Your "Mancomplishments"


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So for whoever has met me you know I am not some giant lumberjack who uses a pine tree as a toothpick and makes my own weapons out of saber tooth tiger fangs. However, I do some things that I am proud of and that make me feel like a man. Here are some of those things:

Today I changed the brake rotors and pads on my car saving myself 700 dollars in parts/labor. I have never done any real repairs on my car but I figured if some guy on YouTube could do it, why can't I?

I have hunted with a bow and arrow, taken deer and butchered them myself.

I have cut down several large trees with an axe when my dad's chainsaw broke for a few weeks.

I have repaired appliances with only info I've found on the Internet and safety training I got from my current job.

I built a stun gun in high school in my electronics class.

I built a working catipult that fit in the bed of a pickup and could whiz a water balloon at 60mph.

What are your Mancomplishments?

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Good timing, as I only started thinking/working on these a couple of years ago:

- caught, gutted and ate my first fish last week (small lake trout), with my son

- went duck hunting for the first time last fall, fired a rifle for the first time, loved it

- helped to renovate my kitchen - tear down, some plumbing, putting up new walls, drywalling, painting, cabinets - never done anything like that before

- learned how to shave with a double edged razor like my dad used to

Looking forward to doing more in the near future.

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Great thread!

I too learned to shave with a straight razor, but I use a double edge more often for ease. Had several shaving brushes and curious creams and soaps. I'm even teaching my girlfriend to use my straight so she can tidy up the stray hairs on the back of my neck.

I have learned to sharpen and hone kitchen knives with stones.

I have completed various home improvements in my folks house including sanding and polishing antique parquet flooring, would cost thousands but all it cost me was the rental fees. I used to work as a floorlayer.

I play hurling and squash regularly. And I'm not bad lol.

I suppose learning about and smoking cuban cigars is one.

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(Reuters) 1:15 EDT -

A local man was involved in a single car accident that resulted in a fatality. State Police involved in the initial investigation are saying they believe the car brakes failed. Witnesses have stated that they thought they saw a young Caucasian male trying to light a cigar while driving with his feet. Those reports have yet to be corroborated, but if true may have contributed to his death.

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE:

The young male involved in the single fatality posted on a popular Cuban cigar board that he had replaced his own brakes recently. Local authorities have not yet confirmed this new information . . .

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE 2:

Yep, he definitely tried to changes his own brakes. Combined with his rampant cigar habit, this reporter can with 100% certainty state that brain cancer caused by cigar smoking contributed to this accident. Unnamed sources have stated that smoking just one cigar can cause brain damaged resulting in the compulsion to replace your own brakes - leading directly to a death by motor vehicle.

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(Reuters) 1:15 EDT -

A local man was involved in a single car accident that resulted in a fatality. State Police involved in the initial investigation are saying they believe the car brakes failed. Witnesses have stated that they thought they saw a young Caucasian male trying to light a cigar while driving with his feet. Those reports have yet to be corroborated, but if true may have contributed to his death.

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE:

The young male involved in the single fatality posted on a popular Cuban cigar board that he had replaced his own brakes recently. Local authorities have not yet confirmed this new information . . .

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE 2:

Yep, he definitely tried to changes his own brakes. Combined with his rampant cigar habit, this reporter can with 100% certainty state that brain cancer caused by cigar smoking contributed to this accident. Unnamed sources have stated that smoking just one cigar can cause brain damaged resulting in the compulsion to replace your own brakes - leading directly to a death by motor vehicle.

LOL. Reuters?!?!?!?

Man, they're getting worse than Associated Press, what with all the spelling and grammar mistakes and all.... ;):P:D

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LOL, everything I can think of recently was also done by the female persuasion while I was doing it. Last year I rode elephants bare back, hung out with tigers in their cages. Shot a 45 in Thailand. Not exactly the strict domain of men but all had a bit of a rush to them.

Oh I know! I used Old Spice! No woman would be caught dead smelling like old spice!

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My son had a "blow out" when driving his car. I am not talking about the tire kind of blow out . . .

Lets just say only a REAL man could clean up what I had to clean up this weekend. Even my dogs were squealing and running from the scene.

Beyond that I installed, with help from my cousin, a new AC unit in a bonus room at the beginning of the summer. It required some wall renovations to make it fit properly. Otherwise, I normally pay to have things done around my house so that I don't feel the wrath of the wife.

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I run heavy construction machinery, shoot my AR and pistols, blow stuff up and drive big trucks so for being fairly young I feel I'm quite manly.

Oh oh and I drink my coffee black.

(Insert watch out we got a badass over here meme)

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I parallel parked a train.

Once pitched an entire Baseball Game in 27 pitches.

I once won a staring contest while asleep.

I have thrice rescued a kitten from outer space.

Michael Jordan once waited in line for my shoes.

Elvis used to inform people when I left the building.

Sharks have a week dedicated to me.

I can hear sign language.

Mosquitos never bite me out of pure respect.

I have routinely taught old dogs new tricks.

I am the only person who has actually confirmed that in fact a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

When police pull me over, I let them off with a warning.

Once flew a jet in reverse.

Santa Claus writes letters to me.

My "manhood" has an elbow.

My freezer has an absolute zero setting.

Simon does what I say.

My treehouse has a finished basement.

I won an Oscar for my role in Star Wars as "The Force".

When I snooze, I win.

My shot glass holds a pint.

I once built a snowman out of rain and kept it cold with a flame thrower.

I once counted every star in the sky during the middle of the day.

My cold shoulder can reverse global warming.

I once killed 10 men with a single grenade, then pulled the pin.

I always know exactly how many chickens I have before they hatch.

I once took a final exam and my professor failed himself.

When I was a baby I sang my mother to sleep.

I have never stopped to collaborate and listen.

I once won a game of connect four with three pieces.

It takes 18 seconds for me to find a needle in a haystack.

My two cents is actually worth $37.40.

The Birds and the Bees teach each other about me.

When I watch a pot it boils faster.

When I cannonball into a pool it is recognized as an official declaration of war.

I have a Black Belt in Fishing.

I use a knife to do my own taxes.

I can jet ski a double black diamond

I have fought a fire with a samurai sword.

A rattlesnake once bit me and then it died after 3 days of pain.

My shadow constantly wonders what I will do next.

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Reminds me of a joke.

A Scottish old timer is talking to a young man in a bar.

"Lad, look out there to the field. Do ye see that fence? Look how well it's built. I built that fence stone by stone with me own two hands. Piled it for months. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Fence-Builder? Nooo..." blurts the old man.

Then the old man gestured at the bar.

"Look here at the bar. Do ye see how smooth and just it is? I planed that surface down with me own achin' back. I carved that wood with me own hard labor for eight days. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Bar-builder? Nooo..." claims the old man.

Then the old man points out the window. "Eh, Laddy, look out to sea. Do ye see that pier that stretches out as far as the eye can see? I built that pier with the sweat off me back. I nailed it board by board. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Pier-Builder? Nooo..." says the old man.

Then the old man looks around nervously, making sure no one is paying attention. "But ye screw one sheep..."

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I've built two custom/classic cars. With 90% of the work being done by me or my father in our shed at home

Have hunted wild boar with a bow and arrow and black powder rifles

Hunt geese using a shotgun

Have dived to depths in excess of 80 meters (210ft) in the open ocean

Completed my catagory 2 Cave Diving Certification

I also smoke cigars as often as possible spotlight.gif

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Reminds me of a joke.

A Scottish old timer is talking to a young man in a bar.

"Lad, look out there to the field. Do ye see that fence? Look how well it's built. I built that fence stone by stone with me own two hands. Piled it for months. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Fence-Builder? Nooo..." blurts the old man.

Then the old man gestured at the bar.

"Look here at the bar. Do ye see how smooth and just it is? I planed that surface down with me own achin' back. I carved that wood with me own hard labor for eight days. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Bar-builder? Nooo..." claims the old man.

Then the old man points out the window. "Eh, Laddy, look out to sea. Do ye see that pier that stretches out as far as the eye can see? I built that pier with the sweat off me back. I nailed it board by board. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Pier-Builder? Nooo..." says the old man.

Then the old man looks around nervously, making sure no one is paying attention. "But ye screw one sheep..."

LOL!

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I broke my back climbing a boy scout tower at 13 and walked a mile out of the woods cause I didn't want to be carried.

I replaced the cylinder head of a 72 Nova inline six when I was 18.

Married the coolest girl I know when I was 20.

Had a spit fire of a daughter at 25.

Had my first grandchild at 49.

In between I renovated my home, tied flies, caught a tuna on a fly, built some kick ass cabinetry, and oh yeah I would rather spend money on cigars so I've been changing my brakes for twenty years.

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Reminds me of a joke.

A Scottish old timer is talking to a young man in a bar.

"Lad, look out there to the field. Do ye see that fence? Look how well it's built. I built that fence stone by stone with me own two hands. Piled it for months. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Fence-Builder? Nooo..." blurts the old man.

Then the old man gestured at the bar.

"Look here at the bar. Do ye see how smooth and just it is? I planed that surface down with me own achin' back. I carved that wood with me own hard labor for eight days. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Bar-builder? Nooo..." claims the old man.

Then the old man points out the window. "Eh, Laddy, look out to sea. Do ye see that pier that stretches out as far as the eye can see? I built that pier with the sweat off me back. I nailed it board by board. But do they call me MacGregor-the-Pier-Builder? Nooo..." says the old man.

Then the old man looks around nervously, making sure no one is paying attention. "But ye screw one sheep..."

Classic!!!

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