# Heh. I'm such a guy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807 "2003-07-30T02:14:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/1 "2003-07-30T02:14:53Z")
Dinner time, eh? I made a double-thickness of aluminum foil and put two frozen chicken breasts in it. I sprinkled them with salt and lemon pepper, then topped them with some crushed garlic from Trader Joe’s. On top of that, I put about a cup of green beans. I folded the foil up and baked it, then opened the foil to brown the breasts a little. Here comes the “guy” part. After putting one chicken breast and some green beans in a container for lunch tomorrow, could I be bothered to get a plate? Even a paper plate? Nah. I just ate out of the foil I cooked it in whilst I stood over the stove. Mundane and utterly pointless, I know. But it just struck me of how much of a bachelour thing that was. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/2 "2003-07-30T02:20:04Z")
Were you staring at the clock while you ate? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/3 "2003-07-30T02:23:48Z")
No, no clocks. (As much as I like watches, I don’t care for clocks.) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/4 "2003-07-30T02:52:44Z")
Please. Ingredients from Trader Joe’s? Lemon pepper? A two-stage cooking process? What are you, some kind of a homo or something? 😃 (I, who actually **am** some kind of a homo, could not possibly be bothered to do all that. Dinner is generally a chop, fried, with bread and margarine, or else takeout.) ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/5 "2003-07-30T03:03:09Z")
I am single. I am not male. My favourite dinner dish has an 8-inch handle, is dishwasher-safe and oven friendly. This is not to say I don’t set a mean table when the occasion arises (or when I wish it to … :D) ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/6 "2003-07-30T03:30:49Z")
Whhaaaa? You mean you go through all the hassle of using a stove, when the microwave is waayyyy easier to cleanup. Plus, if you have seven dishes, it means washing only once a week! This is using the same logic as buying enough undies so you only need to do laundry every other week. I am _so_ a bachelor 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/7 "2003-07-30T03:55:33Z")
> [@](#): > > This is not to say I don’t set a mean table You have a _table?_ :eek: Wait a minute… Single? Female? Low-maintenance life-style? _Vancouver?_ How _you_ doin’? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/8 "2003-07-30T04:57:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\* I folded the foil up and baked it, … \*\* \*Baked \* it? In this heat? 😕 Otherwise, sounds delish! 🆒 ~ although Atkinsesque… ---
**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/9 "2003-07-30T05:27:39Z")
Was a great bit from a comedian about starting up a restaurant for single people, just so there’d be no raised eye-brow together with “Party of _OnE_?” She said the brilliant part is ‘… there would be No tables, just a row of sinks along each wall, and everyone would eat, standing up over the sink …’ And … I agree with the other post … 2 stage cooking process? max- bachelor … soup … from the can … no, not soup, from a can, but … soup from–the–can … ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/10 "2003-07-30T05:34:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wyatt \* > \*\*… soup from–the–can … \*\* Garbanzo beans from – the – can are pretty good. Actually, very good! Some bachelorettes do this, too! ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/11 "2003-07-30T10:50:11Z")
I kinda hate to admit it, but my favorite part of being single again is not having to cook dinner, every night. So, in the couple weeks since I became single, again, I’ve eaten tuna out of the can for dinner, twice. But, not standing at the sink. I was sitting in my one comfy chair, in front of my 43" rear projection TV. _That’s_ a guy dinner! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/12 "2003-07-30T11:16:54Z")
If it weren’t for Violet I’d be starting to worry that I’m a guy. :: checks just in case :: ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/13 "2003-07-30T11:33:46Z")
i’m with **Rabid Squirrel** - Microwaves rule. now if only i can work out how to make toast in it i’ll never use another kitchen appliance again. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/14 "2003-07-30T11:40:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wyatt \* > \*\*soup from–the–can … \*\* You have a _can opener_? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/15 "2003-07-30T11:49:47Z")
You sound just like my boyfriend! He has something against plates aswell! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/16 "2003-07-30T12:12:13Z")
plates are the result of a conspiracy between the government and china companies. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/17 "2003-07-30T12:56:16Z")
I"m sorry Johnny, but you used the stove. I’ve been on my own now for 1.5 years and have used my oven a total of twice, maybe three times. Actually I didn’t use it, a woman used it to cook so I haven’t used it yet. The stove, I make noodles, hot water and eggs, that’s it. I own a nice table that my father got for me, I have eatten on it once, though I did do a puzzle on it. The chairs make a good place to hang my motorcycle jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/18 "2003-07-30T13:14:11Z")
Mmmm… tuna from the can. Olives and pickles from the jar(s). A slice of American cheese. Maybe a flour tortilla. All standing in front of the fridge. Voila, dinner. ---
**Author:** ![fotosbyfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@fotosbyfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fotosbyfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/19 "2003-07-30T13:16:58Z")
You people don’t understand the secret of single-life meals. 1. Bread. You live on sandwiches. 2. Everything you put on the sandwich comes pre-sliced, in a squeeze bottle or in a jar with a wide enough mouth to stick your fingers in. 3. ALWAYS eat over the sink. No dishes to wash, and you can drip as much as you want without having to worry about having to wipe up. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807/20 "2003-07-30T13:18:34Z")
My brothers and I came up with a rule when we were all in college. More than 3 ingredients? That’s cooking. More than 4 ‘steps’? That’s cooking, too. If there’s ‘cooking’ involved, we tend to just sort-of stare forelornly at it, and try to think of something better to eat. (granted, I’ve been told I cook pretty well when the need arises) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-such-a-guy/191807.md?page=2)