(Check the bottom of the post for links to men who’ve done this…)
For Bo, Wayfarer, Gerry, Falcon, Michael and all my other favorite blogging men. I made up a manly meme for you! Sorry if some of the questions are lame; I did the best I could (I’m a chick, after all, and don’t have a whole lot of insight into the male mind). I recognize that a lot of these questions can be answered in dirty ways – I’m leaving it up to you how you choose to respond…
1. Boxers? Briefs? Boxer briefs? Thongs? Commando?
2. What’s your fussiest personal care routine?
3. Do you have a favorite tool? Power or manual?
4. Can you change your own oil? Do you?
5. What’s the “manliest” thing you do on a regular basis?
6. What’s something “manly” that you never learned how to do?
7. Do you ever cry? If so, what’s your trigger?
8. Do you have a chivalrous streak? How does it manifest itself?
9. Do you have a chauvinistic streak? How does it manifest itself?
10. What’s your favorite movie?
11. What’s the dumbest, testosterone-inspired thing you’ve ever done?
12. What quality do you think makes a good man good? Do you have that quality?
13. Toilet seat up or down?
14. If your wife/partner/significant other is away, do you cook for yourself or eat out of cans and boxes (or rely on local drive-throughs and delivery)?
15. What societal expectation of being a man do you most resent?
16. What’s the best part – societal-wise – about being a man?
17. Will you stop to ask for directions?
18. What’s the one thing you wish your wife/partner/significant other understood about how you think or behave?
19. What’s one thing about your wife/partner/significant other that you just cannot understand, no matter how hard you try?
20. What do you need to have in the shower?
21. Do you burp/fart/scratch in public? Do you do anything stereotypically male?
22. How big a part does porn play in your life? Your thoughts?
23. What scares you?
24. What’s your best feature (physical or otherwise)?
25. What would you do for love?
Don’t answer these in my comments. If you choose to play, post your answers on your blog and leave me a comment here. I’ll edit this post with direct links to your answers. (Dudley, if you want to play, email me your answers and I’ll guest-post ya!)
Love ya, Guys!
The first to respond was RICH!!
Then we’ve got BO!!
We’re adding GERRY to the list!
Going Like Sixty did it, though he took issue with some of the questions.
Wayfarer finished his list in his thoughtful and thorough way.
Falcon checked in with his answers.
Add Geek’s voice to the chorus!
Success Warrior Alan’s got his answers up at his place.
Oooh, fun. Definitely tonight.
Okay, I’ll play.
Will you stop to ask for directions?
Ok, THAT’S funny.
Just the thing to get me back in the swing of things. So to speak.
You rock.
OK, Mrs. C., I’ll play. Gimme a day or two, but I’ll play.
ohhhh, ok. i’ll play too…..
Don’t have time to answer all, but at my age, boxers or briefs? Depends.
And regarding question #13- down is for good luck, and up is bad. I always play my cards to my best advantage in life.
Dr. B
Doc, y’all are a funny guy! I love that about you…
I’m in! I’ll work on it for the next post. Thanks for doing it!
It will take me a day or two but Ill play. Ill e-mail when answers are posted.
Additional observation on #13. I have this theory that if you flush with the lid down, the resultant watery turbulance will put less of the, er, product, into the air in the bathroom. This is sometimes referred to as the “fecal fountain.” Yuck!
Chili! Y’all is plural.
Seester, I thought “all y’all” was the plural form of that structure! D’oh!
I am just picking at you. It is really impossible to come up with a “rule” for a form of grammar that isn’t really an official form of grammar!
Where I grew up, they are both plural forms. “All y’all” is usually intended to include the in-laws. As in, “Y’all come on over to the cookout,” means just your friends. “All y’all can come,” means bring your in-laws and out of town guests, as well.
As I understand it “you” used to be the plural form of the singular word “thou.” “Thou” fell into disuse, and was replaced by “you.” With “you” now the accepted singular, this left us with no plural word for “you,” which has led to y’all, all y’all, youse guys, and who knows what else?
Disclaimer: This is not based upon any fisrt hand research.
Working on it. Anybody that writes y’all is female or gay.
I apologize for the rude remark. I was out of line. This was my first time on this blog, and I blew it.
I’m sorry.
[...] I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this. I’m going to play it straight forward with an occasional aside. [...]
Just as long as no one puts “ya’ll” into the conversation.
Yes, folks, even with “y’all,” the normal rules for apostrophes apply.
I ran across this on my periodic visits to GoingLikeSixty and answered the questions. Then realized since my blog is about guitars my readers may not get it. Nonetheless, I appreciate the questions as it was a refershing exercise! I felt like I was going through a therapy session or something.
OK, so I wrote, like, a treatise on this, but it’s up.
Hi! Mine is up now. Hopefully it is both entertaining and enlightening…