New Yorker

[sagehen]

>OT: "fanny pack" is a misnomer since a sensible person would wear it in
>front.  Wearing it in back over the buttocks is an invitation to someone
>to sneak up, unzip it, and pilfer.  It joins the list of such misnomers as
>"dry cleaning" (which uses a liquid solvent) or "OEM" ("Original Equipment
>Manufacturer"), a company that puts its own label on equipment made by
>others, or "grand jury investigates" (a grand jury does no investigation;
>it listens to a prosecutor describe a completed investigation), or
>"Internet cafe", which does not necessarily serve coffee.  By the way, in
>Michigan, at least in the 1960's, a judge could declare himself a "one-man
>grand jury".
 Jim Landau

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I think the first fanny packs were designed for use of bicyclists, worn in
back, in order not to impede the crouched position of many cyclists..
AM

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