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To: GodGunsGuts
I thought men were only grown-up boys.
3 posted on
06/21/2009 9:55:49 AM PDT by
AnnGora
(Does this tagline make me look fat?)
To: Battle Axe
To: GodGunsGuts
When does a boy become a man? When he puts away childish things, and acts like a man.
6 posted on
06/21/2009 10:19:53 AM PDT by
Fzob
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
To: GodGunsGuts
Rights of Passage are nebulous and arcane.. both with men and women..
Not so... the difference between a father and a sperm donor..
7 posted on
06/21/2009 10:20:43 AM PDT by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: GodGunsGuts
Good question. Article at link has some intresting points.
Others have said
One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns he must die and accepts his sentence undismayed.
A competent and self-confident person (an adult Ed.) is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
And to paraphrase RAH
A man should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
So, Happy Father’s Day to one and all.
8 posted on
06/21/2009 10:27:29 AM PDT by
ASOC
(Who IS that fat lady, and why is she singing?????)
To: GodGunsGuts
About 50 years ago an old man told me the differance between a man and a boy was the man takes responsibility for his own actions
I have never found a better way of putting it.
9 posted on
06/21/2009 10:35:14 AM PDT by
mouser
To: GodGunsGuts
I’ve heard it said that when Burt Reynolds was asked the same question, he answered with something to the effect of, “When his daddy says he is.”
12 posted on
06/21/2009 11:15:03 AM PDT by
Dad x 3
To: GodGunsGuts
When does a boy become a man?ANSWER: When he joins with a woman...
14 posted on
06/21/2009 8:51:04 PM PDT by
Sir Francis Dashwood
(Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
To: GodGunsGuts
When does a boy become a man?ANSWER: When he joins with a woman...
P.S. That answer is in Genesis.
15 posted on
06/21/2009 8:53:08 PM PDT by
Sir Francis Dashwood
(Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
To: Running On Empty
16 posted on
06/21/2009 9:01:14 PM PDT by
Running On Empty
((The three sorriest words:"It's too late"))
To: GodGunsGuts
IMO, Kipling said it best in “If”.
17 posted on
06/21/2009 9:02:11 PM PDT by
DejaJude
To: GodGunsGuts
When does a boy become a man?
When he sleeps with his semi-attractive public school teacher.
18 posted on
06/21/2009 9:04:56 PM PDT by
LanaTurnerOverdrive
("I've done a few things in my life I'm not proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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