# It's a guy thing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543 "2014-04-20T15:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/41 "2014-04-21T14:26:10Z")
On the other side of the coin, I’m a guy and I only eat breakfast foods for breakfast. If I have that many leftovers, then I likely have leftover pie, too (note: Pie counts as a breakfast food). I will, though, sometimes have pancakes or eggs for supper. And I’m also completely baffled by **Richard North** ’s need to beat people up just because he doesn’t like the music they listen to or what they drink. But then, I expect that most sane people, of either gender, would be baffled by that. That’s not remotely close to the way Real Men behave. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/42 "2014-04-21T15:24:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > . . .And I’m also completely baffled by **Richard North** ’s need to beat people up just because he doesn’t like the music they listen to or what they drink. But then, I expect that most sane people, of either gender, would be baffled by that. That’s not remotely close to the way Real Men behave. Yeah, but they were playing _gay_ music! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/43 "2014-04-21T17:49:16Z")
Sometimes I have salad for breakfast, if there’s salad left and it sounds good. If I’m feeling really fancy I’ll soft boil an egg and put that on top, letting the yolk act as dressing, but mostly I’m not that fancy with breakfast salad. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/44 "2014-04-21T18:38:05Z")
Actually, having specific breakfast foods is an American and some European country thing. Most other places just eat the same type stuff they have for their other meals. So, **Johnny** , most of the world agrees with us guys! Remember, though, when dealing with a female you can be right or you can be happy - but not both. Choose wisely! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/45 "2014-04-21T18:48:27Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > I think cold day-old ( or more) spaghetti tastes better than when it’s new and hot. It’s also much easier to make a sandwich out of it when it’s cold. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/46 "2014-04-21T20:42:45Z")
The obligatory musical interlude: Christine Lavin’s [“Cold Pizza for Breakfast”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFe5zQQXdXg&feature=kp)(Warm Coke to Wash It Down)" ---
**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:** [April 21, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/47 "2014-04-21T20:44:30Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Pizza for breakfast… Remember, its also a money/time thing. You have perfectly good pre-cooked food in front of you that’s already bought and easy/quick to eat. You can eat it with a swig of coffee… Absolutely. > [@Balance](#): > > It’s also much easier to make a sandwich out of it when it’s cold. I like to heat up the spaghetti for spaghetti sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/48 "2014-04-21T20:55:35Z")
My ex-wife would eat thai leftovers, several different dishes mixed together, for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/49 "2014-04-21T21:18:45Z")
Nothing better than Moo Shoo pork leftovers for breakfast. It’s already got egg and pig in it! ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/50 "2014-04-21T23:01:20Z")
Guy here. Can’t stomach much in the morning, what I can is traditional breakfast-y type things. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/51 "2014-04-21T23:25:49Z")
If the food is good at night it is good for breakfast. My guy thing is: I do laundry by weight. Lighter things dry faster so they get washed first. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/52 "2014-04-21T23:33:28Z")
So totally not a guy thing. Growing up it was totally normal for us older kids to just get what we wanted for breakfast. Most of the time it was leftovers of whatever was in the fridge. I still like leftovers for breakfast or anytime during the day. Enchiladas for breakfast? YUM! ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/53 "2014-04-21T23:43:54Z")
Dinner: It’s what’s for breakfast. A full-on breakfast is also great for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/54 "2014-04-22T00:43:58Z")
_Cold_ pizza for breakfast? What are you people, barbarians? It takes literally a minute to heat it up in the microwave and then you’ve got delicious, hot, civilised pizza to enjoy for breakfast. Incidentally, re-heated Asian takeaway is also a perfectly cromulent breakfast too. To broaden the scope of the replies a bit, I’ve known a few ladies who don’t get that sometimes I don’t want a Fairtrade Caramel Cappuccino with Organic Skim Milk at a trendy place with a lot of meaningless adjectives like “authentic” and “artisan” on the menu, I want a cup of hot coffee, in a mug, with some cow milk in it, because sometimes I have pressing Manly Things to do and therefore don’t have time for frilly bullshit with my coffee. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/55 "2014-04-22T01:49:59Z")
The truth be told, I usually just drink coffee until lunchtime. Unless there’s leftover pizza. > [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > _Cold_ pizza for breakfast? What are you people, barbarians? > > It takes literally a minute to heat it up in the microwave and then you’ve got delicious, hot, civilised pizza to enjoy for breakfast. But if you eat it cold, you get delicious, cold, civilised pizza to enjoy for breakfast. And you don’t have to heat it. > [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Incidentally, re-heated Asian takeaway is also a perfectly cromulent breakfast too. I usually save beef paneang take-out for breakfast, rather than have it for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/56 "2014-04-22T02:15:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The truth be told, I usually just drink coffee until lunchtime. Unless there’s leftover pizza. > > But if you eat it cold, you get delicious, cold, civilised pizza to enjoy for breakfast. And you don’t have to heat it. Cold pizza is for people without microwave ovens or electricity. American pizzas might be different but pizza here just tastes bland and uninspiring cold. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/57 "2014-04-22T02:31:48Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > "…_Cold_ pizza for breakfast? What are you people, barbarians? > > It takes literally a minute to heat it up in the microwave and then you’ve got delicious, hot, civilised pizza to enjoy for breakfast. Incidentally, re-heated Asian takeaway is also a perfectly cromulent breakfast too. > …" Crack an egg on the pizza and cook it in the oven right on the bare rack. Delicious bread and eggs basically. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/58 "2014-04-22T02:50:09Z")
> [@Richard\_North](#): > > My Ex never understood my need to be an alpha male. It’s a guy thing, it’s how we are wired. > > She was once very humiliated by my behavior on a party bus once. I have a friend who rented out a party bus. He was a very nice guy. He had a pimpin’ pad on the 10th floor of a high-rise, a kind wife, and a ducati 848. Me, my girlfriend, and about 8 friends rode on it one night. My friend also had a couple of his other friends on the that night, to fill up space. I called them Cross-eyed Chris, Immigrantish Looking Midget, and One Tooth Tiger. > > CEC was a huge douchebag. And ILM and OTT were his annoying side kicks. They were being very disrespectful on the bus. They were creeping out the women, they kept requesting to play gay music such as Kesha, rolling down the window shouting at passing cars, and CEC for some reason had a mixed drink hidden in a 7-11 cup. Well, he was being clumsy as hell and kept tipping the cup over. Everytime the cup would tip over a bright red liquid would leak from the top staining the seats. > > I had enough. I could take OTT, he obviously couldn’t fight, to get that huge chipped tooth. ILM was only about 5’3’'. The tricky one was CEC, he was a bit athletic looking. I confronted them, OTT and ILM started backing down, but CEC kept flapping his lips. I grabbed him, and he grabbed me back. I quickly snatched a Corona bottle with my other hand and hit him in the head. If anyone is inexperienced with hitting people with beer bottles, let me tell you. Corona bottles are best, they don’t break. I knocked him out silly, and started apologizing. He was about to cry. > > I OWNED THAT BUS!!! > > Everyone thought I was the Man, except my ex. She gave me the silent treatment for the rest of the night. She just never understood male relations. Dammit! I want the old roll-eyes smiley and I want it NOW!!! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/59 "2014-04-22T02:55:20Z")
Sometimes my wife just doesn’t understand me. Most weekends we get breakfast tacos from a really good place near us, but occasionally I really want to go for a sitdown meal at this place downtown that has a very close second best for tortillas in Texas, and get their machacado con huevo, sun dried beef with eggs. It’s fantastic. The part that drives her crazy is that while we’re waiting to be seated, I always fistfight a hobo. I win, but I’m not bragging, because come on, y’know, hobo. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543/60 "2014-04-22T03:12:20Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Dammit! I want the old roll-eyes smiley and I want it NOW!!! No doubt! I think someone is conflating Jack-assery with “a guy thing”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-guy-thing/686543.md?page=4)