love of the hanky

JAB

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Oct 16, 2019, 12:14:52 PM10/16/19

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Japan's love of the hanky is nothing to be sneezed at

Japan excels at taking ideas from different cultures and tweaking them
to fit the local lifestyle. In some cases, the Japanese version ends
up outshining the original, and this is certainly the case with the
handkerchief.

Handkerchiefs have largely disappeared from daily life in the West,
where its use is mostly limited to an accessory, like a pocket square
of a man’s jacket for a formal occasion, such as at a wedding. In
Japan, however, the majority of the populace, from small children to
the elderly, still carry a handkerchief on a regular basis.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/10/13/lifestyle/japans-love-hanky-nothing-sneezed/

So, what happened to handkerchief usage is US?

Ernie B.

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Oct 16, 2019, 1:06:25 PM10/16/19

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:14:43 -0500, JAB wrote:

> So, what happened to handkerchief usage is US?

Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex)
--
Ernie B.

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hopefully without distortion.

JAB

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Oct 16, 2019, 9:53:13 PM10/16/19

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:06:23 -0500, "Ernie B."
<ernie-...@neb.rr.com> wrote:

>> So, what happened to handkerchief usage is US?
>
>Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex)

But, I recall usage of handkerchiefs in 1960s....

"The first Western facial tissue was introduced in 1924 and originally
marketed as a way to remove cold cream (it had already been in use in
Japan for centuries; see History of facial tissue for details).[1] It
was a disposable substitute for face towels or cotton wool. In 1925,
the first Kleenex tissue ad was used in magazines showing "the new
secret of keeping a pretty skin as used by famous movie stars.” A few
years after the introduction of Kleenex, the company's head researcher
tried to persuade the head of advertising to try to market the tissue
for colds and hay fever. The administrator declined the idea but then
committed a small amount of ad space to mention of using Kleenex
tissue as a handkerchief. By the 1930s, Kleenex was being marketed
with the slogan “Don’t Carry a Cold in Your Pocket” and its use as a
disposable handkerchief replacement became predominant."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleenex

RS Wood

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Oct 21, 2019, 5:50:25 AM10/21/19

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On 2019-10-16, Ernie B. <ernie-...@neb.rr.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:14:43 -0500, JAB wrote:
>
>> So, what happened to handkerchief usage is US?
>

I'm pretty glad about it, too. Hankies are pretty gross.

JAB

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Oct 21, 2019, 8:32:34 AM10/21/19

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On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:50:21 GMT, RS Wood <r...@therandymon.com> wrote:

>Hankies are pretty gross.

Also

Noun. hanky-panky (uncountable) Mischievous behaviour, dishonest or
shady activity

Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsgKZb9jQ1s

JAB

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Oct 27, 2019, 9:12:21 PM10/27/19

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On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:06:23 -0500, "Ernie B."

<ernie-...@neb.rr.com> wrote:

>> So, what happened to handkerchief usage is US?
>
>Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex)

Rodney still used one in 1974: Carson Can’t Keep Up with Rodney
Dangerfield’s Non-Stop One-Liners (1974)

@ 8:35 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2gw-asbBIM