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  • March 28, 2013 at 2:24 am #606929

    Jiggers
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    I’m trying to figure it out still but I’m a confused fella. Help me out.

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    March 28, 2013 at 2:34 am #786730

    hammerhead
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    I don’t think you have much to worry about:))

    HH

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:10 am #786731

    JanS
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    jiggers, what do you think are the characteristics of a real man?

    I think…someone who is wise, who respects himself and others – and the world. Who doesn’t put people down. Who doesn’t become boastful. Who puts women on an equal basis, and doesn’t treat them as sex objects, or objects that he can abuse. It’s someone who is humble, and kind.

    That’s a start…anyone else want to add to that? Subtract from that?

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:16 am #786732

    JanS
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    or you could go by this little article in Esquire – lol

    http://www.esquire.com/features/what-is-a-man-0509

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:33 am #786733

    Genesee Hill
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    A real man would not even consider buying a new Fiat 500 Abarth unless his mommy taught him how to drive a manual transmission. If not, stick with the Honda Fit for “man wimps”. Automatic only.

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:48 am #786734

    hammerhead
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    I CAN drive a stick, but I would personally never drive this little thing. I drive a big truck.

    SO what makes a real woman, because I fit/do most of those descriptions of a man.

    I’m just saying.

    HH

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    March 28, 2013 at 4:56 am #786735

    JanS
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    well, yes…the same goes for women…

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    March 28, 2013 at 4:57 am #786736

    JanS
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    I know we would never look on men as sex objects ;-)

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    March 28, 2013 at 5:37 am #786737

    Lisa
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    … I think being a real Man or Woman… might start by putting gender stereotypes aside… and looking at being a ‘real’ Person… just saying… :)

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    March 28, 2013 at 5:59 am #786738

    Sonoma
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    Ha! As soon as I saw the discussion topic, I knew it was Jiggers! A real man appreciates and knows how to converse with women (appreciates their intelligence and sense of humor in addition to the “other” attributes), is handy and competent, is respected by his peers, is confident without being arrogant, uses his god-given talents, and won’t flatulate on his first, second, third, or fourth date.

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    March 28, 2013 at 6:23 am #786739

    JanS
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    Sonoma…made me giggle…agreed :D

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    March 28, 2013 at 11:24 am #786740

    2 Much Whine
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    There is only one REAL man. His name is Chuck Norris.

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    March 28, 2013 at 2:41 pm #786741

    happywalker
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    I thought a real man drives a truck with REAL BIG tires…that you need a ladder to get in.

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    March 28, 2013 at 2:48 pm #786742

    miws
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    happywalker, it also has to have a Cummins Diesel, and….ummmm…. that aftermarket accessory that gives the truck itself the appearance of being of the male gender. ;-)

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:19 pm #786743

    JoB
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    a real man is one who can say “another day of this isn’t going to do anyone any good. move along.”

    and enforce it..

    and even more so if he can do so in our mundane stick built world ;->

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:29 pm #786744

    miws
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    :-)

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:49 pm #786745

    katman
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    Jiggers,,,,Great subject. I also wonder in todays world,,,what is???? acceptable. I grewup in West Seattle,,, but I still open a car door for a lady.

    What is Acceptable??????????

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    March 28, 2013 at 3:53 pm #786746

    mpento
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    To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!

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    March 28, 2013 at 4:24 pm #786747

    DBP
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     Function TestThread(Thread)

      IF NSFWSB

        Then “Interesting”

          GoTo CloseThread(DisplayPic)

      ElseIf SFWSB

        Then “Not Interesting”

      END IF

     DisplayPic=Puppy 

     

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    March 28, 2013 at 5:01 pm #786748

    Jiggers
    Member

    Today’s real man is to stay at home and take care of the baby while his wife brings home the bacon…

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    March 28, 2013 at 5:43 pm #786749

    Tesla
    Member

    Interesting DBP:

    I admire your insightful, algorithmic satire! It is a great beginning.

    …however, this effort got me wondering if such algobots are not already in place…

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    March 28, 2013 at 5:53 pm #786750

    JoB
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    Tesla..

    nope.. i think it’s people powered.

    as are the comments that cause a topic to close ;->

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    March 28, 2013 at 5:59 pm #786751

    DBP
    Member

    Yeah, Tezz. Just when things get interesting, that’s when they go away.

    That’s how you know they are interesting, see? Cuz they’re not there.

    “The Thread Who Wasn’t There”

    by Hughes Mearns and DBP

    Yesterday, upon the stair

    I met a thread who wasn’t there

    He wasn’t there again today

    I wish, I wish, he’d go away

    But you know, Tezz, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone was actually saving all these threads that aren’t there.

    Just to prove that he really DID see them.

    [WINK]

     

     

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    March 28, 2013 at 6:08 pm #786752

    DBP
    Member

    Tezz, at least there’s also some poetic justice in the fact that whenever a really long thread is iced, chances are that more liberal comments are getting deep-sixed than anything. So actually, it’s the liberals who are being stifled more than anyone else.

    Does that frustrate them I wonder . . .

    The person who started the most recent thread that wasn’t there was looking for high tragedy. But the denouement came and the curtain fell before she could fairly clamber up on stage.

    And perhaps that’s the most tragic thing of all.

    (Or maybe not.)

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    March 28, 2013 at 6:22 pm #786753

    JanS
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    I am sincerely thankful that you two have bonded…and am sincerely thankful that you two are here to explain it all to the rest of us. My sincere thanks…

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