Things that make you a real man

[Roots66]

OPENING JARS - nnng, she's struggling. You take it from her hands, open it effortlessly and pretend she loosened it for you. She didn't. Jars are men's work.

CALLING SOMEONE 'SON' - Especially policeman, but even saying it to kids makes you the man.

DOING A PROPER SLIDE TACKLE - Beckham free kicks? Gay. A Stuart Pearce tackle is the pinnacle of the game, simultaneously winning the ball and crippling the man. Magic.

SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A STANLEY KNIFE - Blunt, is it? Hand it here love. No, I don't need a sharpener, you think I can't whittle.

GOING TO THE DUMP - A manly act which combines driving, lifting and - as you thrillingly drop your rubbish into another huge pile of other rubbish-noisy destruction.

DRINKING UP - Specifically, rising from the table, slinging your coat on and downing two thirds of a pint in one fluid movement. Then nodding towards the door, saying, "Let's go" and striding out while everyone else struggles to catch up with you. God, you're hard.

HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD - in the shed, solely to stir paint with.

HAVING A SCAR - Ideally it'll be a facial knife wound, but even an iron burn on the wrist is good. "Ooh, did it hurt". "Nah".

HAVING A HANGOVER AND THICK STUBBLE - When girls have been partying they just whinge. You, on the other hand have physical evidence of your hardness,sprouting from your face. "Big night?" Grr, what does it look like.

NODDING AT COPS - A moments eye contact is all it takes for you to share the unspoken bond. "We've not seen eye to eye in the past", it says, "but someone's got to keep the little bastards in line".

USING POWER TOOLS - slightly more powerful than you need or can safely handle. Pneumatic drilling while smoking a cigar? Superb.

KICKING A BALL AGAINST A GARAGE DOOR - Clang-g-g-g-g-g-! Forget Beckham, I kick so hard I set off car alarms.

ARRIVING IN A BAR LATE... and everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean you're popular, it just means your buddies are drunk. However, the rest of the bar doesn't know that.

NOT WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT - fat is a feminist issue, apparently. Brilliant. Pass the pork scratchings.

CARVING THE ROAST - and saying "are you a leg or breast man" to the guys and "do you want stuffing" to the women. Congratulations, you are now your dad.

WINKING - turns women to putty. Doesn't it?

TEST SWINGING HAMMERS - ideally, Home Depot would have little changing rooms with mirrors so you could see how rugged you look with any DIY item. Until then, we'll make do with the aisles.

TAKING OUT 200 DOLLARS FROM AN ATM - okay, so its for paying the plumber later but with that much cash you feel like a mafia don. The only thing better is peeling notes off the roll later.

PHONE CALLS THAT LAST LESS THAN A MINUTE - unlike girls, we get straight to the point. "alright? Yep. Drink? Red lion? George, it is then. Seven. Seeya."

PARALLEL PARKING - ha, straight in. first time. Can Schumacher do that? No, because his cars got no reverse gear which, technically, makes you the worlds best driver.

HAVING EARNED THAT PINT - Since the dawn of time, men have toiled in the fields in blistering heat. Why? So, when it's over we can stand there in silence, surveying our work with one hand resting on the beer gut while the other nurses a foaming jug of ale. Aaaah.

HAVING SOMETHING PROPERLY WRONG WITH YOU - especially if you didn't make a fuss. "Why was I off, nothing much, just a brain haemorrhage".

KNOWING WHICH SCREWDRIVER IS WHICH - "a Phillips? For that? Are you mad?"

TAKING A NEWSPAPER INTO THE TOILET - a visual code that says that's right,I'm going in there for a huge, long man-sized shit.

CALLING YOUR BUDDY AN ASSHOLE - and punching him on the shoulder. Just a man's way of saying "you're a good friend; I missed you while you were in the hospital".

[BlackRob]

Its just so true, every last word of it!!

[bandit]

Originally Posted by Roots66

ARRIVING IN A BAR LATE... and everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean you're popular, it just means your buddies are drunk. However, the rest of the bar doesn't know that.

[92coupe]

Originally Posted by Roots66

ARRIVING IN A BAR LATE... and everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean you're popular, it just means your buddies are drunk. However, the rest of the bar doesn't know that.

:rotf: SO TRUE!

[BlueStangChik]

TAKING A NEWSPAPER INTO THE TOILET - a visual code that says that's right,I'm going in there for a huge, long man-sized shit.

Heeey i do that..

so so true lol.

[FiveLiter]

:haha3: Good stuff.

[The Blue Beast]

haha... you just added a little bit of joy to my 14 hour work day