# Hallmarks of a gentleman **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810 "2013-12-08T08:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/21 "2013-12-10T04:39:43Z")
A gentleman makes a new pot of coffee. A gentleman is the target of your male friends so you can know which classless twits to weed out. A gentleman knows a Dozen ways to dispose of a cad in any given situation, but doesn’t because he’s a gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/22 "2013-12-10T17:06:23Z")
-A gentleman refrains from smacking a waitress on the hiney and instead gives a gentle pinch on the rear to show his approval of her shapeliness. -A gentleman labels the cabinets in the kitchen, so the woman who spent the night will make his breakfast quietly, so as not to wake him too early. -A gentleman never complains when she leaves the seat down. -A gentleman removes his rings; and strikes women or children ONLY with an open palm. -A gentleman reminds underlings AT LEAST ONCE that he is to be addressed as “Sir”. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/23 "2013-12-10T17:45:14Z")
> [@GrizzRich](#): > > -A gentleman removes his rings; and strikes women or children ONLY with an open palm. [Sean Connery](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery) likes this: > [@Sean Connery](#): > > I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman–although I don’t recommend doing it in the same way that you’d hit a man. An openhanded slap is justified–if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I’d do it. I think a man has to be slightly advanced, ahead of the woman. I really do–by virtue of the way a man is built, if nothing else. But I wouldn’t call myself sadistic. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/24 "2013-12-10T20:29:15Z")
A gentleman always pays up, puts up, and shuts up. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/25 "2013-12-11T22:01:30Z")
This is for officers, but officers are gentlemen, right? Never complain , never explain . ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/26 "2013-12-11T23:59:47Z")
A gentleman can bring home the bacon _and_ cook it up. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/27 "2013-12-12T01:11:40Z")
Let me trot out Sting: “Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run” Good advice for the gentle and - perhaps moreso - those not so gentle. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810/28 "2013-12-12T01:57:15Z")
Some Professor Laytonisms: “One must always put a lady’s needs first. that’s what a gentleman does.” “A gentleman pays attention to his manners in every setting.” “A gentleman leave no puzzle unsolved.” “A gentleman helps others in distress.” “A gentleman never takes off his hat.” “A gentleman never forces a lady to say more than she wishes to.” “A gentleman never pries into other people’s business.” “A gentleman always stays strong.” “A gentleman always has good penmanship.” “A gentleman never makes a scene in public.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallmarks-of-a-gentleman/675810.md?page=1)