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18 Things A Grown Man Should Never Have
MSN ^ | May 20, 2008 | Steve Calechman

Posted on 05/20/2008 9:37:30 PM PDT by Daffynition

1. A black eye. Unless the rim hits your face mid-dunk, your peepers should remain unblemished. You're smart enough to talk your way out of any fight you're going to lose.

2. A witty e-mail signature. Quotes and song lyrics should be heard during toasts and karaoke performances, respectively. Don't let your electronic correspondence become the digital version of a motivational poster.

3. An empty refrigerator. Your larder should be amply stocked, your pantry provisioned. Always aim to be ready to create an on-the-fly, three-course dinner for her...along with breakfast in bed.

4. PlayStation thumb. When they're relaxing, grown men can behave like children. But if you devolve long enough to cause calluses or button-shaped bruises, you're assuredly missing out on life.

5. A key chain with a bottle opener. This bauble is both a gauche reminder of your college days and proof that you don't know how to apply leverage using available, impromptu bottle openers: a lighter, the back end of a fork.

6. A lucky shirt. Every shirt is lucky when worn by a man who knows that the harder he works the luckier he'll be.

7. An unstamped passport.

8. Olympic dreams. Exceptions: curling and archery.

9. Less than $20 in his wallet. Fiduciary nudity is negligence. A real man should always carry a business card and enough dough to pick up coffee, bagels, and the Sunday paper without whipping out the plastic.

10. A name for his penis. Even if it's a really clever name.

11. Any beer that costs less than $20 a case. And no exception for the grand-slam 30-pack that crosses that price threshold.

12. The need to quote The Big Lebowski/ Caddyshack/Superbad. Reciting someone else's lines reminds people that you haven't the wit to write your own.

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To: Daffynition

Well, I’ve got a p38 on my key ring, what can I say it works.


141 posted on 05/21/2008 1:00:04 PM PDT by Lx ((Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.))
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To: Daffynition

Add:

Fake Tan Cremes.

Thong underwear.


142 posted on 05/21/2008 1:14:14 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Lx
Thanks. In my haste to post, I did neglect to mention Goodfellas, which is in my own personal library for the obvious reason that it is the greatest gangster movie ever made. I exclude the "Godfather" movies from that genre because they are not merely mobster movies but fictional historical dramas, and works of artistic genius besides.

In an unguarded moment or two, and perhaps with the assistance of ethanol-based libation, I might tell you of my personal experiences with real characters who drifted through my life back when I lived in New York. They were rather well "connected", if you get my drift.

You also mentioned Tombstone which I've only seen once. Pretty good flick as well. I was considering The Quick and the Dead, starring Sharon Stone, but only because I thought she was hotter than a magnesium flare.

143 posted on 05/21/2008 4:00:30 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Peace Is Not The Question.)
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To: darkangel82

No doubt!


144 posted on 05/21/2008 8:37:54 PM PDT by Keith Brown (Among the other evils being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised Machiavelli.)
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To: A Texan

“What “H” mo wrote this?”

“That’s what I was thinking. I thought that whole metro-sexual bs died out. This guy needs to put down the eyelash curler and invest in a pair of balls.”

Reminds me of Bernie Mac’s comedy routine.......

“Stop that crying boy and do some push ups or something..!”


145 posted on 05/21/2008 8:39:43 PM PDT by Keith Brown (Among the other evils being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised Machiavelli.)
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To: airborne
I prefer to quote 'Yellowbeard'! I really have to be careful when and where I do, though!

"I may be blind, but I got ahcute 'earing!"

146 posted on 05/21/2008 8:47:08 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Daffynition

1. Sexual relations with anyone under 18.
2. A written list of their sexual conquests. If you can’t remember them, they weren’t worth remembering.
3. A web site dedicated to a crush you have on an teenage celebrity.
4. A Barry Manilow album
5. Any album by any singer younger than 25.
6. A Michael Jackson album after he turned white.


147 posted on 05/22/2008 7:49:45 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Doohickey

“No, it doesn’t. It just makes you a sissy with a gun.”

Do you regularly carry? Have you ever had to defend your home against druged-out scum? If not, then watch who you are calling a sissy, you keyboard jockey.

It may make me LOOK like a sissy, but if you answer in the negative to both of the above questions, then YOU are the sissy (puke, wimp, keyboard warrior, etc.) who doesn’t understand the concept of surprise in a true life or death situation. That is unless you have served, in which case all is forgiven.


148 posted on 05/23/2008 12:09:56 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Doohickey

Hmm, after checking out your posts, I see that you did serve. All forgiven. Sill, “sissy with a gun” is a typical libtard statement, so no apologies for my response, either.


149 posted on 05/23/2008 12:17:11 AM PDT by piytar
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To: Daffynition
A Grown Man Should Never Have...

Less than 1000 rounds of ammunition on hand.

150 posted on 05/23/2008 12:28:39 AM PDT by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment: It's not about sporting goods.)
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To: piytar
Relax. I was kidding in the spirit of this being sort of a funny thread. I don't think you're a sissy because you carry a gun. Well, maybe because you carry a 9mm. In a man-bag. Just kidding!
151 posted on 05/23/2008 4:33:14 AM PDT by Doohickey (SSN-681; SSN-671; SSN-669; SSN-712)
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To: Grizzled Bear
"I may be blind, but I got ahcute 'earing!"

My favorite - "Never trust a woman or a government!"

Well, one of my favorites. Some I can't really post here, now can I? ;^)

152 posted on 05/23/2008 5:47:28 AM PDT by airborne (LETS GO PENS!!! LETS GO PENS!!! LETS GO PENS!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

“exfoliate” is that sumptin like defoliate?


153 posted on 05/23/2008 6:01:17 AM PDT by wordsofearnest ("That government is best which governs least" & Zachary Taylor s/h finished the job.)
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To: Daffynition
Please tell me that is not the Presidential Seal on his socks

I am sorry, there is just something wrong with that (and I Love President Bush), but the next thing you know it will be his boxer shorts. TOO MUCH!!!!!

154 posted on 05/23/2008 6:17:47 AM PDT by codercpc
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To: Daffynition
Please tell me that is not the presidential seal on his SOCKS!!

I love President Bush, but that is going to far. The next thing you know I will find out it is on his boxers. That is just TOO MUCH!

155 posted on 05/23/2008 6:21:37 AM PDT by codercpc
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To: Straight Vermonter
Crocs should never be worn by a man at any time.

Crocs should never be worn by anyone!

156 posted on 05/23/2008 6:52:09 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (A good man has come home to San Diego! Thank you Congressman Hunter)
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To: andy58-in-nh
Two things: 1, no real man would ever own a gas grill. It defeats the purpose of grilling.

2, Plenty of real men out there who aren't redneck enough to wear a ball cap. I personally wear leather do-rags when it's cold, and cotton when it's not. But I realize that it's as much a biker thing as ball caps are a redneck thing.

157 posted on 05/23/2008 12:59:07 PM PDT by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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To: Melas
Well, okay, I'm a redneck then, albeit one with a graduate degree. As for the gas vs. charcoal issue, this definitely seems to be a Southern vs Northern thing. Don't get me wrong: I prefer charcoal. But when it's -10ºF with a -40ºF windchill, do you really want to wait 45 minutes for your cooking surface to be ready (and at the average temps around here, that's optimistic), or have a nice hot surface ready in under 10 minutes with some great wood chip flavor added? In the summer, it's a no-brainer: charcoal rules. But for the other 9 months a year, propane, used intelligently, does a real nice job.
158 posted on 05/23/2008 3:24:59 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Peace Is Not The Question.)
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To: Daffynition

Avoid floral print shirts and shorts at all costs.


159 posted on 05/23/2008 11:31:17 PM PDT by StilettoRaksha
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