# A Special Manly MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120 "2010-08-23T01:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/1 "2010-08-23T01:42:09Z")
What? I said it’d be _special_ and thus by sayin’ it’s _special_ it is _special_ So There! 😛 Earlier today, today bein’ Sunday, I made a comment on a post by **Taters** over on facebook about how she should go get an outdoor cooker and convince Mr. Taters to fry a turkey because mixing meat, boiling oil _and_ propane is a real manly thing. I mean, meat, potential third degree burns with the added bonus of a volatile and potentially explosive substance. It just screams manly! So, I got to thinkin’ re manly stuff. To wit here is a partial listin’ of manly things. If’n any of you Mumper wimmens want to do any of this then have at it cause above all things I’m all equal opportunity with this stuff. Manly stuff: Grillin’, with charcoal or propane. Again the combo of meat and potential explosion is all about manly. Pressure washers. I say if a man owns his own home he should have a pressure washer to wash outside stuff. I own an electric one which is not quite as manly as a big honkin’ gas or diesel powered one for manly pressure washin’ but it gets the job done, hence it’s manly. Bug squishin’. It is my understandin’ that one of the major chores of married men is that of offical bug squisher. The bigger the bug, the bigger the squish the more manly. Jar openin’. It is also my understandin’ that this is the other major chore of married men. The tighter the lid, the more gruntin’ involved the more manly. Bonus manliness if it causes the man to use naughty words. Ok, that’s my partial list. Feel free to add to it or just hijack away like y’all are gonna do anyways. Either way it’s all good. Happy New MMP Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/2 "2010-08-23T01:44:35Z")
First? Yes!!! :: Dances around in decidedly non-manly way :: Off to actually read the OP. 😃 Further edit: I am generally not afraid to squish bugs, but I would happily delegate the opportunity to power wash or open jars. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/3 "2010-08-23T01:45:20Z")
I do believe so **gt**. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/4 "2010-08-23T01:50:34Z")
Manly things? hmmm. not being a man, I don’t have the proper perspective, but to me, manly things are: Being strong without being brutal or violent Treating their partner well, and not taking said partner for granted Confidence, not arrogance Able to laugh without seeming geeky or cry without seeming wimpy. Those are the manly qualities _I_ look for… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/5 "2010-08-23T02:01:54Z")
Manly? Buying tools, just for the heck of it. Auto repairs Carrying heavy objects for women(bonus manliness if it’s a cooler full of meat and beer) I won’t say sports, because there’s nothing hotter than a lady who has an informed opinion about the trapezoid rule in hockey.😃 > [@anyrose](#): > > Able to laugh without seeming geeky ☹ > [@gardentraveler](#): > > :: Dances around in decidedly non-manly way :: : admires **gt** ’s dancing skills in a manly manner : ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/6 "2010-08-23T02:09:40Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Manly? > > > [@anyrose](#): > > > > Able to laugh without seeming geeky > > ☹ oh, I’m sorry. But not to worry - you’re plenty manly to make up for a geeky laugh. 😃 _mwah_ ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/7 "2010-08-23T02:22:56Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > > [@dogbutler](#): > > > > Manly? > > ☹ > > oh, I’m sorry. But not to worry - you’re plenty manly to make up for a geeky laugh. 😃 _mwah_ 😃 : opens all the stuck jars in rosie’s place : ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/8 "2010-08-23T02:26:53Z")
Hm, I’m not a man, but I guess I do some manly stuff. I buy tools, just to make sure we have them, and I use them. I’m generally the fix-it person around here. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve unjammed the garbage disposal, but it’s a hell of a lot. I’ve taken apart, and put back together the pipes under various sinks because they became clogged. I’ve chopped down trees, I’ve cleared brush, I’ve created slash piles, I’ve cut trails, I’ve built stuff, I laid a waterline at a campground, I busted up an aphsalt road with a giant ass pry bar. Well, that’s the stuff I can think of for now. There’s more, but I just can’t remember it all. Sgetti’s are cookin’, along with the sauce and meatballs. Oh, and I answered Swampy on facebook re: deep frying a turkey. We borrowed one once, and while the turkey was good, it was generally a pain in the ass and messy as hell! We opted right then and there not to go out and buy one. Oh, and I grill A LOT. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/9 "2010-08-23T04:49:28Z")
I’m watching American Grafitti on a local tv station and every other commercial break shows the commercial with Heidi Klum slurping yogurt 6 or 7 times! They show it after every other commercial. They have guaranteed that I will never ever buy that yogurt. Yogurt’s not manly. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/10 "2010-08-23T06:01:47Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > … _special_ … _special_ … _special_ You called…? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/11 "2010-08-23T06:33:06Z")
Sofa moving. Picture-hanging. Breakfast swimming in cholesterol. Being instantly smitten by the Brand New Baby in a way that the mother is still too tired to feel. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/12 "2010-08-23T09:03:57Z")
In our house, the manly job is changing lightbulbs. We have high ceilings, and I can’t reach half the lightbulbs even with a chair or ladder! The only other manly thing that goes on is the acquisition of power tools. There isn’t much use of said power tools, but they have been acquired and stored around the house. Work is irksome today, and we’ve just had a full-evacuation fire drill which wasn’t fun because it’s not very nice outside. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/13 "2010-08-23T10:12:59Z")
Good Monday morning all! I’m up and caffeinating and ready to get on the road to work. 😃 I’m not very good at “manly” chores or jobs. My daughter is the bug squasher, because she -likes- doing it, believe it or not! I do know the difference between a regular screw and a phillips head screw at least …LOL! Have a great day all. Hey **BooFae** , what about that aubergine-pasta bake? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/14 "2010-08-23T10:14:35Z")
**Herbs** , the pasta bake was very nice but would have been much better if I’d left the aubergine out! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/15 "2010-08-23T10:20:56Z")
Of course, if I’d read the end of the last MMP, I’d have realised that **Herbs** wanted a proper recipe. Silly me. I got the recipe from my Fat Club site and I made it according to the instructions apart from using canned tomatoes because I didn’t have enough fresh ones, and I used halloumi instead of mozarella. 1 tsp Marmite 1 onion 2 garlic cloves 454g/1lb tomatoes 284ml/½ pint passata salt and freshly ground black pepper 340g/12oz penne pasta fresh basil leaves 170g/6oz mozzarella cheese 1 aubergine 1. Dissolve the Marmite in a pan with 284ml/½ pint boiling water. Chop the onion, garlic and tomatoes and add to the pan with the passata and seasoning to taste. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 12 minutes until slightly reduced. 2. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, drain and refresh under cold water, then add to the sauce. 3. Place half the pasta in an oven-proof dish. Top with half the aubergine and scatter over some basil leaves. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Slice the mozzarella and place on the top. Season to taste, then bake for 20 minutes until the cheese has melted. It’s simple and effective, and I think it would work well with all sorts of veggies. I faithfully put the aubergine in but I am still not taken with the taste/texture of that particular thing. I’m stumped now, I have another aubergine at home and am wondering what to do with it. Curry, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/16 "2010-08-23T10:25:19Z")
True manliness is crying at films _and having other men nod approvingly._ Special bonus points if the film is Brokeback Mountain. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/17 "2010-08-23T11:00:28Z")
Well, I got off the Titanic last after all the women and children were safe. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/18 "2010-08-23T11:58:49Z")
Blrf. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/19 "2010-08-23T12:00:25Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/20 "2010-08-23T12:01:14Z")
Men unclog toilets. Oh, I free bugs. How girly is that! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120.md?page=2)