Basic Urban Pocket Kit - a few extra things

Complaints department
Yes I am a smoker and I know this is bound to attract a lot of nasty comments.

As far as I am not smoking near you, let me be (we're probably some thousands mile away, so...).

Having found a small, clear, tough plastic tube in a drawer, I included it in the kit as cigarette holder. You know... the last smoke, should you unexpectedly find yourself in front of a fire squad... or in front of a closed tobacconist...

Alongside the lonely emergency cigarette you will notice:

- a micro ballpoint pen (salvaged from who knows what)
- a larger needle for sewing or stiching larger wounds (;-)
- some metal wire, useful to keep stuff together or to improvise something I cannot imagine at the moment.

Please note that Ikea pencils are a convenient (and free) replacement for the ballpoint pen.

Self-defense
The best thing you can include in a cigarette-pack sized kit, for self-devence purpose - is the absence of any weapon.

If you know of any self defence item small enough to fit in my kit but still effective, let me know. On the other hand, either you have had a specific training using weapons - regular or improvised - AND keep training regularly... or you are probably exposing yourself to danger if you try to use one.

Run away if you can. Better still, keep your eyes peeled and try to anticipate and avoid finding yourself in a tight spot.

And/or learn martial arts - that might help you but don't think you can do the things they do on TV. Just forget about it. Bad guys tend to be a lot tougher than the average amateur martial art practitioner...