View Full Version : what manly thing have you done today
davepreston
24-10-11, 02:12 PM
well i fixed the car and the lounge light (being tall helps change lightbulbs)
so now mrs giggles can stop moaning on about it
soon i shall go into the garden and burn some rubbish (ugg man make fire) which i shall pointlessly poke with a stick
so what manly job shall you be doing today
and what is your definition of a of a proper manly job
were talking opening that vice like jar for your better half or heaving that 20 ton stone "feature" she wants right at the back of the garden
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apart from smurfs i fecking hate smurfs
srobrien
24-10-11, 02:17 PM
I'm on an oil rig does that count? I also used two shifters to tighten up a flange and got a bit of oil on my overalls......thats it for the day now.
davepreston
24-10-11, 02:19 PM
nice try sr but no it must not be work related ,even tho what you do by definition isnt work ;)
I have just eaten a Bananana. Does that count? Sadly my day job doesnt involve many manly tasks and come to think of it, i didnt carry out anything remotly manly at the weekend either...no hang on, i topped up the oil in the bike and pumped the tyres up for its journey to work on Wednesday.
As for the definiton of a manly job. Anything that involves dangerous tools. Angle grinders, chain saws and suchlike
I took such a stinky dump just a while ago that the men at work have started using the ladies toilets whilst it calms down.
Tonight I shall go to the gym.
littleoldman2
24-10-11, 02:28 PM
Re-leveled one of the kitchen cupboards, new rawplugs, screws, drills and stuff. Must admit at this point that the better half has almost single handedly remodeled the whole kitchen, what a star.
Dicky Ticker
24-10-11, 02:29 PM
Finished reshiming the bike,washed the car after Scotland at the weekend and sliced up a loaf of Lorne sausage,one of several purchased while in the homeland
dizzyblonde
24-10-11, 02:41 PM
hmmm what manly things did I do today.......
Lazed in bed until 10am, excuse, baby was playing nicely with his toys on there
Ordered two mechanics about and made them recoil back to their pits in horror
Much walking of hills(well I am in Yorkshire)
Finally........
I opened a LARGE bag of Cheetos I found in the Polish shop, shared a few, and scoffed the majority to myself :)
missyburd
24-10-11, 02:50 PM
and got a bit of oil on my overalls.......
I took bungees off my bike and consequently got oil on my hands, does that count? I also had to momentarily stop at the side of the road while I figured out why my throttle was proving to be so stiff (grip needed shifting round to allow the cable more travel)...that a manly fixing thing?
Fortunately I counterbalanced any manly activities by buying a pair of fairy wings, baking cheesey scones and break bread and tidying, I am glad balance has been restored :p
Woke up, shaved, put suit on and went to the office - leaving her to look after the kids, do some washing and tidying, have the dinner ready, and maybe even tie a ribbon in her hair for when I get home.
I built two walls and repaired another, whilst showing my 6 year old the fine points of bricklaying and how to make mortar or 'donald' as he is now keen to refer to it!!!
Woke up, shaved, put suit on and went to the office - leaving her to look after the kids, do some washing and tidying, have the dinner ready, and maybe even tie a ribbon in her hair for when I get home.
Winner.
I've ordered the wife to go and get a copy of tonight's Middlesbrough Evening Gazette so I can read the report on Boro's demolition of Derby.
Now I'm nursing a large bruise.... but I didn't cry.
Am I a man?
littleoldman2
24-10-11, 04:13 PM
Aye I know how you feel Bri. Well under the thumb me. My Mrs just finished tiling the kitchen walls and made me take the B & D workbench out to the shed "yes dear".
Plumed in the washing machine.
By this I mean pulled up the floor boards run new supply hot n cold.plumb in the drain .
Amplimator
24-10-11, 04:21 PM
I have spent all afternoon on pistonheads, ebay, biketrader, various forums and dealership websites looking for something to get muddy and fall off (lots) during the winter months.
Again.
apart from smurfs i fecking hate smurfs
hey big man i thought you loved me :smt050
as for doing manly things i fekin wish. although i did get time to wash the bike so does that count...
Littlepeahead
24-10-11, 04:47 PM
I have painted bits of my walls with different shades of white to decide which colour to go for. Managed to get paint all over the TV screen in the process so perhaps I should stick to only painting my nails and leave proper painting to big manly men.
But to keep it girly I sawed back on a couple of loose buttonsand tomorrow I shall bake a cake.
Bluepete
24-10-11, 04:53 PM
Made cider.
Ugg.
Man makes himself pished!
Pete ;)
Mr Speirs
24-10-11, 05:03 PM
I'm watching match of the day.
Bluepete
24-10-11, 05:19 PM
I'm watching match of the day.
What?
Footballers?
Bunch of gheys!
Bet they don't even like baked beans!
Overpaid shirt lifting sausage monkeys the lot of 'em!
Pete ;)
missyburd
24-10-11, 05:20 PM
I have painted bits of my walls
Was all going quite manly...
... until you said this
with different shades of white to decide which colour to go for
Like a bloke who wasn't Laurence Llewellyn Bowen would give a monkeys to the colour :grin: :lol:
Put a bit of carpet down in the cupboard under the stairs.Spent the weekend putting one of them double helmet shelf / gear hangers up and a couple of shelves for all the helmets in the house (7 in Total now!)
Now my Bike Gear Storage Area and general 'MAN' cupboard (Have been kind to her - let her keep HER hoover in there with my leathers).
Owenski
24-10-11, 06:19 PM
Nit today but friday night I went out about half 8 for a couple beers, stumbled in at half 5! Baby is up at half 6 so spent most of the day trying to recover /hide my pain and only replying "later on" to any request of movement. Tea time came and i got an invite to play play station at an equally immature friends house because his wife and kid are out of town. while the wife went in shower i got dressed when she got out I left her to watch her tv shows so this is at about half 7, i stumbled in at 1... Not bad and I managed drag myself up at 6.30 to sort the baby (and watch match of the day of course).
yorkie_chris
24-10-11, 08:22 PM
This:
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/319/dscf9745.jpg
Can ya tell what it is yet
Bluefish
24-10-11, 08:39 PM
That some sort of penis enlarger you made chris? :rolleyes:
is it for artificial insemination?
missyburd
24-10-11, 08:51 PM
Me wanting a kid in another thread was a joke ya know chaps :lol:
dizzyblonde
24-10-11, 08:59 PM
I know what that is Chris................its a valve of some description to vent the farts out of your scuba gear :lol:
http://www.nerdnirvana.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fart-rubber-suit.jpg
Me wanting a kid in another thread was a joke ya know chaps :lol:
Sorry.....Olis fault!
fizzwheel
24-10-11, 09:07 PM
I cleared the garden of dog poo
I put some air in the tyre on our 4 x 4
I rode just shy of 14 miles in the p*ssing rain tonight on my pushbike
I then ate a pie when I got in with no vegetables
I looked at model railways again on t'internet
I looked at how much a 2nd hand Audi RS6 would cost me without considering anything practical like how to pay for it and how much the insurance would be.
I cleared up the mess that the dogs made when they raided the bin bag whilst Liz and I were at work today
For me this is manly stuff. But in the grand scheme of things it probably isnt
andrewsmith
24-10-11, 09:31 PM
Chris that looks like a flatulence regulator for a wetsuit or blow off valve for something going on the XJ
Not much
Had the back office at work in component parts whilst putting a couple of network cables in. Round 2's tomorrow!
Played with a ruddy big generator with a turbo that belongs on a boat
Souldude
24-10-11, 09:39 PM
Rode bike 40 miles to get haircut (in proper mans barbershop). Barbershop only 2 miles from home.
minimorecambe
24-10-11, 09:40 PM
Was squared up to and punched by a 6'2", 107kg bloke
Does that count as manly??
missyburd
24-10-11, 09:43 PM
Was squared up to and punched by a 6'2", 107kg bloke
Does that count as manly??
Depends if you punched him back or not :-P
On a serious note though, that's really not good hun :(
littleoldman2
24-10-11, 09:43 PM
Was squared up to and punched by a 6'2", 107kg bloke
Does that count as manly??
Punching a 6foot bloke is manly, getting punched, well maybe not
minimorecambe
24-10-11, 09:44 PM
Its all part of the job :-? :)
minimorecambe
24-10-11, 09:45 PM
Punching a 6foot bloke is manly, getting punched, well maybe not
I then managed to restrain him myself - all 5' 4" of me
littleoldman2
24-10-11, 09:50 PM
I then managed to restrain him myself - all 5' 4" of me
I'm also 5' 4" so was my sister and she was a prison officer in a male cat A prison. Hope things ended well.
This:
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/319/dscf9745.jpg
Can ya tell what it is yet
a crack pipe :smt116
Owenski
25-10-11, 08:02 AM
This:
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/319/dscf9745.jpg
Can ya tell what it is yet
Does it in some way measure flow?
andrewsmith
25-10-11, 08:29 AM
This:
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/319/dscf9745.jpg
Can ya tell what it is yet
does it measure the Gammel Dansk to tea ratio in the Voodoo :smt040?
BoltonSte
25-10-11, 11:56 AM
Nic! :makelurve:
_Stretchie_
25-10-11, 01:32 PM
the weekend before this thread I have changed the oil cooler lines, changed the oil and filter and checked and adjusted the valves on the Disco, also changed the exhaust on the Disco. Set up my welder and joined some metal (BADLY) last week.
However, on the day you actually asked this question I did the most manly thing a man can do, I picked at a bloody big scab on my hand and when someone said my hand was bleeding, which I didn't notice by the way (even more manly), I shrugged and went "Uh" and sucked it to stop it bleeding
Was squared up to and punched by a 6'2", 107kg bloke
Does that count as manly??
That depends.... Was it Gav?
I built this in my lunch :D
A link to a virus?
Mr Reeder, you are a nasty man!
I changed over to winter tyres on a friends car... with a bad back.
and fixed a toilet, and built a partition wall and fixed a lawn mower... busy day! :-)
A link to a virus?
No.
Mr Reeder, you are a nasty man!
Hahahahahaha
johnnyrod
25-10-11, 01:53 PM
Classic Reeder
Its all part of the job :-? :)
Shoulda tasered them in the nuts
Er, manly stuff, spent Saturday making and hanging garage doors then went to the pub. Mrs. Rod says "what's that blood on your arm from?" Me: "Eh? Oh I dunno."
Today I figured out which new shaver to buy. For some reason Philips have 17 different ones. The daft thing is that if I had areally good one I'd only need it every other day. Maybe that's a bit less manly...
Thursday I'm going to fountain liquid oxygen everywhere. Well, in Cardiff anyway. Have I won yet or are you asleep already?
Nobbylad
25-10-11, 02:28 PM
I fixed the central heating after taking out the Neutral that the plumber, yes the plumber! had wired into the Earth :rollseyes:
...and I did it all with the mains still on....manly or stupid? (or is it actually the same thing by definition?)
Nobbylad
25-10-11, 02:57 PM
Oh...and tonight I will be stripping a Honda Vision to take out the rusty crank, polish it and refit it (with a new small end and piston) to one of my other peds.
phil24_7
25-10-11, 08:33 PM
I was dry walling, hanging a blind and fixing the sofa. The dry walling will continue into the weekend when I will be digging the garden!
minimorecambe
25-10-11, 08:36 PM
That depends.... Was it Gav?
Noooooooo
I would have punched him back
muzikill
25-10-11, 08:55 PM
Today fixed outside drain, repaired a mobile phone screen. tried to repair abs fault on car, helped kid to make a toy rocket for school, made dinner, fixed a wireless fault on dads computer, did shopping, spoke to the council at length about getting the drains cleaned in the area, watched end of american gangster. Did a search for a winter biking jacket.
missyburd
25-10-11, 09:28 PM
Noooooooo
I would have punched him back
Bbbbbbbbut...but he's a Baron! You just can't do that, it's a matter of class you know!
Souldude
25-10-11, 10:31 PM
I cut down a tree today. Does that make me a lumberjack. Very manly !!
MisterTommyH
25-10-11, 10:36 PM
Today I have mostly been spending time with my head down drains finding our why they are blocking. Disgusting work and I'm home, changed, showered and I can still smell it.
littleoldman2
25-10-11, 10:40 PM
Only if ya sang the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZa26_esLBE
Souldude
25-10-11, 10:53 PM
Bait worked. I first heard that when I was 14 or 15 on a tape cassette.
Being manly is a state of mind, not a consequence of your actions.
myfirstsv
25-10-11, 11:13 PM
Killed 60 odd pigeons on GTA lV * As I try to get 100%
* Grand Theft Auto, an XBOX 360 game normally played only by teenagers but occasionally by those trying to recapture thier youth
littleoldman2
25-10-11, 11:20 PM
Lozzo, yep I agree. A year or two ago I was out cleaning windows and a lady in her 30s came out and said " me gran said to pay the little old man, that must be you", I told her (nicely) that inside me I was a big young bloke who could do anything her bloke could.
xXBADGERXx
27-10-11, 12:52 AM
Surfaced from 3 days in bed . 3 days from where I only emerged every half hour to drop a pint of water out of my bottom and whimper as I scraped my raw bunghole with medicated Izal paper . I then proceeded to the kitchen once achieving a vertical and shivery state and cooked Fajitas . It`s all I had in to eat , and drank about 4 pints of Tea .... I then went back to bed where I seem to have been having hallucinations of the type that could only be enjoyed by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison on a night out with Hunter S Thomson . I have actually managed a Fart this evening , which didn`t involve clamping my buttocks together and mincing off to the Gary Glitter in a state of hallucinatory panic . Why does this always happen to me in October right after the local food festival ?
Destruktor77
27-10-11, 01:39 AM
Lets see,
Made some tea in my pint sized mug
Re-built my brake calipers
Fitted them all up then realised I'm waiting on braided hoses to be dilvered.
cleaned and re-lubed chain
sanded and sprayed some rusted metal mountings
moved some spiders out of the bathroom
changed fridge light and filters
blasted some heavy ass music (not booty music)
ordered some more bits for the bike without walking for hours looking at different options before deciding I actually need everything...
Did a poo, Showered and shaved all within 20 minutes ish.
I think that just about does it for today. I love not being at work :smt020
muzikill
27-10-11, 06:59 AM
Surfaced from 3 days in bed . 3 days from where I only emerged every half hour to drop a pint of water out of my bottom and whimper as I scraped my raw bunghole with medicated Izal paper . I then proceeded to the kitchen once achieving a vertical and shivery state and cooked Fajitas . It`s all I had in to eat , and drank about 4 pints of Tea .... I then went back to bed where I seem to have been having hallucinations of the type that could only be enjoyed by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison on a night out with Hunter S Thomson . I have actually managed a Fart this evening , which didn`t involve clamping my buttocks together and mincing off to the Gary Glitter in a state of hallucinatory panic . Why does this always happen to me in October right after the local food festival ?
Gastroenteritis you lucky person. I had it 5 years ago and it took antibiotic injections and a month to clear, see a doctor youve got very serious food poisoning. Someones got dodgy meat or due to the demands of the punters they arent cooking stuff long enough. Think about which stalls you visit every year and consider not going back.
Nobbylad
27-10-11, 08:47 AM
Gastroenteritis you lucky person. I had it 5 years ago and it took antibiotic injections and a month to clear, see a doctor youve got very serious food poisoning. Someones got dodgy meat or due to the demands of the punters they arent cooking stuff long enough. Think about which stalls you visit every year and consider not going back.
I had something similar last year, went to the docs and they gave me antibiotics for a 'kidney infection'. 5 days later, I'd pood/spewed a stone in weight and when the on call doc came in the evening, he went ballistic that I'd been on antibiotics for days, as they were causing the stomach problems. Gave me some other tabs and said if I didn't improve within 4hrs I needed to go straight to hozzy.
Luckily, I recovered within 24/48hrs and that was 2 days before my hol. Not the best way to achieve holiday weight, but effective!
Nobbylad
27-10-11, 08:48 AM
Oh...and last night my youngest lad and I ventured into the shed with a torch, stripped the engine from the Honda Vision I got from Badger and then we disassembled it in the kitchen (well, as far as we could without an alternator puller).
Then I drank beer and watched the footy.
dizzyblonde
27-10-11, 09:11 AM
Surfaced from 3 days in bed . 3 days from where I only emerged every half hour to drop a pint of water out of my bottom and whimper as I scraped my raw bunghole with medicated Izal paper . I then proceeded to the kitchen once achieving a vertical and shivery state and cooked Fajitas . It`s all I had in to eat , and drank about 4 pints of Tea .... I then went back to bed where I seem to have been having hallucinations of the type that could only be enjoyed by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison on a night out with Hunter S Thomson . I have actually managed a Fart this evening , which didn`t involve clamping my buttocks together and mincing off to the Gary Glitter in a state of hallucinatory panic . Why does this always happen to me in October right after the local food festival ?
Poor Badger, whose slipped you a course of agent Picolax?8-[
Well I did the most manly and satisfying thing in the world this morning.........I picked my nose and pulled out a stonking massive bogey, and rolled it into a big ball:smt116
Nobbylad
27-10-11, 09:20 AM
But did you eat it?
dizzyblonde
27-10-11, 09:30 AM
Nope.........it did fly away!!
Nobbylad
27-10-11, 10:00 AM
Yuk...picked and flicked!
Balky001
27-10-11, 10:25 AM
I left the toilet seat up
I left the toilet seat up
You big girl, should have just pi$$ed on the seat. :)
Balky001
27-10-11, 11:30 AM
How do you know it was only number ones? :)
carelesschucca
27-10-11, 11:35 AM
I looked at a lovely pair of B00BIES today and though about how nice it would be to play with them. Thats manly if you ask me.
But if I'd have been REALLY manly I would have actually done it and got the sack!!! No P45 yet, but one day!
Balky001
27-10-11, 12:44 PM
Man boobs or girl ones?
How do you know it was only number ones? :)
LOL that is quite manly... and cold. :eek:
Dicky Ticker
27-10-11, 02:38 PM
Took the good lady shopping.
I sat in the car reading the paper while she shopped and humped all the shopping back to the car and put it in the boot for me------------in the pi55ing rain
BernardBikerchick
27-10-11, 04:44 PM
the manly thing i completed today was talking in great detail about a PAV dispute complaint I am dealing with !!! I did it quite well actuall !!!
Pre Accident Value by the way !!!
carelesschucca
27-10-11, 05:55 PM
Man boobs or girl ones?
No M in B00BIES!!!
So it was girl ones...
Balky001
27-10-11, 07:05 PM
I believe you. I thought it was worth checking :)
Stonesie
27-10-11, 09:01 PM
Cleaned the chain on the trumpet, changed its headlight bulbs, then went and fixed my uncles car. Quiet day really.
Owenski
28-10-11, 11:54 AM
got told to take my hand out of my pants... at work.
carelesschucca
28-10-11, 12:19 PM
got told to take my hand out of my pants... at work.
Its only manly if you gave them a look of distain and shoved your hand further down just to hammer home the point that your BLOKE and thats what we do.
Owenski
28-10-11, 12:42 PM
Its only manly if you gave them a look of distain and shoved your hand further down just to hammer home the point that your BLOKE and thats what we do.
Didnt do that but did laugh and offer to shake thier hand (with the hand in question) to make amends.
done the school run.
washed and dressed wife.
made lunch.
done the laundry.
made soup.
done dishes.
school run again.
made dinner.
more tasks later.
yes i'm a real man in touch with my feminine side :roll:
I left the toilet seat up
The winner for me.
I'm in a dilemma at work - I'm manager of a motorbike shop and I have two female staff. For most of my life I've lived in houses filled with women or girls - I have three sisters and three daughters, plus a mum and a few exes I've lived with - so putting the loo seat and lid down was a normal and natural thing to do. 3 1/2 years ago I moved into my current home where I share a 2 bed bungalow with a good mate. We never bother putting seat or lid down unless either are needed because we're blokey blokes and it doesn't bother us. In those 3 1/2 years I have obviously broken the habit of a lifetime because the two girls at work are moaning at me to do the seat and lid thing after I've used the loo.
Do I:
A) Comply with their wishes and relearn the art of loo seat and lid replacing?
B) Insist that the girls put the seat back up afterwards because it's mainly blokes who use the loo and we can't be ar5ed to lift it every time?
C) Just tell them to get stuffed because I'm the manager and what I say goes?
xXBADGERXx
30-10-11, 12:41 AM
Never understood why they go garritty at the lid being up anyway
Specialone
30-10-11, 12:55 AM
I always put seat down cos I think it looks untidy with seat up.
xXBADGERXx
30-10-11, 01:16 AM
Unscrew it and bin it , saves the argument
BanannaMan
30-10-11, 02:37 AM
I ripped rather than prune some branchs from the small trees and bushes next to my drive that were threatning to scratch the Mrs's car.
Unscrew it and bin it , saves the argument
For sure. There won't be any women around to argue with.
And squating works for the Japanese so I'm sure you won't miss that seat.:p
Fruity-ya-ya
30-10-11, 06:54 AM
The winner for me.
I'm in a dilemma at work - I'm manager of a motorbike shop and I have two female staff. For most of my life I've lived in houses filled with women or girls - I have three sisters and three daughters, plus a mum and a few exes I've lived with - so putting the loo seat and lid down was a normal and natural thing to do. 3 1/2 years ago I moved into my current home where I share a 2 bed bungalow with a good mate. We never bother putting seat or lid down unless either are needed because we're blokey blokes and it doesn't bother us. In those 3 1/2 years I have obviously broken the habit of a lifetime because the two girls at work are moaning at me to do the seat and lid thing after I've used the loo.
Do I:
A) Comply with their wishes and relearn the art of loo seat and lid replacing?
B) Insist that the girls put the seat back up afterwards because it's mainly blokes who use the loo and we can't be ar5ed to lift it every time?
C) Just tell them to get stuffed because I'm the manager and what I say goes?
D) Wee all over the closed lid and then wait for the fireworks. When they complain explain it would never have happened had you not been brainwashed into putting the lid down again.
Bluefish
30-10-11, 09:28 AM
lozzo, tell em to stop whingeing, cos if they was in a foreign country they wouldn't even have bogs never mind ones with seats on, there for they know not how lucky they are, even in France you squat over a hole in the floor ;)
Clutch movement freed up and a fair bit of wiring done on the BMW... should have the rest finished tonight, all being well.
maviczap
30-10-11, 04:44 PM
I have tidied my garage whilst entertaining a small child :)
A no small feat if you seen the state of my garage and the number of obstacles to move. :confused:
Said child was pedaling her go cart down the hill where we live, so I had to push said child back up the hill at the end of the run. :)
Lazy moo was in the house watching Tv and I only got one cup of tea all afternoon :mad:
Still lazy moo has cooked tea.
To celbrate tidying the garage and to chill out tonight I shall be trying this tonight (Crabbies with a twist of orange)
http://www.inapubnews.co.uk/images/stories/crabbiesspicedorange.jpg
johnnyrod
31-10-11, 10:00 AM
Mate of mine moved into a house with a broken hinge on the bog seat. They just hung it on a nail on the wall and got it down when it needed sitting on.
Nobbylad
31-10-11, 10:25 AM
Moved my Dad (well, his furniture) from his house to his flat.
Involved LWB transit van and lots of heavy (grunting/snorting) lifting.
_Stretchie_
31-10-11, 10:32 AM
I 'knocked up a bracket' so that I could cut a circle using a router
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/Stretchie_/Stuff%20for%20posting%20KEEPERS/IMAG0033Small.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/Stretchie_/Stuff%20for%20posting%20KEEPERS/IMAG0057Small.jpg
Owenski
31-10-11, 10:43 AM
Bought a knackered engine to fix/mod/use.
I went to see Dirty Dancing the stage show at the weekend and sang along to all the tunes. :smt041
Came home the following day and began the reassembly of the RGV engine.
Real men are versatile. :smt045
dizzyblonde
31-10-11, 10:04 PM
even in France you squat over a hole in the floor ;)
In the times I've been over there, I've never seen one of those terrible things! However I have come across a bog that, if you don't run quick enough after flushing, it cleans itself, showering the contents of the whole place!!!! Thankfully I ran before it got chance to:o
Fruity-ya-ya
31-10-11, 10:05 PM
Blew my nose & coughed a lot while simultaneously infecting those who i work with (man flu of course).
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