The Real Men

Jimmy Dags

Where are they, seems nowadays they are too busy shaving their private regions, wearing skinny jeans, dabbling in bits of make up and driving around in girly cars.

Wibbs

WTF is a "girly car"?

Dial Hard

Wibbs wrote: »

WTF is a "girly car"?

And WTF is a "real" man? Are all the ones I see on a day-to-day basis robots of some description? Escapees from Westworld, perhaps???

amcalester

Wibbs wrote: »

WTF is a "girly car"?

Audi TT

Pelvis

We're butch!!!

Seth Brundle

Is this the future of men...?
https://youtu.be/fpyb3tbnAfI

Wibbs

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Is this the future of men...?
https://youtu.be/fpyb3tbnAfI

Over my dead body goddammit.

Me, earlier heading to the shops.

EdgeCase

You'd be like sandpaper and get no hugs if you did that!

Blacktie.

OP is the alpha lads. Move aside and let the real man through.

Peatys

Wibbs wrote: »

WTF is a "girly car"?

You've managed to never hear of that?

https://www.theaa.com/cars/news/driving-and-traffic/the-top-ten-girlie-cars-6315.html

Peatys

amcalester wrote: »

Audi TT

Fiat 500

source

Peatys wrote: »

Fiat 500

From my experience in a 1.4 Fiat 500 in Siena it is NOT a girly car, thing is like a kart in the corners.

I would say the pre facelift TT, any of the mini range and the auzuki swift are definitely girly cars.

Peatys

source wrote: »

From my experience in a 1.4 Fiat 500 in Siena it is NOT a girly car, thing is like a kart in the corners.

I would say the pre facelift TT, any of the mini range and the auzuki swift are definitely girly cars.

From my experience renting a 998cc one in Dublin when my own car was fooked, it's a girly car.

4068ac1elhodqr

source wrote: »

From my experience in a 1.4 Fiat 500 in Siena it is NOT a girly car, thing is like a kart in the corners.

I would say the pre facelift TT, any of the mini range and the auzuki swift are definitely girly cars.

Reckon the Fiat500 would be 'at least x3 the girlishness' of any of those models.

A VW Beetle would also be x5 'the ladyness' of any version of a TT.

gifted

My real man membership badge is on the mantlepiece....suspended membership for a few years while I look after the family, work and be a dad for the chicks and be a source of reliability for herself and the kids......also have to do a lot of other parenting jobs but I will be a real man again one day..lol lol






Currently at swimming lessons and probably bake them a few cupcakes in the afternoon......


Real man lol lol lol

eeguy

Jimmy Dags wrote: »

Where are they, seems nowadays they are too busy shaving their private regions, wearing skinny jeans, dabbling in bits of make up and driving around in girly cars.

Says the man driving a 95 landcruiser and a Honda 90.
You're like a farmer from Glenroe.

4068ac1elhodqr

gifted wrote: »

Currently at swimming lessons and probably bake them a few cupcakes in the afternoon......

Teaching survival at sea, and the hunting/gathering/preparation of food stuffs are both highly commendable actions.

Just as long as a Fiat500 isn't used at any point during the process.

wexie

gifted wrote: »

My real man membership badge is on the mantlepiece....suspended membership for a few years while I look after the family, work and be a dad for the chicks and be a source of reliability for herself and the kids......also have to do a lot of other parenting jobs but I will be a real man again one day..lol lol

Currently at swimming lessons and probably bake them a few cupcakes in the afternoon......

Real man lol lol lol

Ya know what though, doing all of those things and minding your family makes you a lot more of a real man than falling about drunk, shooting small animals for the craic and using heavy machinery.

I do draw the line at skinny jeans though

4068ac1elhodqr

One has to worry about the next generation, if this trend is to continue:

A student at Utah University trials a 'safe space closet' in their library...

A Safe Place for Stressed Out Students Otherwise Known as The Cry Closet

Peatys

gifted wrote: »

My real man membership badge is on the mantlepiece....suspended membership for a few years while I look after the family, work and be a dad for the chicks and be a source of reliability for herself and the kids......also have to do a lot of other parenting jobs but I will be a real man again one day..lol lol

With one eye on the Liverpool match, I'm sitting on the floor drinking tea from empty plastic cups surrounded by bears, Barbie's and dogs waiting on my turn to sing let it go...... If i didn't have kids I'd look a bit odd.

EdgeCase

source wrote: »

From my experience in a 1.4 Fiat 500 in Siena it is NOT a girly car, thing is like a kart in the corners.

I would say the pre facelift TT, any of the mini range and the auzuki swift are definitely girly cars.

Who says girls don’t like taking corners like they’re in a kart?

Find a lot of this stuff is horse manure anyway. I know quite a few girlies who love their BMWs and Audis and various high performance cars.

I was driving in Italy a few weeks ago and got passed by an old lady in a Lamborghini and she looked the part.

py2006

Isn't illegal to be a 'real' man nowadays?

source

EdgeCase wrote: »

Who says girls don’t like taking corners like they’re in a kart?

Find a lot of this stuff is horse manure anyway. I know quite a few girlies who love their BMWs and Audis and various high performance cars.

I was driving in Italy a few weeks ago and got passed by an old lady in a Lamborghini and she looked the part.

Just to clarify, I was being facetious in my comment, joining in with the mocking tone of the thread. I personally drive a Peugeot 307, and couldn't give a flying fu¢k what anybody drives.

The very idea that a real man drives a powerful car or goes hunting and drinking is ridiculous in my mind. A real man is one who is able to adapt to the situations he finds himself in. Is self reliant and is able to put any sort of ego aside in getting involved with his kids, whether that's building a fort for his son or having a tea party and playing with dolls with his daughter. That is a real man.

wexie

EdgeCase wrote: »

I was driving in Italy a few weeks ago and got passed by an old lady in a Lamborghini and she looked the part.

My ma once got pulled over for doing well over 120mph in her TT....

Was let go cause the policeman thought it was well cool to find a lady in her 60's driving it 'like it should be driven' (his own words).

gifted

Peatys wrote: »

With one eye on the Liverpool match, I'm sitting on the floor drinking tea from empty plastic cups surrounded by bears, Barbie's and dogs waiting on my turn to sing let it go...... If i didn't have kids I'd look a bit odd.

And I bet your loving it......I wouldn't change it for the world...kids remember these moments....love being the guinea pig for my chicks lol lol

Wibbs

source wrote: »

From my experience in a 1.4 Fiat 500 in Siena it is NOT a girly car, thing is like a kart in the corners..

Grand little car. And there's a few hot models too. Though the original of the species in Abarth form...



Engine was too big to fit so they left the boot lid open on struts. Here let's put a big engine that won't quite fit in a clog. Sounds legit Lorenzo. Cos Italians. I bloody love Italians. Zero fcuks given about such things.

Peatys

gifted wrote: »

And I bet your loving it......I wouldn't change it for the world...kids remember these moments....love being the guinea pig for my chicks lol lol

I'd be loving it if they let me turn the volume up on the match

Hellrazer

Peatys wrote: »

With one eye on the Liverpool match, I'm sitting on the floor drinking tea from empty plastic cups surrounded by bears, Barbie's and dogs waiting on my turn to sing let it go...... If i didn't have kids I'd look a bit odd.

Enjoy it.They'll hit that age at around 10 or so where they wont want to be seen near you. Youre not "cool" enough for them anymore!!!
Unless its dropping them off to friends or doing daddys taxi or daddys bank!!

I used to love that on a Saturday or sunday morning just sitting there playing these kids games with them. Now its tablets,phones and games consoles.

This real man stuff is a load of bollox. Theres one friend of ours who thinks llike that. He wont even mind his 2 year old daughter while his wife goes to work--his words "real men don't mind kids" He wont even change a nappy.
Costing them a grand a month in childcare that they don't actually need to be paying.

wexie

Hellrazer wrote: »

Theres one friend of ours who thinks llike that. He wont even mind his 2 year old daughter while his wife goes to work--his words "real men don't mind kids" He wont even change a nappy.
Costing them a grand a month in childcare that they don't actually need to be paying.

that's not being a 'real' man, that's being a dick, both to his wife and daughter.

and you may quote me on that

Hellrazer

wexie wrote: »

that's not being a 'real' man, that's being a dick, both to his wife and daughter.

and you may quote me on that

Agreed. But he wont listen to anyone for love nor money.

Pac1Man

Look at this. Another fekin girly Mini being driven by man.

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It's amusing. I was never considered to be a real man when I was younger (not strong, not sporty, not particularly successful with women, didn't enjoy getting drunk or getting into fights, etc). Now that I'm in my 40s, I'm suddenly a real man (decent income, reasonably nice motorbike, very successful bachelor, and I still look good in a suit).

Really depends who is describing a "real man". My American friend describes a real man as someone who goes hunting, eats Jerky for breakfast, breaks horses, and makes moonshine in his back yard.

johnnyskeleton

Peatys wrote: »

With one eye on the Liverpool match, I'm sitting on the floor drinking tea from empty plastic cups surrounded by bears

Real men don't hunt bears, they invite them around for a cuppa and a 5-2 trashing of Roma.

Samuel T. Cogley

Peatys wrote: »

Fiat 500

Fook off :pac:. I've a hairy arse, wear jeans that went out of style in the 90s and am very happy in my Fiat 500. I'll run circles round you in Dublin traffic.

wexie

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

I'll run circles round you in Dublin traffic.

I've always wondered why Smart cars aren't more popular in Ireland for precisely this reason

Samuel T. Cogley

wexie wrote: »

I've always wondered why Smart cars aren't more popular in Ireland for precisely this reason

Because while I might not agree there are girly and manly cars* there are cars you can look a complete twonk in :pac:

*okay there are some.

wexie

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Because while I might not agree there are girly and manly cars* there are cars you can look a complete twonk in :pac:

*okay there are some.

Well yes there is that, but you'd be a twonk with low fuel costs who can park pretty much anywhere

BigDuffman

A real man is entirely subjective in my humble opinion. If someone identifies a real man as being a burly lumber jack or square shouldered soldier all well and good. If another persons interpretation of a real man is a stay at home dad who prefers tea to pints then that's fine too. I dislike the current trend of declaring the traditional "real man" to be a redundant concept. Although a lot of it comes down to fashion (but history is just repeating, as once upon a time men wore high heels, powdered their faces and wore wigs)

irishman86

Peatys wrote: »

Fiat 500

Wrong

irishman86

wexie wrote: »

that's not being a 'real' man, that's being a dick, both to his wife and daughter.

and you may quote me on that

I want to be a stay at home daddy but the wife wont let me
So i really dont understand what exactly his point is