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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: packrat35

Doh!
I take umbrellas whenever rain is in thr forcast.
I’m innocent of all the others, though.


81 posted on 05/21/2008 6:39:48 AM PDT by Verbosus
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

you owe me a keyboard....


82 posted on 05/21/2008 6:43:51 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: Keith Brown
“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.

83 posted on 05/21/2008 6:45:17 AM PDT by A Texan (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: andy58-in-nh
If I want to cook with gas I will cook inside. Outside is for mesquite charcoal, that is REAL BBQ. Propane is for sissies. “Now thats a FIRE!”
84 posted on 05/21/2008 6:46:30 AM PDT by allmendream (Life begins at the moment of contraception. ;))
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To: Daffynition

I’ll give the dude in the pic a break.

I’m seeing a “colorized” black and white film where the colorizer got lazy and picked the same palet for the suit as the couch.


85 posted on 05/21/2008 6:46:59 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Curling is great.. if I lived someplace that had a dedicated building, I might dream of developing enough skill to hit the Olympics.

Alas, the local club here plays on Arena Ice, which pretty much makes sure, my skill level will never get to that level no matter how much I would try.


86 posted on 05/21/2008 6:50:41 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Billthedrill
I disagree about item (1). When boys fight the loser ends up with a black eye. When men fight both parties get hurt. When men really fight it’s with weapons and it’s for keeps. That’s why it isn’t a good idea. Only a lazy and degenerate society needs to re-learn this lesson.

What's more, if you are throwing punches at someone incapable of doing even a black eye in return then you should be picking on someone your own size.
87 posted on 05/21/2008 6:56:21 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Daffynition
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.

Because a real man is a gourmet chef and uses that to woo women? I think not. My frig is stocked because I married a woman that can cook.
88 posted on 05/21/2008 6:57:58 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Daffynition

No thanks on #4. Anyone that is shunning anything as ‘too childish’ is missing out on life.


89 posted on 05/21/2008 6:58:51 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Daffynition

#5. There is nothing at all wrong with having the right tool around for the job. That said, I find the feed lips of an AK47 magazine work really well for opening beers


90 posted on 05/21/2008 7:00:11 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Billthedrill

HEAR HEAR!!!!!!


91 posted on 05/21/2008 7:03:44 AM PDT by tpanther (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing-----Edmund Burke)
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To: Migraine

Like a Honda Element? I love mine, it’s like a cell at Gitmo - square, holds stuff, and I can easily wash it out afterwards.


92 posted on 05/21/2008 7:06:25 AM PDT by gura (R-MO)
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To: Daffynition
The 19th thing a grown man should never have?

19. A list of 18 things a grown man should never have.

93 posted on 05/21/2008 7:08:25 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Secondhand Aztlan Smoke causes drug addiction obesity in global warming cancer immigrant terrorists.)
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To: piytar
Hey, I have a “man purse,” ie. a fanny pack. But I use it to carry my 9mm (have a CCW permit). Does that count?

Of course, but remember, it is a "field kit", NOT a fanny pack!!!!! Big difference!

94 posted on 05/21/2008 7:08:44 AM PDT by China Clipper (My favorite animal is whatever is on my plate at that time)
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To: NeoCaveman

Oh, to be at least 40 again. “(


95 posted on 05/21/2008 7:09:38 AM PDT by gost2
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To: Daffynition
"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."

...or the door of a '69 Goat

This guy was on the right track until...

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

Sorry, real men don't care what the beer costs. The price of beer is only a concern for insecure girly-men with small dinkies. "

96 posted on 05/21/2008 7:11:06 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: dr_lew
4. Cooking, if married. God gave us women-why the heck are you cooking?

Because it's hamburger night?
Guy cooking should be done with open fire preferably a grill or a open campfire.
97 posted on 05/21/2008 7:11:17 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: andy58-in-nh

EAHEAHEAH!!! (loud Buehla the buzzer sound)

A real man uses a smoker/cooker with genuine lump oak charcoal. (never briquettes)


98 posted on 05/21/2008 7:15:20 AM PDT by gost2
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To: Billthedrill; Daffynition

Should also add “Never fight an old man, he will just kill you.” I can attest to that.


99 posted on 05/21/2008 7:17:16 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Will this thread be jacked by a Mormon?)
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To: China Clipper

Yeah, my ‘man purse’ is my tank-bag from my KTM 950 Adventure. (dirt road cruiser that will do 0 to 130 faster than you can pass gas)


100 posted on 05/21/2008 7:17:47 AM PDT by gost2
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