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« on: Thursday, March 9, 2006, 17:44:54 » |
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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.
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Plays in midfield and his name is Tommy Miller, signed him from Huddersfield his name is Tommy Miller, first touch is average but his second is a killer, heeeeeey Tommy Miller!
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, March 9, 2006, 17:55:24 » |
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I am a proud man....son.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, March 9, 2006, 17:59:42 » |
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Ace. Although I can't wink. Which makes me just amusingly blink at birds when I'm pissed. Still smooth though
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, March 9, 2006, 20:10:19 » |
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The first two are so true Having a scar! hahaha, masculine or what!
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, March 9, 2006, 21:07:16 » |
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1,3,6,9,19 & 24 apply to me. 
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, March 9, 2006, 22:28:01 » |
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the size of my nob
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 02:16:32 » |
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The first two are so true Having a scar! hahaha, masculine or what! They are all true Sade ! If you don't know that then you ain't met a man like me yet ! NMH
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You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 09:43:37 » |
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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!
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 10:41:06 » |
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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 !
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 10:44:37 » |
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that list is ace and so true. Enjoying no3 is the mark of a real man 
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 10:47:05 » |
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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.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 11:39:36 » |
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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
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 12:57:33 » |
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Theres one missing - FARTING IN PUBLIC.
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 12:57:59 » |
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Theres one missing - FARTING IN PUBLIC. Pull my finger!
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, March 10, 2006, 15:39:52 » |
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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. Thats my Dad right there. :?
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