Man card criteria . . .

[GregR]

I can do all these things, but I learned them.

1. Manual Transmission - I learned how to drive in my dad's Chevy 2500. He would make me go half-way up a steep hill, then stop and go. You learn fast.
2. Bottle Openers - Most guys learn this out of necessity...if they don't they have to go for the ***** twist-offs and they might cut their soft little hands.
3. BBQ at a moments notice - Fire is really not that tough...all you have to do is get burned a few times and you get the idea.
4. Parallel park - Living in San Francisco made me an expert...I only need about 1" on each side of the truck. But, again, this was learned due to necessity. I know some people who live around here that did not even drive a car until they were in their 20s, but they could kick your ass

I'm not what one would call a tough guy. I guess I've mastered these arts, however, so there must be a flaw to this logic.

I don't think most of the stuff mentioned so far would make anyone a 'tough guy'. but there is a difference between a 'tough guy' and having a man card. 'tough guys' are ****** nozzles.

I learned how to parallel park in the bay area also (ok. . . Santa Cruz) if you can't parallel park you can't park anywhere.

 

[HBHoss]

Well, I borrowed a hammer drill from a guy friend (and that hammer drill is HOT! by the way) but I had to buy the bits. It's like $45 for the bit I needed, so I just hired a guy to do it, for $25 an hour. But, nothing like drilling through 26 inches of concrete to make you feel like a real man!

Oh ya, those bits aren't cheap. And that is a good work out.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Well, I borrowed a hammer drill from a guy friend (and that hammer drill is HOT! by the way) but I had to buy the bits.

A real man woulda stolen that stuff from work. Man card re-revoked.

 

[neuron555]

Taking out a concrete floor with a jackhammer really makes one feel manly - it was back during college summers, but I still remember how good the cold beer tasted after those jobs!

 

[Yooper]

A real man woulda stolen that stuff from work. Man card re-revoked.

Damn! You guys want to keep revoking my man card! Please tell me it's not because I'm a petite middle aged woman with nymphomaniac tendencies? That would be cruel.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Damn! You guys want to keep revoking my man card! Please tell me it's not because I'm a petite middle aged woman with nymphomaniac tendencies? That would be cruel.

I think you just said the magic word!!! .......The magic word is not "tendencies" btw.

 

[Yooper]

I think you just said the magic word!!! .......The magic word is not "tendencies" btw.

ahhhh- the "middle aged" thing did it for you, huh? It's the gray hair, I think.



By the way, you man card people can have your thread back now!

Sorry for the hijack!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

hijack!

Hilorena!.....hey! my name's not Jack!!

 

[DeathBrewer]

How do I get a "woman card"? Will it get me into locker rooms and spas?

 

[dataz722]

2. On the flip side, and in the spirit of the exercise, I think pleasuring a woman (or partner--not to discriminate here against our alternative-lifestyle brethren) should be on the list. Not just "bagging" women (or partners). Any idiot can claim the ability to "get" a woman/partner. I mean truly, honestly pleasuring a lover, to the point of sweaty exhaustion and incomprehensible babble of appreciation.

Mandatory. No doubt. Put it on the list.

Yeah, knowing your way around a vag. would probably be up there somewhere.
I've checked a lot of other things off my list since I've moved into my own house. I'm not paying some jack-hole to work on something in my house until I've already f'ed it up beyond all recognition.

Gotta love the two different ways this was said.

 

[FireBrewer]

I'll throw in "be able to figure out why your smoke detector is going off". You need to know what your furnace/heater, water heater, stove, dryer and other major appliances use for fuel and how to flip the breakers for 'em.

Oh, and "know how to shut off the water to your house." Self-sufficiency, and all that.

Protecting your home doesn't just involve firearms.

 

[Revvy]

I'll throw in "be able to figure out why your smoke detector is going off". You need to know what your furnace/heater, water heater, stove, dryer and other major appliances use for fuel and how to flip the breakers for 'em.

Oh, and "know how to shut off the water to your house." Self-sufficiency, and all that.

Protecting your home doesn't just involve firearms.

This wouldn't constitute a man card (regardless of gender) action then, would it?

Woman Catches Her Hair on Fire
Reported by: Web Producer

Monday, Feb 23, 2009 @08:54am CST

An Evansville woman was taken to the hospital Sunday night after setting herself on fire. Fire crews were called out to the scene in the 1000 block of Park Street just after 9:00 p.m. Sunday night. We are told the woman was washing her hair with gasoline to kill lice. That is when the gas fumes ignited by a water heater. She was rushed to Deaconess Hospital with what appears to be non-life threatening injuries.

Washing the head with gas in the same room as a lit pilot light...sheesh...

 

[FireBrewer]

This wouldn't constitute a man card (regardless of gender) action then, would it?

Meh...whatever you want to call it.