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Things that make blokes proud of themselves...

1. OPENING JARS - She's struggling. You take it from her hands, open it
effortlessly and pretend she loosened it for you. She didn't. Jars are men's
work.

2. CALLING SOMEONE 'SON' - Especially policeman but even saying it to kids
makes you the man.

3. DOING A PROPER SLIDE TACKLE - Beckham free kicks - camp. A Stuart Pearce
tackle is the pinnacle of the game, simultaneously winning the ball and
crippling the man. Magic.

4. SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A STANLEY KNIFE - Blunt, is it? Hand it here
love. No, I don't need a sharpener, I've got a knife thanks!

5. GOING TO THE TIP - A manly act which combines driving, lifting and - as
you thrillingly drop your rubbish into another huge pile of other rubbish -
noisy destruction.

6. DRINKING UP - Specifically, rising from the table, slinging your coat on
and downing two thirds of a pint in one fluid movement. Then nodding towards
the door, saying, "Let's go" and striding out while everyone else struggles
to catch up with you. You're hard.

7. HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD - in the shed, solely to stir paint with.

8. HAVING A SCAR - Ideally it'll be a facial knife wound, but even an iron
burn on the wrist is good. "Ooh, did it hurt". "Nah".

9. HAVING A HANGOVER AND THICK STUBBLE - When birds have been partying they
just whinge. You on the other hand have physical evidence of your hardness,
sprouting from your face. "Big night?" Grr, what does it look like.

10. NODDING AT COPPERS - A moment's eye contact is all it takes for you to
share the unspoken bond. "We've not seen eye to eye in the past",it says,
"but someone's got to keep the little scrotes in line".

11. USING POWER TOOLS - Slightly more powerful than you need or can safely
handle. Pneumatic drilling while smoking a fag? Superb.

12. KICKING A FOOTY AGAINST A GARAGE DOOR - Clang-g-g-g-g-g-! Stick that
Becks, I kick so hard I set off car alarms.

13. ARRIVING IN A PUB LATE - And everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean you're
popular, it just means your mates are pissed. However, the rest of the pub
doesn't know that.

14. NOT WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT - Fat is a feminist issue, apparently.
Brilliant. Pass the pork scratchings.

15. CARVING THE ROAST - And saying "are you a leg or breast man?" to the
blokes and "do you want stuffing?" to the women. Congratulations, you are
now your dad.

16. WINKING - Turns women to putty. Doesn't it?

17. TEST SWINGING HAMMERS - Ideally, B&Q would have little changing rooms
with mirrors so you could see how rugged you look with any DIY item. Until
then, we'll make do with the aisles.

18. TAKING OUT GBP200 FROM A CASHPOINT - Okay, so its for paying the plumber
later but with that much cash you feel like a mafia don. The only thing
better is peeling notes off the roll later.

19. PHONE CALLS THAT LAST LESS THAN A MINUTE - Unlike birds, we get straight
to the point. "Alright? Yep. Drink? Red lion? George, it is then. Seven. See
ya."

20. PARALLEL PARKING - Bosh, straight in. First time. Can Schumacher do
that? No, because his cars got no reverse gear which, technically, makes you
the worlds best driver.

21. HAVING EARNED THAT PINT - Since the dawn of time, men have toiled in the
fields in blistering heat. Why? So when it's over we can stand there in
silence, surveying our work with one hand resting on the beer gut while the
other nurses a foaming jug of ale. Aaaah.

22. HAVING SOMETHING PROPERLY WRONG WITH YOU - Especially if you didn't make
a
fuss. "Why was I off, nothing much, just a brain haemorrhage".

23. KNOWING WHICH SCREWDRIVER IS WHICH - "A Phillips? For that? Are you mad,
bint?"

24. TAKING A NEWSPAPER INTO THE LOO - A visual code that says that's right,
I'm
going in there for a huge, long man-sized poo.

I am a proud man....son.

Ace. Although I can't wink. Which makes me just amusingly blink at birds when I'm pissed. Still smooth though

The first two are so true :D

Having a scar! hahaha, masculine or what!

1,3,6,9,19 & 24 apply to me.  8)

the size of my nob

They are all true Sade ! If you don't know that then you ain't met a man like me yet !  :wink:

NMH

Number 25 should be

LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND DRAWING A SHARP BREATH BETWEEN TEETH - suuuuuuuuuck, I don't like the look of that SON, that's gonna cost yer!

26 - looking under the bonnet of a car.  Go on, just wiggle the leads about a bit.  As long as it starts afterwards and you've got grimy hands, you can feel as if you've just stripped down and replaced the gear box.

27 - being out on the moors somewhere, not knowing where the fuck you are but turning down the offer to look at a map.  Maps ?!!!  Thats cheating, besides you read the SAS survival handbook once, you can survive out there for weeks if necessary !

that list is ace and so true. Enjoying no3 is the mark of a real man 8)

28 - Going out without a coat in the freezing cold. Everyone else has 15 layers on but you don't need a coat to keep warm, you have beer. At least it makes you look hard. Oh and you can laugh when you stroll up to the bar to buy a pint of Stella, whilst everyone else fishes around for change and queues for the cloakroom.

Word. I did that last night. Grrrr

Theres one missing  - FARTING IN PUBLIC.

Pull my finger!

Thats my Dad right there.  :?

I bet he's proud of himself

He just says "its not cold!" "dad its -1 you cunt!"  :evil:

Haha. Quality. I have to agree that no3 is proper 'ard. Have always loved taking out the wankers I have played against!

Agreed, my most memorable tackle was crippling this kid and then kicking the ball away in frustration that the Ref had spotted it.  :)

Men are weird creatures really arent they :D

one of my favorite footballing memories is making a kid who had be taking the piss out of me cry with a double footed "take everything" tackle in a under 15 game. he was scared to come near me afterwards! oh happy days, happy days :mrgreen:

If by being weird you mean not gossiping/reading about gossip or not watching shit pointless reality tv shows like 10 years younger then you are correct young lady

I love being a man! we are cool as fuck! 8)

And how true is that!, i wonder how many hours are wasted by Women watching crap such as that.  :?

a lot i should think! thats all the women at my work talk about! "did you watch this and did you see that?" i feel like just telling them "get a fucking life"

There has literally been about 3 and a half hours of television programming a week that I can watch without getting angry. Telly is so rubbish these days.