What’s in your man drawer?

The Sun ^ | 20 May 2008 | MICHAEL McINTYRE

[Daffynition]

Everyone has a junk drawer.

[allmost]

A man drawer? LOL!

[Mark]

But what if it is in California? Man’s drawer could be wife’s drawer. So complicated!

[Grizzled Bear]

I have a room with three full book shelves, an ancient stereo with “two man lift” speakers and my guitars and amps. I also have the basement for my exercise equipment.

The garage is neutral territory out of necessity.

I fought long and hard and will not give up one inch of territory!

[50cal Smokepole]

Ummm, I call mine the 'garage'.
Stop bothering me woman -- can't you see I'm working here? [burrrp]

[Travis McGee]

A typical American man drawer.

[dayglored]

Oh God, that article nailed me to the F'ing wall. That is EXACTLY what I have in my "man drawer". The keys, the (dead, useless) mobile phones and chargers, the string, the menus.

This guy lives in my house. He has to, to know me that well.

[dayglored]

> A typical American man drawer.

Well, of course a lot of the keys in the drawer fit the trigger locks.

And the instructions for the scopes.

[dayglored]

> Ummm, I call mine the 'garage'.

Or the "barn".

30 years ago I bought this house. It has a barn.

The less said about the contents of the barn, the better. 30 years is a lot of time to accumulate stuff...

[latina4dubya]

Man’s drawer could be wife’s drawer. So complicated!

actually, this is so true... this Californian wife's junk drawer is not much different than that man drawer... mine has some additional items... plus i have a "kitchen" junk drawer with packets of soy sauce, KFC towlettes, pens that do not work, rubber bands from produce items, and much, much more... plus my hubby has his man drawer which also sounds much like that man drawer... coins and all... come to think of it, i have a junk drawer in every room of our house... this is sad...

[Steely Tom]

Yes. I have been forced to create one of these, and to move it periodically, to keep it's contents safe. In it are such things as (pencil) erasers, mechanical pencils, butane lighters, blank labels, scotch-guard scrubbing sponges, light bulbs, dental floss dispensers, Sharpie felt-tip pens with their caps still on, ChapStiks, blank CD-ROMs and CD-ROM envelopes, and other things that if left around where wife and kiddies can find them will be used once and then forgotten so that when I need them they will be gone/dry/otherwise ruined.

[50cal Smokepole]

Ssshhh. Quiet. The less she knows, the better for you....

[Daffynition]

[Stoat]

An essential line contained in the original article but 'curiously' omitted here  :-)

Send us pictures of YOUR man drawers to features@the-sun.co.uk and we'll print the best

A FReeper 'man-drawer' pic is just what a Brit tabloid needs  :-)

[Daffynition]

Post #6 says it all.

[Are you insinuating the I *porpoisely* left that line out of the article???] ;D

[Daffynition]

Post #6 says it all.

[Are you insinuating the I *porpoisely* left that line out of the article???] ;D

[therut]

One thing they definately do not have is a firearm. There government does not allow it. Too manly,individualistic and freedom defending for the Englishman. Sad.

[Travis McGee]

Back in the day, these were commonly found in a typical British man drawer.

[dayglored]

> Ssshhh. Quiet. The less she knows, the better for you....

That is very true.

Of course, the same may be said in return, of her places, too. There are some things I would just rather not know.

[Mr. Mojo]

Typical Brit “man” drawer — no firearms or knives.