OK, so Popular Mechanics has an article that lists 25 things that every man should be able to do. This got me curious, are the people I know REAL MEN? So thats why I decided to start this topic on an internet message board; to find out! Heres what to do: copy and paste every thing from that list. Or just say that you are a horrible male and cant do anything on the list. Women can also participate by showing how un-womanlike they are.
What I can do:
2. Protect your computer (Hooray firefox and ad-aware!) 4. Frame a wall (I helped finish my basement) 7. Build a campfire (#1 boyscout) 9. Navigate with a map and compass (I am my families TomTom) 14. Maneuver a car out of a skid (I can countersteer. Thats what they mean, right?) 15. Get a car unstuck (PUSH) 16. Back up data (Copy->Paste) 17. Paint a room (not fun) 19. Clean a bolt-action rifle (NRA woop) 20. Change oil and filter (it helps if your car leaks) 21. Hook up an HDTV (i just KNOW) 23. Paddle a canoe (whitewater rafting is fun) 24. Fix a bike flat (a crappy bike is not)
2. Protect your computer(yah for norton, although i have yet to find my virus protection on my laptop :() 4. Frame a wall(its really not that hard) 5. Retouch digital photos(isn't that what we do?) 6. Back up a trailer(i have do it, and can do it with time) 7. Build a campfire(pyro) 8. Fix a dead outlet(i've put in new outlets, should count) 9. Navigate with a map and compass(don't use a compass, and a map is the only way i can navigate) 10. Use a torque wrench(those are the things in nascar right, if yes, then yes) 12. Perform CPR(franko's class, nuff said) 14. Maneuver a car out of a skid(i have done it with success, and haven't with disasterous results) 15. Get a car unstuck(and the funny thing is, i didn't get them stuck) 16. Back up data(if you don't know how, see rob's) 17. Paint a room(dip brush, stroke wall, dip brush...) 18. Mix concrete(about a bazillion times) 19. Clean a bolt-action rifle(i've cleaned rifles, but mines a lever action) 21. Hook up an HDTV(my tv is HD, so yes) 22. Bleed brakes(i've done it, but can't remember how) 23. Paddle a canoe(ummm, yes)
18/25 man points. Yes, I'm 72% man, hear me roar
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2. Protect your computer 5. Retouch digital photos 6. Back up a trailer 7. Build a campfire 9. Navigate with a map and compass 11. Sharpen a knife 12. Perform CPR 14. Maneuver a car out of a skid 15. Get a car unstuck 16. Back up data 17. Paint a room 23. Paddle a canoe 25. Extend your wireless network
13/25
however, despite my efforts, i will never be a man (not that i want to be)
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i can pretty much do all that crap (ty, boy scouts), but i don't think any of that actually defines ppl as men or not. That is all just what society thinks is acceptable, and right now i'm blaming society for a lot of bad crap that could've been easily prevented...ppl are stupid, panicky, disorganized, hypocritical, fearful, arrogant, sloppy, corrupt, perverted, fopish, moronic morons incapable of understanding anything beyond their own comfortable little worlds.
i can pretty much do all that crap (ty, boy scouts), but i don't think any of that actually defines ppl as men or not. That is all just what society thinks is acceptable, and right now i'm blaming society for a lot of bad crap that could've been easily prevented...ppl are stupid, panicky, disorganized, hypocritical, fearful, arrogant, sloppy, corrupt, perverted, fopish, moronic morons incapable of understanding anything beyond their own comfortable little worlds.
Way to suck the fun out of this thread.
Also, post a list like all of the rest of the MEN in here.
2. Protect your computer 6. Back up a trailer 7. Build a campfire 9. Navigate with a map and compass 10. Use a torque wrench 11. Sharpen a knife 12. Perform CPR 14. Maneuver a car out of a skid (maybe) 15. Get a car unstuck 16. Back up data (does putting it on a cd count) 17. Paint a room 20. Change oil and filter 23. Paddle a canoe 24. Fix a bike flat
So that's like 12 and maybe 14 depending if two count
see, it's a weird list. some things i've done, and some things i know i can do, and some things i haven't done but i'm pretty sure i can do, but i can't count those things because i'm not entirely sure...blah
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did you know that chuck norris once laughed at a chuck norris joke. Then he realized no one laughs at chuck norris and then promptly kicked a baby into outerspace. Ten years later it fell on the inventor of chuck norris jokes.
just made that up. Rate it please.
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I know i was bowling agaist him. I scored 347. He was upset by the fact that i too could do things that were mathmaticaly impoible so he took this power awy from me.
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Yo poster i'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish. But Benn999 had one of the bes' post of all time. One of the bes' posts of all time!