The hanky code - a phenomenon popular in the 70s whereby men seeking men would display different coloured hankies in their back pockets according to their tastes - is getting a second life as an application for the iPhone. "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 colour and it would give you the meaning," explains Jonathan Leach, the co-creator of the Hanky Code application. "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 acoffee 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'." Traditional hanky colours and their meanings include light blue for oral sex, navy blue for anal sex, grey for bondage, gold for threesomes, and pick for sex using dildos.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News Staff
First published: Sunday, 29th November 2009 - 11:55am