garage debate of the day

[dizzyblonde]

Willy waving and burning bra's..................

The bike world is male orientated, blokes are continually showing their testosterone to the birds by buying big bikes, blinging them up, big boring them etc. They are always in competition with other blokes to show how manly they are, so they put a huge zorst on it, front forks bigger, jack it up, etc.
Girls get emotionally attached to their two wheels.......its a mechanical object my manly friend shouts. Ah but we do tastleful mods, and don't see it as a competition, we congratulate each other on our polishing skills, our not falling off...we might even give it some fluffy dice.

Ever noticed blokes do it with cars>?? yes there goes Mr testosterone with his Porsche, the one with the roof down in the rain....ooooooo laydeeez look how cool I am.......but if the girls get a car like that....ooo 'hairdresser mobeel'.
Does anyone have a pyshchological explanation to why the sexes act like this with the show of vehicles

My view of today was that blokes need to show they are the alpha male, so display these charactoristics...you know like birds do with feathers

My pet mechanic said......get in the sink and do the woman thing and make brewshttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_5.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MXGB)



So over to you lot to debate further

[yorkie_chris]

My pet mechanic said......get in the sink and do the woman thing and make brewshttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_5.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MXGB)


Have you seen the price of brake cleaner these days? Oooh I'd best get that bill in the post.:-P

[BILLY]

I bet you make a loverly cup of tea;)

[dizzyblonde]

Have you seen the price of brake cleaner these days? Oooh I'd best get that bill in the post.:-P
oi, bugger orf, pesky boy.........your aiming for a clipped lughole next time I see you:lol:

[melody]

Have you seen the price of brake cleaner these days? Oooh I'd best get that bill in the post.:-P

Nah, I didn't leave my postal address.:p

[yorkie_chris]

I meant for dizzy lol

[Lozzo]

Willy waving and burning bra's..................

The bike world is male orientated, blokes are continually showing their testosterone to the birds by buying big bikes, blinging them up, big boring them etc.

If it doesn't improve, it don't get fitted

Ever noticed blokes do it with cars>??

You've not seen the pile of **** 1995 Nissan Micra 1.0 litre I've got, have you? If all men buy big cars as a size related penis substitute I must be naturally hung like a donkey. I can afford a much nicer car, but I'd rather spend my money on bikes because I'd only run a decent car into the scrapyard in pretty short order.

[dizzyblonde]

If it doesn't improve, it don't get fitted



You've not seen the pile of **** 1995 Nissan Micra 1.0 litre I've got, have you? If all men buy big cars as a size related penis substitute I must be naturally hung like a donkey. I can afford a much nicer car, but I'd rather spend my money on bikes because I'd only run a decent car into the scrapyard in pretty short order.

We've been debating this from a purely tongue in chhek view.....me and Mel attempted to gang up on YC, with thses sort of general points.......
.....however I am predicting that MissYC will have a fully functional house one day.....as YC is permanently covered in garage muck...she'll never have a car/bike that breaks down for long, or drippy taps........just don't expect to him to put on fluffy slippers and do the ironing MissYC:lol:

[missyburd]

just don't expect to him to put on fluffy slippers and do the ironing MissYC:lol:

He's got potential ;)

As for why men insist on better vehicles and such, tis all about sexual selection :cool: Male birds must have more complex songs and more attractive displays and whatnot. As expectations from females get higher and higher, males must evolve characteristics which make them stand out even more from the crowd.

Looking at humans, having a posher car is a man's way of saying, 'ooh look at me, available and with high financial status, I can provide for your offspring' :lol: However they may just like posh cars :p And tbh I wouldn't look twice at a chap with a posh car, now a landy, that's completely different :D (and a bike's even better, have no fear YC ;))

[dizzyblonde]

wehay, cheers burd, I knew someone would explain it better for me:wink:

[Gene genie]

men are continually showing off and competing with one another while ladies get emotionally attached to their bikes.
well thank you very much. you've made me reallise i have a feminine side more on show than my male side. thats it, wheelies and stoppies order of the day tomorrow.

[yorkie_chris]

As for why men insist on better vehicles and such, tis all about sexual selection :cool: Male birds must have more complex songs and more attractive displays and whatnot. As expectations from females get higher and higher, males must evolve characteristics which make them stand out even more from the crowd.

So it's basically hardwired, genetic behaviour then.

we congratulate each other on our polishing skills,

And likewise?

Does this mean women are genetically adapted to cleaning? If so then why aren't you two in your respective kitchens?

:-D

[Lozzo]

.....however I am predicting that MissYC will have a fully functional house one day.....as YC is permanently covered in garage muck...she'll never have a car/bike that breaks down for long, or drippy taps........just don't expect to him to put on fluffy slippers and do the ironing MissYC:lol:

I'm well domesticated, do all my own cleaning and ironing but i can't cook to save my life. Takeaways are my best friends.

[slark01]

Testosterone be damned!!!
evil, evil invention by god! ;-)
The only mod i've done on the bike is cosmetic due to damage.
As a house husband looking after a baba I believe that we are all different and therefore cannot be easily labelled, but dang I would love to have a big loud mutha of a pram just to pi$$ off Mr Jones :lol::lol:

[missyburd]

I'm well domesticated

Teach YC then will ya? :p

[yorkie_chris]

Why would I want to iron anything?

[Lozzo]

Why would I want to iron anything?

I spent nearly 20 yrs as a sales rep, it's a habit that's hard to break.

[lukemillar]

Willy waving and burning bra's..................

The bike world is male orientated, blokes are continually showing their testosterone to the birds by buying big bikes, blinging them up, big boring them etc. They are always in competition with other blokes to show how manly they are, so they put a huge zorst on it, front forks bigger, jack it up, etc.
Girls get emotionally attached to their two wheels.......its a mechanical object my manly friend shouts. Ah but we do tastleful mods, and don't see it as a competition, we congratulate each other on our polishing skills, our not falling off...we might even give it some fluffy dice.

Ever noticed blokes do it with cars>?? yes there goes Mr testosterone with his Porsche, the one with the roof down in the rain....ooooooo laydeeez look how cool I am.......but if the girls get a car like that....ooo 'hairdresser mobeel'.
Does anyone have a pyshchological explanation to why the sexes act like this with the show of vehicles

My view of today was that blokes need to show they are the alpha male, so display these charactoristics...you know like birds do with feathers

My pet mechanic said......get in the sink and do the woman thing and make brewshttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_5.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MXGB)



So over to you lot to debate further

Hmmm, I'm not like any of that all! You jhave besically come up with 1 stereotype and are asking why are men like that. There are many other kind of blokes, other than the meat head whose main concern is how fast his bike is and who is looking at his bird!

Well, you are from the North, so maybe your right about the guys up there! :wink:

[missyburd]

Why would I want to iron anything?
Fair point :p

So how about the fluffy slippers? :smt043

[dizzyblonde]

Hmmm, I'm not like any of that all! You jhave besically come up with 1 stereotype and are asking why are men like that. There are many other kind of blokes, other than the meat head whose main concern is how fast his bike is and who is looking at his bird!

Well, you are from the North, so maybe your right about the guys up there! :wink:
Exactly, stereotypical it is, but as the title states, it was the garage debate of the day.........mucky man and not too clean woooooman....lol, and a very tidy and clean woman. Its purely tongue in cheek, as the man in the debate has posted already several times
I'm fully aware that there are different kinds of men, but I was wondering why this particular stereotype was more likely to be discussed..................
it don't half ruffle the blokey folks feathers.....just like it would if I said the typical blonde stereotype was a bubblehead barbie.....................



cue bloke who knows me to say I am...........:D

[missyburd]

cue bloke who knows me to say I am...........:D

Does it have to be a bloke? :smt081

[dizzyblonde]

hahaha, cheeky mare, I'm not bubblehead barbie though......I am an intelligent blonde.....just mad as a hatter...:-)

[missyburd]

....I am an intelligent blonde.....

:shock: #staggers backwards# There's such a thing in halifax? :p

[dizzyblonde]

Was told this about blondes once...........

you know why blondes dye their hair don't you?
because every time they use their brain, their roots start to show:(

I could have slapped em, but I was too busy howling with laughter....besides he was a very tall Russian bloke who does karate:o

[Ceri JC]

You've not seen the pile of **** 1995 Nissan Micra 1.0 litre I've got, have you? If all men buy big cars as a size related penis substitute I must be naturally hung like a donkey. I can afford a much nicer car, but I'd rather spend my money on bikes because I'd only run a decent car into the scrapyard in pretty short order.

+1. If it's about showing off, why do I drive such a battered old car? It's all about practicality. Cheap car than can carry lots of people/junk around. Bike is modified for hacking up and down the lengths of the country on a regular basis. It's not clean, nor is it scratch/dent/etc. free, but then it's not practical to keep a working bike clean (and if you do, it more than negates the time saving of using the bike over a car in the first place) and if I keep it looking mint, it'll only get scratched again soon.

I'd like a tidy, polished weekend toy of a bike, used only on sunny sunday afternoons, but at the moment, can't quite afford one and would prefer a tatty bike and tatty car to a tatty car and weekend toy bike, or no car, but 2 bikes, etc. When you're riding across the pendines in the snow, struggling to keep the bike upright, attracting the opposite sex comes way down the list. :)

As an aside, in my neck of the woods, girls are just as bad as boys for hideous, pointless and expensive car modifications and generally speaking, do it with even less taste than their male equivalents.

[Alpinestarhero]

Im a real man, I ride with a topbox. Takes nerves of steel to do that.

Of course, if a girl did it, she'd be making her girly bike just more girly. A girls gotta stash her make up some place

Ok, serious now. I think all "drop-tops" are pretty stupid, and dont think anyone looks "cool" in them, come rain or shine. I also dont subscribe to the thing about blinging stuff up just to impress other people; I'll add something to my bike because I want to look at my bike and think "that part looks cool, glad I did that" (yes, that includes the topbox).

I would prefer another bike, one thats for pleasure and not commuting on. But thats not so I "fit in" with others, its so I have another bike to ride, something differant, faster, requireing differant skills/ more enchanced skills to ride. Itll be kept clean though, since there is no reason a bike ridden for pleasure should get that dirty. Hell, my workhorse of an SV isnt exactly dirty...is it jester :smt041

Some blokes are about looking cool. But girls are just the same, mostly with other things but also with bikes and cars etc etc

Matt

[Smudge]

Willy waving and burning bra's..................

The bike world is male orientated, blokes are continually showing their testosterone to the birds by buying big bikes, blinging them up, big boring them etc. They are always in competition with other blokes to show how manly they are, so they put a huge zorst on it, front forks bigger, jack it up, etc.
Girls get emotionally attached to their two wheels.......its a mechanical object my manly friend shouts. Ah but we do tastleful mods, and don't see it as a competition, we congratulate each other on our polishing skills, our not falling off...we might even give it some fluffy dice.

Ever noticed blokes do it with cars>?? yes there goes Mr testosterone with his Porsche, the one with the roof down in the rain....ooooooo laydeeez look how cool I am.......but if the girls get a car like that....ooo 'hairdresser mobeel'.
Does anyone have a pyshchological explanation to why the sexes act like this with the show of vehicles

My view of today was that blokes need to show they are the alpha male, so display these charactoristics...you know like birds do with feathers

My pet mechanic said......get in the sink and do the woman thing and make brewshttp://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_5.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxdm824MXGB)



So over to you lot to debate further
i reckon theres two explanations for it dizz, the insecure side like you say making people look at them and give them attention or just for the love of their bike making it sound nice when your riding it, basically doing it for yourself i think most people ive met on the org and on sports touring bikes seem to be less attention seeking, its just the tractor brigade at big ds on a tuesday nights that want to be thought of as cool and manly but in my oppinion ther all scruffy gits that couldnt take a corner on a roman road, lol