Basic Man Skills

[Ladies Man]

every man should know how to handle a gun as well

 

[Imdmn04]

Know how to make money, then hire all the self-claimed "manly" rednecks to do everything that requires a "manly" man to do.

 

[Pex]

changing a tire is required. ever see a chick on the side of the road with a flat tire and you are in. for sports just be familar with the teams in the town you are in.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: boomdart
1) Change tires, oil, tune-up, timing belt, jump start car
2) Know how to diagnose your own car problems
3) Know how to manage your stinkin' money
4) How to seduce a woman without using any money
4a) Be able to tell what they like the most during intercourse
4b) Be good enough to make them want you again
5) How to take another man down in less than five hits
6) Sports are a plus, but not required
7) Hold up a conversation about Tities, Beer, and Muscle cars with ease
8) Know how to build a deck or new room to the house
9) Not be afraid to get messy
10) Know how to use a wide variety of tools

That's all I can think of right now...I'm too lazy to look through what others have posted and add onto my list

Why?

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: boomdart
1) Change tires, oil, tune-up, timing belt, jump start car
2) Know how to diagnose your own car problems
3) Know how to manage your stinkin' money
4) How to seduce a woman without using any money
4a) Be able to tell what they like the most during intercourse
4b) Be good enough to make them want you again
5) How to take another man down in less than five hits
6) Sports are a plus, but not required
7) Hold up a conversation about Tities, Beer, and Muscle cars with ease
8) Know how to build a deck or new room to the house
9) Not be afraid to get messy
10) Know how to use a wide variety of tools

That's all I can think of right now...I'm too lazy to look through what others have posted and add onto my list

Why?

Because if you take much longer then that, he's gonna kick your ass.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: boomdart
1) Change tires, oil, tune-up, timing belt, jump start car
2) Know how to diagnose your own car problems
3) Know how to manage your stinkin' money
4) How to seduce a woman without using any money
4a) Be able to tell what they like the most during intercourse
4b) Be good enough to make them want you again
5) How to take another man down in less than five hits
6) Sports are a plus, but not required
7) Hold up a conversation about Tities, Beer, and Muscle cars with ease
8) Know how to build a deck or new room to the house
9) Not be afraid to get messy
10) Know how to use a wide variety of tools

That's all I can think of right now...I'm too lazy to look through what others have posted and add onto my list

Why?

Because if you take much longer then that, he's gonna kick your ass.

Knowing how to punch someone in the kneck and kick them in the knee cap doesn''t make you a man. Beating the crap out of some pimple farmer who is creeping out your girlfriend maybe...

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: saxguy
know how to please the lady.

I've done that still does not help stop the bitching though...


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[Hammer]

changing a flat tire

 

[lavagirl669]

know how to put the toilet seat down

 

[boomdart]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: boomdart
1) Change tires, oil, tune-up, timing belt, jump start car
2) Know how to diagnose your own car problems
3) Know how to manage your stinkin' money
4) How to seduce a woman without using any money
4a) Be able to tell what they like the most during intercourse
4b) Be good enough to make them want you again
5) How to take another man down in less than five hits
6) Sports are a plus, but not required
7) Hold up a conversation about Tities, Beer, and Muscle cars with ease
8) Know how to build a deck or new room to the house
9) Not be afraid to get messy
10) Know how to use a wide variety of tools

That's all I can think of right now...I'm too lazy to look through what others have posted and add onto my list

Why?

Because if you take much longer then that, he's gonna kick your ass.

Pretty much, tough guys can take licks but tougher guys don't need to.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: slag
own a truck

If you own a truck, but never go offroading or haul stuff, you're just compensating for something

I fulfill most of what people have posted...I'm a pretty good handyman, have experience with cars and outdoorsy stuff, and took Tae Kwon Do for a while. I don't know a *whole* lot about beer or sports, but enough to hold a short conversation.

Originally posted by: lavagirl669
know how to put the toilet seat down

au contraire, we pee standing up and would appreciate it if you women would put the seat up when you're done so we don't have to...

Actually, we don't care, but I just like to point out that the axe swings both ways.

 

[erikiksaz]

Pretty good suggestions so far. I've only got one to add:

1) If you don't know how to do something, be able to pretend that you know wtf you're doing anyways. If it still doesn't work, "it" is at fault, never the man

 

[lavagirl669]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: slag
own a truck

If you own a truck, but never go offroading or haul stuff, you're just compensating for something

I fulfill most of what people have posted...I'm a pretty good handyman, have experience with cars and outdoorsy stuff, and took Tae Kwon Do for a while. I don't know a *whole* lot about beer or sports, but enough to hold a short conversation.

Originally posted by: lavagirl669
know how to put the toilet seat down

au contraire, we pee standing up and would appreciate it if you women would put the seat up when you're done so we don't have to...

Actually, we don't care, but I just like to point out that the axe swings both ways.

ever fall in when you sit down and the seat is up in the middle of the night and
you leave the lights off?
Not fun....but your a guy....so this is a classic point which has been argued for probably
centuries and then some

 

[johnjbruin]

Know how to change a tire - yup
Know how to change your oil - yup
Know how to open a bottle of beer with whatever is within arm's length - yup
(seatbelt is my favorite...)
Know who who won the last World Series and Super Bowl - yup
(bonus points for knowing who won ALL of them)
Know pertinent stats of every big name sports hero in your hometown - maybe
Know top speed, horsepower and 1/4 mile times of at least 10 cars - yup
(bonus points for knowing 10 model years of 10 cars...)
Know how to make your own beer - NO
Know how to undo a bra with one hand - piece of cake

 

[Bowmaster]

The only thing that matters on that list is:
1. Being able to impress women.

That's it.

Actually your it's YOUR job to impress guys with your looks. You really aren't worth it.

Know top speed, horsepower and 1/4 mile times of at least 10 cars

And to know that Ricers aren't really cars...

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: lavagirl669
ever fall in when you sit down and the seat is up in the middle of the night and
you leave the lights off?
Not fun....but your a guy....so this is a classic point which has been argued for probably
centuries and then some

So, basically, when girls screw up, it is the guy's fault? Do you ever hear a guy complaining that his girlfriend left the seat down and he peed on it? No. Because before doing things like that, we actually look/feel where it is so we dont piss on it. Dont blame us just because you dont bother to check things.

 

[Biggerhammer]

Originally posted by: phantom309
I was going to say "Know how to defend himself and his date/wife/family." I also think a man should know how to operate a firearm, regardless of whether he owns one or how he feels about them.

Not to denigrate any non-American ATOTers out there, but this is a skill needed by everyone, male or female. My wife's a better shot than I am with a rifle. I taught her how, she's just more patient than me (I prefer semiauto. BANGBANGBANGBANG got it! She likes her lever-action. Pausepausepasusebang! got it)

If I had to sum up my expectations for anyone I meet to be called a man, it would be some basic intelligence, an open mind and the courage to try new sh!t even if (or especially if) he's never tried it before. That can mean trying Thai food for the first time, trying cunn!lingus for the first time, or whatever. If you've got those three attributes you're going to be different in five years than you are now. Otherwise you're just the same person, getting older but no wiser.