What's cool about being a guy?

What's so good about being a guy? We can scratch our balls and we can make love to gals. I can't think of much else.

Mumpad said;
If you're a man your boobs dont get in the way when you play pool, and the easy peeing thing on footy bus trips.



Dont know Mark Thompson.

I've been thinking a lot about this boy today.

A large part of why is because Mo is just such a "guy". There were three men here today to install our furnace. When I picked Mo up from school he just gravitated towards them asking a million questions. Mo pointed out his motorcycle to them, one of the guys was a big cyclist. I just listened. I was amazed at how much Mo knew about motorcycles.

How "guy" is it to sit around discussing engines? Pretty guy.

Mr. B is a total guy too.

I love guys.


You know, like Chai, I never wanted a baby in my belly either. But unlike Chai, there was a time that I really did want to be a boy.

Say what you will about "girls can do that too" but when I was a kid, girls didn't. Boys were more adventurous. More daring. More fun.

They DID things.

They BUILT things.

They WENT places.

Girls seemed really boring in comparison.


It's a good thing I'm a girl who has had a life filled with amazing guys because, to be honest, girls still seem kind of boring in comparison.

Yeah. And all they get for their birthdays are <snort> Barbies. Boys get cool stuff.

****, I forgot the BEST thing.

TOOLS

From the time a guy is old enough to hold one, he starts to collect them.
(this is always allowed as a guy thing)
As he grows older, it becomes a competitive thing, but they are always useful, and a status thing as well.
I have tools I have not even identified yet, but I just know when I do, they will be REALLY cool. (or at least maybe useful)

He who dies with the most tools / toys, gets a prize in the end?

I just asked SonofEva. His number one reason why it's better to be a guy?

You don't hafta worry about how you look all the time.

Here ya go....he's kind of a not close friend....more close friend of a close friend....he does cool art and stuff too:


Mark Thomson


More Mark




Son of More of Mark meets Godzilla

Re: What's cool about being a guy?


Are his friends mostly boys or girls?

What kinds of toys does he play with mostly?

I remember there was this boy at my school who every since I knew him, since about the second grade in elementary school, only hung out with the girls. He only did girl things. He was very effeminate. Everyone just thought of him as one of the girls. Is your little fella like that?

My boy was fascinated with doll's houses.

I think one of the better things about being a man, is the casual clothing we get away with wearing to social gatherings.

Chinese riding boots, shorts, singlet, that 's it, I'm dressed. :wink:

As a Dad, you can be strong and gentle, wise and silly, kind and firm --
all at the same time. You can make your kids feel safe and comfortable
to have you around.

A man can lead a woman while dancing.
A man can get a shave at a barbershop.
A man can (often) be the one who uses the barbecue grill.
A man can wear a tie if he wants to.
A man can wear a tuxedo when he wants to look all dressed up (lots less work than when a lady wants to look all dressed up).

A Dad can put together his kids' bikes.
He can teach them to drive.
He can teach them how to swim.
He can help with math homework.
He can put up the Christmas tree lights (or the menorah or the like ).
He can work on fixing the washing machine.
He can do what he can to change the oil on the car (even if that just means bringing it in for service).
He can show his children the value of a dollar.
He can walk his children down the aisle.
He can insist that his children get a good education.
He can toss a ball around, or a frisbee, or just take his kids to watch pros do that.
He can show his kids how to play with a yo-yo.
He can put on a band-aid just right and can take it off without hurting.
He can tell his children the right staple gun to buy when they have a house of their own.
He can be proud and happy when his children do well.
He can lead by example.
He can be like a father to others who have lost their fathers.
He can be funny and serious and kind and strict and logical and loving.
My father has been all those things to me and my brother, and more, and now he is that to his grandson and to his nieces and nephew after they lost their fathers.
Except for the Christmas lights and ball/frisbee parts. :wink:

PS My father-in-law has been many of those things to me, too, except I met him long after I'd stopped doing math homework and the like.

Thanks, guys.

Awwww...........thanks indeed.

From Carousel:

From wheelinround on the woodwork forum
My dad used to cop the belt when younger

when he became a dad that was rule No1, No belts used for punishment, talk it over explain offer suggestions & other things like stopping activities.

When you are a man you can make good rules..... like No belts. And people listen and obey.

There is a very good French film about childhood gender identity issues called Ma vie en rose, "My Life In Pink" that came out in 1997. It's about a seven year old boy, Ludovic, who dreams about being like his Barbie doll-like heroine, Pam, whose show, Le monde de Pam, he watches religiously as he mimics her very feminine movements. He's in love with a schoolmate of his, Jerome, and all hell breaks loose when the two boys are discovered playing husband and wife. He and his family are ostracized from their tight knit little suburban paradise, and eventually find themselves settled into an inferior house in a lower class neighborhood than the orthodox eden they were evicted from. Happily Ludovic hooks up with a tomboy from his new, more tolerant neighborhood who dresses up as a sword wielding Viking barbarian, and they become the best of friends.

not original but funny none the less ....

50 COOL THINGS ABOUT BEING A MAN

1. Your ass is never a factor in a job interview.
2. Your orgasms are real. Always.
3. Your last name stays put.
4. The garage is all yours.
5. Wedding plans take care of themselves."
6. You never feel compelled to stop a friend from getting laid.
7. Car mechanics tell you the truth.
8. You don't give a rat's ass if someone notices your new haircut.
9. Hot wax never comes near your pubic area.
10. Same work ... more pay.
11. Wrinkles-add character.
12. You don't have to leave the room to make emergency crotch adjustments.
13. Wedding Dress $2000; Tux rental $100.
14. If you retain water, it's in a canteen.
15. People never glance at your chest when you're talking to them.
16. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
17. Porn movies are designed with you in mind.
18. Your pals can be trusted never to ask you, "So, notice anything different?"
19. One mood, ALL the damn time.
20. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds.
21. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
22. You can open all your own jars.
23. You can go to a public toilet without a support group.
24. You can leave the motel bed unmade.
25. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
26. If someone forgets to invite you to something, you can still be friends.
27. Your underwear is $10 for a three-pack.
28. If you are 34 and single, nobody notices.
29. Everything on your face stays its original color.
30. You can quietly enjoy a car ride from the passenger's seat.
31. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
32. You don't have to clean your apartment if the meter reader is coming.
33. You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever thinking ''He must be mad at me.
34. No maxi-pads.
35. You don't mooch off other's desserts.
36. You can drop by to see a friend without having to bring a little gift.
37. If another guy shows up at the party in the same outfit, you just might become lifelong friends.
38. You are not expected to know the names of more than five colors.
39. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
40. You almost never have strap problems in public.
41. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
42. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
43. You don't have to shave below your neck.
44. Your belly usually hides your big hips.
45. One wallet and one pair of shoes, one color, all seasons.
46. You can "do" your nails with a pocketknife.
47. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
48. Christmas shopping can be accomplished for 25 relatives, on December24th, in minutes.
49. The world is your urinal

I like all the posts, but Dadpad's seems right on....

Yeah, but Gel's shows consumate knowledge of American male culture. It's downright anthropological.

Only American?

50. You can sit with your legs wide open.

51. None of your work colleagues is able to make you cry. If he angers you, you beat the hell out of him.

52. You don't give a damn about Brad Pitt, Justin Timberlake, George Clooney or Tom Cruise.

53. You don't have to go to the next gas station because this one has a dirty toilet.

54. You have a remedy for everything: the phrase "the fvck with it!l".

55. You can curse without anyone telling you it's not "gentlemanlike".

56. If it's hot, you can unbutton your shirt.

57. When somebody criticizes your job, you don't think everyone secretly hates you.

58. Lines at public toilets are waaaaaaay shorter.

59. You pee standing up.

60. Wedding plans take care by themselves.

I didn't realize it, Fbaezer, but yes. Your list looks a bit like urban Mexico. You pee standing?