Things That Make Blokes Proud Of Themselves

A little something to make men laugh... hopefully at ourselves.

Things That Make Blokes Proud Of Themselves
  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 policemen 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 p!$$ed. 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 £250 FROM A CASHPOINT: Okay, so it's 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 women, 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 pony.
  25. NOT READING THE INSTRUCTIONS: Who needs those? They’re for girls or blokes who don’t know what they’re doing. Yes, I know the flat-pack wardrobe door has never fitted, but that would have happened anyway – wouldn’t it?

As a man (sad though true), I can relate to the following ones:

4. It's true, knives do a better job than sharpeners.

7. I don't but I do much of the painting around the house especially since becoming "semi-retired" and I have a large chopstick somewhere used for paint stirring. Hey! It's easy to clean and it doesn't screw up my screwdrivers.

11. I love power tools, they're just so much more fun than doing things properly by hand.

17. It's not me in the slightest but I can imagine men like that (it's funny).

21. Aye! T' pint after 'ard day down't coal mine! Magic! No, I don't (never have) worked down a mine but yes, when I've been working hard on a hot day a pint is really good.

25. I'm a man, I rarely read instructions (though I'm a bit better these days)


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