The Hanky Code Makes a Comeback on iPhone Apps

The first time I heard of the hanky code I was watching the Al Pacino movie "Cruising" where he wore the wrong color hanky and the trick he picked up got mad he wasn't into it.

Seems the hanky code started in the mid 19th century in San Francisco with the shortage of women to dance with so men would wear them in their back pockets to say they would take the "Male" or "Female" role in square dancing. Then in the 70's some cleaver gays adopted the secret code for sex.

Now the Hanky Code takes a technological leap into the 21 century with the new iPhone App. Here is how the creators Jonathan Leach and Karl Burkart say it works "Suppose you were at a bar and you saw someone with a real hanky in their back pocket, you could just pull up the app real quick, click on the color and it would give you the meaning. The app also will light up your screen with a picture of whatever hanky you are so the iPhone actually becomes the hanky. If you’re at a coffee shop or a restaurant somewhere and you’re working on your computer you can have your iPhone to the left or to the right of your computer or your coffee and guys walk by and the notice it and they’re like ‘hmm.’"

Like they say everything old is new again.