Fun With Flagging
By Mistress Ren
Copyright
2001 – Mistress Ren, CUFSmaine, Inc.
I spent some of last evening figuring out my flags.
For those of you not familiar with the process, flagging
refers to the wearing in the back pocket of different
colored/designed hankies. Flagging
was started in the gay Leather community as a discreet way of letting
others know if you are a Dominant or submissive, and, depending upon the colors
you choose, what kinds of
activities you prefer.
For example, if you wear a gray hanky in your back LEFT
pocket, you are flagging to be a Dominant/Top
who enjoys doing bondage – if you wear your gray hanky in the RIGHT
back pocket, you are a
submissive/bottom who enjoys being trussed up.
Easy, huh?
Well…..not quite.
Flagging can get complicated…as I quickly discovered.
By the time I had finished going over the extensive list of
hanky color codes, I discovered that I wouldn’t
have
a hanky hanging out of my back left pocket….I would have a multicolored tail. Gray for bondage….Teal for
CBT….Dark Pink for nipple torture…..Fuscia for spanking…..and the list
went on…..and on…and on……!
Then….a conundrum.
I noticed on the list that Olive Drab stood for Military
Top/bottom……but did you have to BE in the military
to flag it?? Hmmmm….I wondered. My preference for military officers is well known…but did I
have the
right to display this color? Was it
reserved only for those in the service??
I called my buddy Eric – a fellow student of the Old
Guard who is far more familiar with the hanky code
than I……and posed my question.
“Hmmm….” He replied as he studied his copy of the
Hanky code, “I’m not sure….I don’t think you have to
be in the military to flag it….”
“Are you sure?” I asked.
I’d hate to commit a BDSM faux pas.
I could just imagine the emails from my
Mentors.
“I’m fairly sure…” he replied.
“Besides – if somebody asks, you can just explain it’s your preference
of submissives.”
Cool. Add
Olive Drab to my ever-expanding tail.
As I looked over the hanky code, I was amazed by the
variety of ‘hankies’ that could be found – colors for
just about anything you could imagine…..
Magenta for people with armpit fetishes.
Brown lace for those who prefer men who are ‘au natural’
(uncircumcised). Red and white
gingham for those who like to fool around in the local park.
Even mosquito
netting for those who just like to do it anywhere in the great outdoors.
:)
Of course, all this flagging got me thinking.
What about folks into stuff NOT found on the official Hanky
code? How do they signal their
preferences?
So I propose the following…..I ask you to please write
your local gay Congressman to have these ‘new’
hanky codes officially recognized.
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WORN ON
LEFT - TOP
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COLOR
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WORN ON
RIGHT - bottom
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Likes tacky
crossdressers
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Black
fishnet
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Tacky
crossdresser
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Likes to have feet worshipped
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Shoe laces
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Has a foot
fetish
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Likes to
have boobs fawned over
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Victoria’s
Secret Bra
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Has a breast
fetish
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Likes making
large corporations submit
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Push-up Bra
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Has an Erin
Brochovich fetish
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Gothic
devotee who has no idea why so many men are following him around on their
knees
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Black hanky
and leather collar with 2” spikes
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Gothic
devotee who has no clue he’s flagging submissive for heavy S/m
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Likes to
pretend to be Sam
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‘Cheers’
T-Shirt
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Likes to
dress up as Diane
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Likes to
blow money on greedy submissives
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Checkbook
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Looking for a ‘sugar daddy’
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Likes to
slather submissives in butter
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Tin foil
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Likes to play ‘baked potato’
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Likes to do
it on the carpet
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Carpet
sample
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Likes rug
burns
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Massachusetts
Pro-Domme
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Garbage bag
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Likes to
visit Maine landfills
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Paddleboro
survivor
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Wooden spoon
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Attleboro
police officer wishing he had
known about the place before the bust
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Likes to be
called ‘Kemosabe’
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Black mask
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Likes to
play ‘Tonto’
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Likes to
impress with a big vocabulary
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Webster’s
dictionary
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Gets turned
on by big words
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Likes to be
‘Grandma’
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Crocheted
doily
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Likes
Grandma’s milk and cookies
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Harry Potter
Fan
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Black round
rimmed glasses
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Wants to be
under a Top’s spell
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Worshiper of
Siegfield and Roy
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Black and
white tigers stripes
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Worships any
worshiper of Siegfield and Roy
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Wants to
find out who’s been naughty, not nice
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Red and
white fake fur
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Wants to sit
on Santa’s lap
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Special
orders DO upset us
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Burger King
Napkin
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Likes it
his/her way
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Dentist
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Toothbrush
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Wants his
dentist to think he brushes his teeth like he should
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McGyver
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Dental floss
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Likes
unusual bondage
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Peeping tom
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Drapery
material
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Likes to be
peeped upon
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Likes to
engage in pony play
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Gumby doll
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Likes to
play Pokey
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Cyber
wannabee
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Computer
mouse
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Cyber
wannabee
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Page Updated
08/27/05
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