Alexander Wordeyar

The brief-case

I’ll try and keep this brief. Have you ever wondered why a briefcase is called a briefcase? Is it because you’re supposed to carry your briefs / documents in them or because they’re meant to hold your briefs or “loin cloth” if you’re a stickler for tradition.

And why are briefs called briefs anyway? Is there a limiting dimension beyond which they are no longer briefs but shorts? Perhaps my briefs should be briefer than they already are? Lest I be forced to carry them in “other-cases”. I mean what’s the gold standard?

And then you have suit cases. I take it that we’re supposed to carry our Suits in the “suit-case” and our briefs in our “brief-case.” I suppose there is great wisdom in never checking-in your briefcase when taking a flight. (I’d say that you shouldn’t even let it out of sight to be on the safe side).That way, when you’re traveling with both “cases” and the airlines graciously lose your suitcase, you’ll at least have the briefs you were meant to present to your client at the meeting, albeit without your suit. However I am not sure how well your client will cosy up to the idea of you in your briefs and you actually run the risk of having a suit filed. But remember you don’t even have your suit case to keep them in. It does seem like a vicious circle, doesn’t it? Sigh.

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