That is the result I got when I tried to google this). Those pockets were the brainchild of the Merage Brothers in the 1970s.
I came up empty in my research. The only concrete information I found was that their invention was a collaborative effort, they started out as pouches worn on one’s belt, and a popular 19th century nursery rhyme mentioned them.
So once I got to thinking about how dangerously rad and perfectly magical pockets are, I started to think of the cool things that can go into pockets themselves. Just think: pocket knives, Polly Pockets, pocket watches (which have specific homes called “fob pockets”), pocket combs, pocket dictionaries, pocket flasks! So many lovely things…
Clearly I was not of a sober mind when I initially had these thoughts.
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