The Hanky Code

This is just one of two whole pages of a scanned brochure from “Image Leather,” a now-defunct leather daddy shop in San Francisco, describing what the wearing of certain colored handkerchiefs indicates when out cruising for sex. With dozens of color and material combinations to keep in mind, I have no doubt that this was primarily a tongue-in-cheek reference created by someone with too much time on their hands, but it’s amusing to think of thousands of men milling around the darkened parks of San Francisco, squinting to distinguish if the bit of cloth sticking out of a liaison’s pocket was leopard print, signifying a love for tattoos, or magenta, signifying that he’s an “armpit freak.”

I Love the Hanky Code [ILoveThisWorld.com]