The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master

[nageov3t]

not caring about anyone else's view of being a man seems to be missing from the list.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

too much work, grill is outside + yuo uneed to heat the charcoal... the oven is right in the kitchen

This is when having a gas (in conjunction with a charcoal) grill works. I fire up the gas for such instances. Bacon in the house just ends up stinking up the joint for the next 48hrs.

yes and bacon smells awsome

 

[randay]

1. ignore the stupid list of things some gay guy in esquire magazine says you should master.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Well the sub-context of that would be these things SHOULD have occurred in every man's life (and they should have been able to handle the situation) to be a "man".

I don't think you need to host a Eulogy to be a man. I don't think you need to own a specific drink or know 90 different ways to cook beef.

All you really have to be is kind, intelligent and determined. Some of these are "good to knows" the rest are somewhat ridiculous over specifics. I could list a bunch of encounters in my own life that had a astounding affect on me that weren't in his 75. That's just how it is.

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Homerboy

too much work, grill is outside + yuo uneed to heat the charcoal... the oven is right in the kitchen

This is when having a gas (in conjunction with a charcoal) grill works. I fire up the gas for such instances. Bacon in the house just ends up stinking up the joint for the next 48hrs.

yes and bacon smells awsome

yeah I was wondering what the downside was supposed to be too

 

[Saint Nick]

I think its a cool list

 

[BudAshes]

Number 1 should be if you need a cheat sheet to tell you how to be a man, you have already failed. E

 

[blackdogdeek]

i would think operating a manual transmission would be up there. along with changing your automobile's oil. delivering a good kiss, too.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: randay
1. ignore the stupid list of things some gay guy in esquire magazine says you should master.

Very few gay men would put numbers 19, 22 or 73 on there. Maybe he should have added number 76, make homophobic comments when you disagree with someone, that'll show the queer!

Originally posted by: skace
A lot of it reads like specific things that may have occurred in one persons life. You could list a whole bunch of specific things that have occurred in your life that won't occur in someone elses.

I should say though, I haven't done a lot of these.

Exactly. It's one man's personal experiences laid upon the page. I, for example, would add one about spending one day on a secluded beach on a tropical island with no one around. These beaches are getting harder and harder to find (I found mine on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos), but it is important for man to commune with nature uninhibited by other people. An addendum: go camping and wake up before sunrise to go watch animals at a lake. Don't hunt, don't photograph, just watch and remember.

Every man should build his own computer at least once.

Visit a foreign country and only speak in the language of that country. Don't pick a country whose language you're already fluent in.

Speak publicly. It can be anything; get up in front of an audience and do stand-up, do karaoke, give a presentation at work, whatever. Speak in front of an audience and overcome any fear you may have about your inadequacies as a speaker.

Make one really stupid impulse buy that you can't afford. Could be a car or a house, could be an iPod if you're broke. Everyone needs to experience this at least once.

Ride a bear. Come on, I dare you. It'll be awesome.

 

[troytime]

33. Hit a jump shot in pool. It's not something you use a lot, but when you hit a jump shot, it marks you as a player and briefly impresses women. Make the angle of your cue steeper, aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball, and drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt.

oooh, i can do this - the legal way!

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: randay
1. ignore the stupid list of things some gay guy in esquire magazine says you should master.

if giving a woman an orgasm and throwing a baseball is on any gay guy's list, he's doing something horribly wrong

 

[herm0016]

4 and 18 are what i am missing. gotta work on 46 too though...

 

[Squisher]

The only one I blew was, I can't speak a foreign language, but I learned enough Polish to instruct people I was the supervisor over who were Fresh Off the Boat.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: randay
1. ignore the stupid list of things some gay guy in esquire magazine says you should master.

if giving a woman an orgasm and throwing a baseball is on any gay guy's list, he's doing something horribly wrong

what? who cares as long as i get mines? and what straight man strives to one day throw a baseball?

 

[MegaVovaN]

http://www.esquire.com/features/essential-skills-0508

Cannot do:
4 (Don't know how to play baseball)
6
10 (?? Dunno, never bought a suit)
14 (never chopped a big tree)
16 never worn ties
17 I don't drink
22 still a virgin
27/28 ?!?!
29 On my way there
33 dont know how to play pool
36 don't play craps
39 see 36
46
60 Hell no.
62 Havent tried yet
65-67








Seriously, kinda bullshit list. Why so many game questions and no weapon/sport/engineering ones?

 

[wwswimming]

what about the Hell's Angels initiation ritual ?

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: wwswimming
...

I bet you had no problem with 11 :laugh:

 

[Maximilian]

Sie konnen nicht alle bitte mein kommendant!

 

[meltdown75]

this list can lick my junk.

 

[Alyx]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
i would think operating a manual transmission would be up there. along with changing your automobile's oil. delivering a good kiss, too.

The oil was on the list. Said you only need to do it once though. I must agree, once is enough for me.

I think most of the list would be easy enough to replace with other stuff. Its just stuff to have a conversation about with someone who doesn't know you to make them think you know what the hell is going on.

 

[jjones]

Obviously the guy who wrote this counts himself a man because of his recent gender reassignment surgery. Hopefully, one day he'll meet Chuck Norris and discover that a roundhouse does, in fact, land squarely.

 

[ja1484]

#1) Not need advice from dumbass "Men Should Be Able to..." lists from shitty magazines.


I haven't done alot of that stuff. A lot of it, I don't care if I ever do.

And where the hell is drive a stick?