I got into this on another forum so I thought I would bring it here too. (share the love ) Tie a tie Tie a bowtie Use a fountain pen Drive a Stick Mores code (basics like SOS) Handle a gun Sharpen a knife Change oil/tire Start a fire (with and with out a match/lighter etc) Cook a basic meal Make a good chili Grill a steak How to eat seafood (crack lobster, crab, and most of all how to shuck an oyster) Give a baby a bath Change a Diaper Make a bottle Dispose of a body (Tony knows what I am talking about):rofl Tie a Bowline and other basic knots Roll a smoke Light a cigar Light and smoke a pipe Set a table and use the right utensil Use the right glass for the right drink (HIIIIIIIIII BALLLLLLLLL) Pick the right wine with the right meal Fix a Toilet Do Laundry Iron a shirt Fold a shirt Open a beer with out a bottle opener Make Coffee Hunt, Gut, and eat with respect (thanks Jim) Fish Program a VCR/DVD player/TV/Remote Throw a spiral Play catch Waltz Any one got some to add?
Correctly pronounce "Bowline" Pitch a tent Cook over an open fire Prep a Charcoal grill Change Oil Parallel park Back up a trailer Carry 4 cups of beer at once (when it's your turn to buy at the ballgame)
check Tie a tie :ashamed001 (I know the process but have never had the opportunity) Tie a bowtie check Use a fountain pen (a recently learned skill) Drive a Stick (been a ham radio operator since I was 13) Mores code (basics like SOS) :ashamed001 Handle a gun check Sharpen a knife check Change oil/tire check Start a fire (with and with out a match/lighter etc) (no problem here) Cook a basic meal (but I leave this one to my wife, who makes a better one than I do) Make a good chili check Grill a steak (sorry, not gonna eat an oyster) How to eat seafood (crack lobster, crab, and most of all how to shuck an oyster) :ashamed001 Give a baby a bath :ashamed001 Change a Diaper :rofl (of what?) Make a bottle Dispose of a body (Tony knows what I am talking about) check Tie a Bowline and other basic knots :mad: (smoking is a sensitive subject with me) Roll a smoke :mad: Light a cigar :mad: Light and smoke a pipe check Set a table and use the right utensil check Use the right glass for the right drink (HIIIIIIIIII BALLLLLLLLL) check Pick the right wine with the right meal check Fix a Toilet check Do Laundry check Iron a shirt check Fold a shirt :: Open a beer with out a bottle opener :ashamed001 Make Coffee :rofl (well I can eat with the best of 'em) Hunt, Gut, and eat with respect (thanks Jim) check Fish check Program a VCR/DVD player/TV/Remote check Throw a spiral check Play catch check Waltz I'd add: dance the foxtrot shave properly (!) balance a checkbook sing on-key
Yes - Tie a tie No - Tie a bowtie Yes - Use a fountain pen Yes - Drive a Stick Add - Drive a Boat or Motorcylce Yes - (When I was a Boyscout) Mores code (basics like SOS) Yes - Handle a gun Yes - Sharpen a knife Yes - Change oil/tire Add Lube a chassis and joints Yes - Start a fire (with and with out a match/lighter etc) We're all closet pyromaniacs. Yes - Cook a basic meal (And sometimes more than basic) Yes - Make a good chili Yes - Grill a steak (Just one? How about steaks, burgers, dogs and chicken all once) Yes - How to eat seafood (crack lobster, crab, and most of all how to shuck an oyster) Give me a lobster and I'll show you. Yes - Give a baby a bath Add dog, cat and various other critters Uh - No. Change a Diaper - I missed that class. Yes - Make a bottle. (of Bay Rum Cologne) Yes - Dispose of a body (Tony knows what I am talking about) Why? do you need one disposed of? Yes - Tie a Bowline and other basic knots. My favorite is taut line, two have hitches, and the bowline Nope - Roll a smoke Dunhills come in a box. Yes - Light a cigar Yes - Light and smoke a pipe Add Be able to keep it lit Yes - Set a table and use the right utensil Add - Wash same dishes and put back where they belong. Maybe - Use the right glass for the right drink (HIIIIIIIIII BALLLLLLLLL) Depends on whether or not I run out of plastic cups. Yes - Pick the right wine with the right meal Add - Pick the right beer with the right meal Yes - Fix a Toilet Yes - Do Laundry Yes - Iron a shirt Yes - Fold a shirt Yes - Open a beer with out a bottle opener - That's what twist off caps are for right? Yes - Make AeroPress Coffee Yes - Hunt, Gut, and eat with respect (thanks Jim) (Just Pheasant & Duck from long ago) Yes - Fish (Bamboo pole, twine, wine cork, pebble, hook and a can of corn or worms.) Yes - Program a VCR/DVD player/TV/Remote (Does that include setting the time?) Yes - Throw a spiral (Bowling right?) Yes - Play catch No, No, No. Waltz - (Real men shuffle on the floor with their hands doing weird things.) Any one got some to add? Know when to stay out of a woman's way. Know how to say "yes dear" and make it sound like they mean it. Know how to say "your right" with a straight face. Know how how to say "I'm sorry" without adding "Are you happy now? Know where the best florist, restaurant and candy in town is when they screw up. Know where everything is in the garage Know all the best ways to kill a bug, fly, wasp, etc. Know the difference between crabgrass and a nice lawn Can sing the theme to Gilligan's Island Can stare in the refrigerator 20 minutes without blinking Know how to make a child laugh Know the difference between an alternator and a generator Know how to jump start a car Oh, this could go on forever.
And cook it to crisp perfection. and...I'm telling your wife Rick! D Add How to carve a roast or turkey. Add Know where everything in Lowe's is by heart.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... Lovie's already mad at me for not sharing my TOBS Avocado cream with her. :ashamed001
I think the guys on here would chip in and get her a jar of Taylor of Old Bond Street Avocado Shave Cream just so she can slap ya up the side of the head for not sharing and say "See! Someone cares about me!. rofl Now, I have to Add: Know when to keep quiet when a woman "shares" your meal and desert. Add - Knows not to lend a woman their razor. They keep an emergency stash for them instead.
Hmm.... well, let's see: Good to go on this one - Tie a tie Not so much.... - Tie a bowtie Sorta - Use a fountain pen Hell yes - Drive a Stick :ashamed001 Boat yes, motercycle, no - Drive a Boat or Motorcylce :ashamed001 Well, SOS I can do, at least... - Mores code (basics like SOS) Yup - Handle a gun You wanna shave with it? - Sharpen a knife And change brakes, and well, just about anything, although might need a shop manual for some - Change oil/tire Add Lube a chassis and joints Yup - Start a fire (with and with out a match/lighter etc) Basic? Hell, get a couple drinks in me, I'll go up against Morimoto - Cook a basic meal Sure, not a problem - Make a good chili If it'll fit on the grill, I can grill it - Grill a steak Well, it might not look pretty, but.... - How to eat seafood (crack lobster, crab, and most of all how to shuck an oyster) Just fill sink and dunk, right? - Give a baby a bath Add dog, cat and various other critters This I can do, although not as smoothly as a dad - Change a Diaper Make a bottle? Um, ok. - Make a bottle. (of Bay Rum Cologne) No comment.... - Dispose of a body (Tony knows what I am talking about) I once got so I could tie a bowline one handed in under five seconds with my eyes closed - Tie a Bowline and other basic knots. My favorite is taut line, two have hitches, and the bowline :mad: I firmly believe that the smoking skills are anything but mandatory for manliness - Roll a smoke - Light a cigar - Light and smoke a pipe Add Be able to keep it lit I got two forks, who ain't got one? - Set a table and use the right utensil Sure, if I haveta - Wash same dishes and put back where they belong. How can it be the wrong glass if it doesn't leak? - Use the right glass for the right drink :: As long as there is wine and food, I think we're ok, but if there are snobs, I can handle that too. I even know what reds to drink with fish and whites for steak, if there are weird picky people involved - Pick the right wine with the right meal As I said, if there is beer and there is food, what problem can there be? - Pick the right beer with the right meal Um, sure. I can also pee outside - Fix a Toilet Too well - Do Laundry Every friggin day - Iron a shirt Well, not the spiffy one second method, but yes - Fold a shirt Bring me a hammer, and I'll show ya - Open a beer with out a bottle opener Whether anyone will drink the sludge I make is another question - Make Coffee I can manage, at least - Hunt, Gut, and eat with respect Well, I can fish, whether successfull is another matter. Any tackle, any time - Fish Yeah, but I hate it - Program a VCR/DVD player/TV/Remote soso. Except bowling - Throw a spiral (Bowling right?) Who can't? - Play catch See the comment: I agree. Waltz - (Real men shuffle on the floor with their hands doing weird things.) Any one got some to add? I'm the expert. - Know when to stay out of a woman's way. See above. And that last bit is key. - Know how to say "yes dear" and make it sound like they mean it. See above. - Know how to say "your right" with a straight face. See above. - Know how how to say "I'm sorry" without adding "Are you happy now? See the bit about knowing how to cook a good meal - Know where the best florist, restaurant and candy in town is when they screw up. If only I had a garage - Know where everything is in the garage Squish it? What else is there.... - Know all the best ways to kill a bug, fly, wasp, etc. I know, I just don't know why I should care - Know the difference between crabgrass and a nice lawn :rofl You must be joking? This is the test for manliness? :rofl - Can sing the theme to Gilligan's Island See above - Can stare in the refrigerator 20 minutes without blinking That's better - Know how to make a child laugh Sure. But it's all the same when it breaks. - Know the difference between an alternator and a generator And roll/push start - Know how to jump start a car Ah, here's one, then: Know went to quit. -Mo
I always thought they should have "life skills" classes as mandatory in school. It certainly would have made my life easier. Especially now that 1/2 of kids don't have a father around all the time. Who here wants to volunteer to teach the wet shaving class to a bunch of high schoolers?
Tie a tie (yup) Tie a bowtie (yup) Use a fountain pen (yup) Drive a Stick (yup) Mores code (basics like SOS) (sorta) Handle a gun (yup) Sharpen a knife (now honing straights) Change oil/tire (si senor) Start a fire (with and with out a match/lighter etc) (Boy Scout) Cook a basic meal (yup) Make a good chili (no beans) Grill a steak (how ya like it?) How to eat seafood (crack lobster, crab, and most of all how to shuck an oyster) (all but the oyster...not so much) Give a baby a bath (yup) Change a Diaper (more than I care to remember) Make a bottle (yup) Dispose of a body (Tony knows what I am talking about) (sick pets maybe, but no body yet) Tie a Bowline and other basic knots (see "Boy Scout" above) Roll a smoke (never was much on ciggies, but I guess I could.) Light a cigar (duh!) Light and smoke a pipe (see "duh" above) Set a table and use the right utensil (yup) Use the right glass for the right drink (HIIIIIIIIII BALLLLLLLLL) (yup) Pick the right wine with the right meal (yup, most of the time) Fix a Toilet (yup) Do Laundry (every darn day, practically) Iron a shirt (better than my wife) Fold a shirt (worked in retail menswear) Open a beer with out a bottle opener (except my teeth...I hate dentists) Make Coffee (Aeropress) Hunt, Gut, and eat with respect (thanks Jim) (never hunted...but would if I had to) Fish (since I was three) Program a VCR/DVD player/TV/Remote (yup) Throw a spiral (or a good fastball) Play catch (yup) Waltz (I can't dance, don't ask me)
ND I learned that in High School. Of course my High School was tough I tell ya, after the football players sacked the Quarterback they went after his mother.
Here's how to fold a shirt, but I don't have a video for the most important skill of all- how to dispose of a body in a rolled up carpet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-df-Qq829fg
