Cool things manly men should be able to do. Mod note post#82

ahnowbrowncow

Do eight pull ups, in one go.

Sephiroth_dude

Squat ass to grass

Einhard

Hmmm, liking a lot of those ideas, particularly the more random ones. I'm gonna add two to my list:

1. Read maps.
2. Whistle loudly using only one's fingers.

No. 2 is very important. I always feel slightly pathetic when I have to whistle for the dog through pursed lips when on a walk. Even he seems slightly embarassed by it. :mad:

Sleepy

Shave with a straight razor.
Be able to cook at least one good 3 course meal.
Roll a joint/cigarette.
Read a map.
Open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.

Einhard

Shve with a straight razor also added to the list.

I'm glad to report that I can now tell the direction using the sun. In theory. Tomorrow I shall try it out in practice.

Mr. Incognito

Tie a knot.

Make a fart at any occassion to break the tension and laugh

Cry when your football team wins the All-Ireland or a parent dies. (AND NO OTHER TIME)

Tie a tie.

Untie a bra.

Own a shaving brush

Be able to start a fire. (A neat trick is a full bag of taytos is the best firelighter known to man)

Kill spiders, or as I do, trap them and release them into the wild.

Refuse to watch chick flicks.

Grow a beard/ or a mo for movember.

Play guitar

Juggle randomly

Have a random favourite movie.

Be a shoulder to cry on/ hide in at scary movies.

Refuse to wear anything brightly coloured or garish. Pink trousers in Pennys/ Dunnes. Go F**k yourself. Only whipped guys wear that crap. That's why they are whipped. It's a woman's way to tell other women back off. What single guy buys pink clothes or anything fluffy. Get your Sh*t together dudes.

Ted_YNWA

Einhard wrote: »

Shve with a straight razor also added to the list.

I'm glad to report that I can now tell the direction using the sun. In theory. Tomorrow I shall try it out in practice.

@ Midday the sun should be due south, 9 AM, due east & 9 PM due west.

Where do I get my Man card stamped ?

Odelay

Einhard wrote: »

Shve with a straight razor also added to the list.

I'm glad to report that I can now tell the direction using the sun. In theory. Tomorrow I shall try it out in practice.

Nice knowing you.........

Stavros Murphy

looks surreptitiously at watch. Covers watch with sleeve. Gazes at sky thoughtfully.. declares time with amazing precision. B**ches be tripping. Quietly thanks Crocodile Dundee...

Manach

Conduct an exorcism, in Latin. Handy if passing by any Hippy types.

MudSkipper

Can do the below already:

Read map
Tell time of day from sun
Cook 3 course meal ( without recipe book)
Build proper fire
Change tire and other basic car stuff
Fix bicycle (punctures, brake blocks, etc)
Open wine without corkscrew.... push the cork into bottle :-)
Hang shelves (level!) and other assorted DIY jobs


Must learn to whistle on fingers and how to kill dinner with swiss army knife :-)

Almost forgot the most important thing a manly man can have....your very own stick to stir paint with... you're not a man if you don't have one and know how to use it!

Doom

Wipe your arse with a dock leaf.....extremely manly +20

Sleepy

MudSkipper wrote: »

Open wine without corkscrew.... push the cork into bottle :-)

Nope

hint: it involves removing a shoe...

Doom

Buy one with a screw cap!!!!!

MudSkipper

Sleepy wrote: »

Nope

hint: it involves removing a shoe...

Well yes you can use the spike heel of a lady's shoe....

But am sure you have a different method and/ or shoe.,... so do tell ;-)

Zackdickensdog

Program the sky remote, and by the way how DO you open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew?

Einhard

Einhard wrote: »

2. Be able to tell the direction from the sky (sun, stars etc)

Is there a way to do that with the sun without knowing the time? Other than spending a while observing height etc.?

Mickey H

Grid. wrote: »

Cut down a tree.

Hunt your own meal.

Use a Swiss army knife

Undo a bra. With one hand.

Hug another man.

There. FYP Grid.

Mech1

Show your 15 year old son some tricks of the trade, just as he begins to think your too old to be any fun.

Recent examples,

Walking on hands, skateboarding, rabbit catching skinning cooking, wheelies, tree climbing, fire lighting etc, the type of stuff my missus doesnt want him learning for some mad reason.

All still well in my capabilities and well ahead of him and im 46yrs old.

Kids nowadays have no idea of the fun we had. (and are still having sshhhhh!)

aaronjumper

Light a match using your five o clock shadow.

nkay1985

Zackdickensdog wrote: »

Program the sky remote, and by the way how DO you open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew?

Lots of instructional videos to show you how but the basics of it is you take a proper soled shoe, place the base of the wine bottle in the shoe and hit it quite firmly against a wall. The pressure forces the cork out enough for you to grab it and remove it.

hobochris

Ride a motorbike.

Mariasofia

Eat quiche.......
Real men do apparently :-)

syklops

Know how to google and when to google. I've been in meetings where something is discussed with no-one knowing the ins and outs and the 30 minute discussion could have been resolved in 5 if someone opened up google.

Polish shoes. Doesnt need to be a spit shine, but know how to do it well. Though I recommend learning to spit shine.

My mum bought me a chefs blow torch and I've made a few batches of creme brulee, but back when I was a Marine commando Reserve in the Irish Defence Forces the best thing for getting a real shine on parade boots was Kiwi Parade Gloss, glazed with a chefs blow torch. The kiwi polish melts and fills in all the little cracks in the boot, and then cools and goes all shiny. Leave to cool, and then buff with a cotton cloth. Mirror shine. The method doesnt work as well for working boots. The smart way to do it is spin shine your working boots, and use the blowtorch for parade boots.

I dont walk through many trenches on my walk to work, and the blow torch method works well for the shoes I wear for work. Really glossy shine.

Stuff thats already been mentioned, wire a plug, change a light bulb, find and reset a fuse box. Its amazing how many people dont know how to do these things.

Cook at least one thing well. It really isnt so difficult. My signature dish is something I call Salmonella. Smoked salmon, cream, broccoli, butter, whiskey and tagliatelli.

It is divine and very easy to make. And looks restaurant grade when done well.

Galwayguy35

Drive a mini digger, amazing the amount of work you will get done around the place.

Back a trailer using just the mirrors, none of this looking out the window malarky.

Build a stone wall.

Hang a gate.

Lando Griffin

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Drive a mini digger, amazing the amount of work you will get done around the place.

Back a trailer using just the mirrors, none of this looking out the window malarky.

Build a stone wall.

Hang a gate.

All done of course without having your tongue sticking out the side of your mouth!

strobe

Pick a lock.
Calm an angry or frightened animal.
Strip a wire properly using a knife.
Do a handbrake turn.
Open a bottle without a bottle opener.
Be able to accurately judge distance by sight.
Skim a stone along water.
Speak a second language.
Count money quickly by shuffling through it.
Catch a flying insect out of mid air.
Catch a fish with just a big pointy stick.

No Pants

syklops wrote: »

Cook at least one thing well. It really isnt so difficult. My signature dish is something I call Salmonella. Smoked salmon, cream, broccoli, butter, whiskey and tagliatelli.

It is divine and very easy to make. And looks restaurant grade when done well.

And there was I avoiding these restaurants when I read about them having Salmonella. :pac:

stoneill

I must be the most manly man ever - everything on this list I have done, except the pink trousers.

Sephiroth_dude

Shave using a sharp knife