Why men are proud of themselves

Why Men Are Proud of Themselves! :slight_smile:

Face it:

  1. We know how to fix stuff.
  2. A 5-day trip requires only one suitcase.
  3. We can open all our own jars.
  4. We can go to the bathroom without a support group.
  5. We don’t have to learn to spell a new last name.
  6. We can leave a motel bed unmade.
  7. We can kill our own food.
  8. We get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
  9. Wedding plans take care of themselves.
  10. If someone forgets to invite us to something they can still be our
    friend.
  11. Underwear is $10 a three-pack.
  12. If you are 34 and single nobody notices.
  13. Everything on our faces stays the original color.
  14. Three pair of shoes are more than enough.
  15. We don’t have to clean the house if the meter reader is coming.
  16. Car mechanics tell us the truth.
  17. We can sit quietly and watch a game with a friend for hours without
    thinking “He must be mad at me.”
  18. Same work - more pay
  19. Gray hair and wrinkles only add character.
  20. We can drop by and see a friend without having to bring a little
    gift.
  21. If another guy shows up at a party in the same outfit you just might
    become lifelong friends.
  22. Your pals will never trap you with: “So, notice anything different?”
  23. We are not expected to know the names of more than 5 colors.
  24. We almost never have a “strap problem” in public.
  25. We are totally unable to see wrinkles in our clothes.
  26. The same hairstyle lasts for years - maybe decades.
  27. We don’t have to shave below the neck.
  28. A few belches are expected and tolerated.
  29. Our belly usually hides our big hips.
  30. One wallet, one pair of shoes, one color, all seasons.
  31. We can do our nails with a pocketknife.
  32. We have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
  33. Christmas shopping can be accomplished for 25 people on the day
    before Christmas and in 45 minutes.

VB

The ways of cats and little girls are mysterious.

Hmmm. 26 out of 33 also apply to me. I’m 79% male. My husband and kids will be so surprised.

You’re 34 and you’re still single?

Gay, huh?


Uke

Ukelele-
not all single 34-year-olds are gay. Why, my charming longtime hair stylist…
uh, never mind!

Why women are proud of themselves:

1.) We are able to sucker men into fixing our stuff while we sit on the coach and file our nails.
2.) We are never the ones who forget the dress shoes and have to wear sneakers to a wedding (that would be my dad.)
3.)We sucker guys into opening our jars while we sit on the couch and file our nails.
4.) We are smart enough to compare notes while the ball is in play on a date under the guise of “the bathroom.”
5.) If you were married to me, you would.
6.) We can leave a hotel knowing we won’t have to pay.
7.) We get men to kill our food while we sit on the couch filing our nails.
8.) We know the power of positive reinforcement.
9.) We get to look like a princess, he gets to look like a penguin.
10. We are aware of human interactive social behavior.
11. We get to have matching underwear. Always makes ya feel prettier.
12. Yes, they do.
13. What the hell kind of chameleon women do YOU know?
14. Even Forrest Gump knew the wisdom of shoes. “You can tell a lot about a person by the shoes they wear. Where they come from, where they been…”
15.We get the meter reader.
16. We get to see the look on the mechanic’s face when we tell him that the sound he heard banging was probably just the exhaust flange acting up, and probably not too much to worry about.
17. We don’t sit and watch a GAME for hours on end.
18. We can sleep our way to the top. (not that I have…)
19. We can cover wrinkles with makeup and grey with die without being a girly-man.
20. We get gifts from our friends!
21. Yea, but every woman is making fun of you two.
22. Our boyfriends will never trap us with “So, anything different?”
23. We know what sienna is, and where NOT to use it.
24. We don’t need to adjust our love packages in public. (there’s a thread on this)
25. We know that throwing any piece of clothing in the drier for 10 minutes removes wrinkles.
26. We are open to change.
27. We are able to scorn any hairy-backed men.
28. Um, that’s not something to be proud of.
29. Neither is that.
30. Accesories match. Being a girl is fun.
31. After suckering guys into doing most of the manual labor, our nails are perfect.
32. We have freedom of choice on Roe vs. Wade. (makes the mustache thing look pretty peasly, don’t it?)
33. People actually LIKE the presents we give them.

Plus:
*most women can go through life never getting in a psychical fight with a stranger
*we ALWAYS get custody rights
*our car insurance is lower

And people are CONFUSED by transexuals? :slight_smile:


One must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star. -Nietzche

Good lord I think I’m a hermaphrodite


We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another

Uh, No.

Why? Are you cruising?


VB

The ways of cats and little girls are mysterious.

And if the package gets disarranged, we can reach down there, readjust it in public, and it’s perfectly acceptable.

34 and single? Call me.


“I should not take bribes and Minister Bal Bahadur KC should not do so either. But if clerks take a bribe of Rs 50-60 after a hard day’s work, it is not an issue.” ----Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Current Prime Minister of Nepal

Women have a much easier time getting a man…than a man has getting a woman. So we don’t need to do all those men things. Haven’t you figured out yet why statistics show that women live longer than men?


“Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda

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SwimmingRiddles - cool name, intersting view of men you have there . . . .

Fuzzy, yeah I know why women live longer than men - more men are married to women than women are.

Nice thread, enough sterotypes to kill a civilization in here.


All rights reserved, all wrongs revenged.

Geez, I just stopped by to brag about how proud of myself I am because I finally figured out how to brush out my daughter’s hair and tie it into a halfway respectable ponytail, so now the nursery school teacher has stopped calling her the ‘daughter of Rasputin.’

I think I’m outmatched in this thread . . .
Dr. Watson
“The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.” – James Fenimore Cooper, 1838

SwimmingRiddles, you naughty girl!

Which part of the coach?


Eschew Obfuscation

Well, this will come as a surprise to exactly nobody, but a whole lot of these apply to me, as well. I once got through a week-and-a-half long trip on the contents of one athletic bag. Top that!


An infinite number of rednecks in an infinite number of pickup trucks shooting an infinite number of shotguns at an infinite number of road signs will eventually produce all the world’s great works of literature in Braille.

Swimming Riddles…
Just what the hell is a “psychical fight”?
as you said here:

I have never been in a “psychical” fight, I don’t think. What is a “psychical” fight?
Maybe men are proud cuz they can bloody spell :wink:
Just kidding. I mizpel stuf sumtims to. Noonch.


Fat Guy in a Little Coat,
SDMB Self-Righteous Clique

Actually, I have a good excuse. My physical (see I CAN spell it…) therepist decided I am too right-hand oriented (unidexterous?) and that I need to use my left hand more. So my mouse is now on the left side, and my whole body is adjusting, and my left hand is being disagreeable, and revolting. So I blame that damned left hand for both the “psychical” incident, and the coach. Stupid left hand. sdfSDFs. There it goes again. It’s Dr. Strangelove all over again, but with more of a mis-spelling feel.


One must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star. -Nietzche

Could be. Send me a pic, preferably something at the beach.

(No, you big silly. Just commenting on “You can be 34 and single and no one says anything.”)


Uke

Hey Ukelele, I knew it; I just felt a smart-ass comment deserved a smart-ass reply! :smiley:


VB

The ways of cats and little girls are mysterious.

Well, since this thread has apparently resulted in the bisexuality of several posters, perhaps we should turn the test into a/b questions, with male, female, and undecided responses. For example:

How many tools do you own?
a) Three.
b) Sixty, and they all fit in a specially designed metal case that weighs 20 pounds.
c) Sixty, and they all fit in a specially designed plastic case with a mirror built in.

-BrainWeasel

Squeaks from BrainWeasel’s Cage
http://brainweasel.home.att.net

yes.