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Craig
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1. OPENING JARS - She's struggling. You take it from her hands, open it effortlessly and pretend she loosened it for you. She didn't. Jars are men's work.

 

2. CALLING SOMEONE 'SON' - Especially policeman but even saying it to kids makes you the man.

 

3. DOING A PROPER SLIDE TACKLE - Beckham free kicks - camp. A Stuart Pearce tackle is the pinnacle of the game, simultaneously winning the ball and crippling the man. Magic.

 

4. SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH A STANLEY KNIFE - Blunt, is it? Hand it here love. No, I don't need a sharpener, I've got a knife thanks!

 

5. GOING TO THE TIP - A manly act which combines driving, lifting and - as you thrillingly drop your rubbish into another huge pile of other rubbish

- noisy destruction.

 

6. DRINKING UP - Specifically, rising from the table, slinging your coat on and downing two thirds of a pint in one fluid movement. Then nodding towards the door, saying, "Let's go" and striding out while everyone else struggles to catch up with you. You're hard.

 

7. HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD - in the shed, solely to stir paint with.

 

8. HAVING A SCAR - Ideally it'll be a facial knife wound, but even an iron burn on the wrist is good. "Ooh, did it hurt". "Nah".

 

9. HAVING A HANGOVER AND THICK STUBBLE - When birds have been partying they just whinge. You on the other hand have physical evidence of your hardness, sprouting from your face. "Big night?" Grr, what does it look like.

 

10. NODDING AT COPPERS - A moment's eye contact is all it takes for you to share the unspoken bond. "We've not seen eye to eye in the past",it says, "but someone's got to keep the little scrotes in line".

 

11. USING POWER TOOLS - Slightly more powerful than you need or can safely handle. Pneumatic drilling while smoking a fag? Superb.

 

12. KICKING A FOOTY AGAINST A GARAGE DOOR - Clang-g-g-g-g-g-! Stick that Becks, I kick so hard I set off car alarms.

 

13. ARRIVING IN A PUB LATE - And everyone cheers you. It doesn't mean you're popular, it just means your mates are ******. However, the rest of the pub doesn't know that.

 

14. NOT WATCHING YOUR WEIGHT - Fat is a feminist issue, apparently.

Brilliant. Pass the pork scratchings.

 

15. CARVING THE ROAST - And saying "are you a leg or breast man?" to the blokes and "do you want stuffing?" to the women. Congratulations, you are now your dad.

 

16. WINKING - Turns women to putty. Doesn't it?

 

17. TEST SWINGING HAMMERS - Ideally, B&Q would have little changing rooms with mirrors so you could see how rugged you look with any DIY item.

Until

then, we'll make do with the aisles.

 

18. TAKING OUT £200 FROM A CASHPOINT - Okay, so its for paying the plumber later but with that much cash you feel like a mafia don. The only thing better is peeling notes off the roll later.

 

19. PHONE CALLS THAT LAST LESS THAN A MINUTE - Unlike birds, we get straight to the point. "Alright? Yep. Drink? Red lion? George, it is then.

Seven. See

ya."

 

20. PARALLEL PARKING - Bosh, straight in. First time. Can Schumacher do that? No, because his cars got no reverse gear which, technically, makes you the worlds best driver.

 

21. HAVING EARNED THAT PINT - Since the dawn of time, men have toiled in the fields in blistering heat. Why? So, when it's over we can stand there in silence, surveying our work with one hand resting on the beer gut while the other nurses a foaming jug of ale. Aaaah.

 

22. HAVING SOMETHING PROPERLY WRONG WITH YOU - Especially if you didn't make a fuss. "Why was I off, nothing much, just a brain haemorrhage".

 

23. KNOWING WHICH SCREWDRIVER IS WHICH - "A Phillips? For that? Are you mad, bint?"

 

24. TAKING A NEWSPAPER INTO THE LOO - A visual code that says that's right, I'm going in there for a huge, long man-sized poo

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man? :)

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J69 tbh.

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:)

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Wouldn't touch that even with yours. :D

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If you could touch mine you wouldnt be after touching anything else tbh. ;)

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

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Yeah but who invented the boiler or kettle who made that water hot in the first place, only doing it in order to assist the ladies to open jars without bothering them while they're trying to watch Buffy?

 

Man, that's who

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J69 tbh.

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:)

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Wouldn't touch that even with yours. :D

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If you could touch mine you wouldnt be after touching anything else tbh. ;)

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Not until you'd finished the course of penicillin anyway.

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

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Yeah but who invented the boiler or kettle who made that water hot in the first place, only doing it in order to assist the ladies to open jars without bothering them while they're trying to watch Buffy?

 

Man, that's who

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probably the same person who invented football for me to watch whilst hubby does the dishes and brings me in a coffee :D

 

and you just said that to get the word 'Boiler' in to this thread didnt you?!! every thread leads to it!! ;)

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

104832[/snapback]

 

Yeah but who invented the boiler or kettle who made that water hot in the first place, only doing it in order to assist the ladies to open jars without bothering them while they're trying to watch Buffy?

 

Man, that's who

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probably the same person who invented football for me to watch whilst hubby does the dishes and brings me in a coffee :D

 

and you just said that to get the word 'Boiler' in to this thread didnt you?!! every thread leads to it!! ;)

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I find that accusation outrangeous

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :D

104832[/snapback]

 

Yeah but who invented the boiler or kettle who made that water hot in the first place, only doing it in order to assist the ladies to open jars without bothering them while they're trying to watch Buffy?

 

Man, that's who

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probably the same person who invented football for me to watch whilst hubby does the dishes and brings me in a coffee ;)

 

and you just said that to get the word 'Boiler' in to this thread didnt you?!! every thread leads to it!! <_<

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I find that accusation outrangeous

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Pah!!! you're all Boiler-maniacs :icon_lol: that and watching explosions!! :)

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What about fires and barbecues...men love that..think it's the "hunter/gather" thing going on.  :)

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Fire is certainly man's domain. As is killing animals with spears. Not too much of that to do around Shipcote though. Could go to the park with a javelin and get after the geese but I imagine I'm more likely to get a child or a swan. Either way I'm going to jail.

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

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Pair of marigolds works as well :D

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

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Pair of marigolds works as well :D

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As good as any man tbh.

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

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If you used your brain a bit more you could stick a knife under the lid, thus breaking the seal and saving waiting for a few mins. ;)

 

Daft bint :D

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

104832[/snapback]

 

If you used your brain a bit more you could stick a knife under the lid, thus breaking the seal and saving waiting for a few mins. ;)

 

Daft bint :D

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Or slice your hand open. (kids. :icon_lol: )

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Must admit i do have a problem opening some jars.....but instead of resorting to a male, i use my brain and hold the jar under hot water for a couple mins and that makes them open easily....who needs a man?  :)

104832[/snapback]

 

If you used your brain a bit more you could stick a knife under the lid, thus breaking the seal and saving waiting for a few mins. ;)

 

Daft bint :D

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Or slice your hand open. (kids. :icon_lol: )

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Only if you were a bit special and did it in such a way the knife point didn't go under the lid.

 

<_<

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