Esquire has a list of 75 Things Men Should Master, which is excellent. I think I agree with all of them. And I’m inspired to write 75 Things Women Should Master, but I’m too busy actually doing them at the moment.
May 8, 2008...11:23 pm
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May 9, 2008 at 1:21 am
You may very well be working on the 150 list for women. A woman has to work twice as hard to be considered half as good as a man. Luckily this is very easy.
My grandmother used to say this.
I was pleased that Mr. Aloha performs well in 72 out of the 75. The bow tie thing, dress size, and shooting basketball etc. didn’t quite make it.
May 9, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I agree with a lot of them, being manly things. Some, however, seemed like things the guys wife added as a wishlist. No guy needs to know how to tie a bowtie – normal tie, yes.
Speak a foreign language? A good skill to have, no doubt – but there is nothing manly about speaking French.
The cooking one should’ve been a “should be able to cook any meal using a grill or open flame.”
“Cast a fishing rod without shrieking or sighing?” You can’t both be a guy and be someone who shrieks as he casts (aside from the one who, only too late, realizes that he has hooked himself in the crotch).
Describe a glass of wine in a sentence? Negative.
But overall, pretty decent list.
May 9, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Yeah, it was fun to read.
Ms. A – that was my thought too!