BTB's Daily Wisdom aka "Man Training"

[LtL]

Loved the post about man projects: very true!

LtL

[MC]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

My wife really enjoys when I watch singing shows with her so I do. I can't handle dancing shows though. So I have set some limits.

My daughter has danced since she was 2.5, so I am used to it and it is something we can enjoy--she can critique the contestants, which is fun to listen to.

[dmaipa]

"it's not what you said...it's how you said it.."

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by dmaipa

"it's not what you said...it's how you said it.."

That's one of my life motto's. I think it's a Zig Zigler saying, but I might be wrong.

I learned that quote back in 1994 and have always kept it in my tool belt.

[5kgLifter]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

June 30th, 2011

Never let a woman help you with a man project.

Changing the oil? Assembling a piece of furniture? Moving an old laundry dryer? I don't care how much she wants to help, say no!

Man projects always go wrong, and swearing and throwing tools are part of the man ritual. Women become easily terrified of the man-transformation into this other beastly creature, and will only serve to agitate you with:

"Why do you act like that? It's childish!"

"If you would have just let me help this would have been over with already!"

"Stop it you're scaring the kids!"

When we enter into this other being, we tend to lose our minds and respond with "the eyebrow", "the look", more swearing, or even telling the wife in a harsh voice "get lost and leave me alone."

LOL, I'm good with furniture...several times I've had to inform hubby he's got it wrong and then help him disassemble and reassemble the thing correctly Then again, I lift things up and put them down again

Originally Posted by LtL

Male directions:

Take the A4, go through the lights, take the 4th right and you're there.

Female directions:

Go over the big roundabout and and past the pink house with the nice curtains. Go through the lights, straight for a while and the turn right by the big tree.

Funny and true.

LtL

Priceless! Me, I'd get it wrong with either of the above descrips

[gaspers04]

This is F'ing awesome!

[Aurik]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

June 30th, 2011

Never let a woman help you with a man project.

Changing the oil? Assembling a piece of furniture? Moving an old laundry dryer? I don't care how much she wants to help, say no!

Man projects always go wrong, and swearing and throwing tools are part of the man ritual. Women become easily terrified of the man-transformation into this other beastly creature, and will only serve to agitate you with:

"Why do you act like that? It's childish!"

"If you would have just let me help this would have been over with already!"

"Stop it you're scaring the kids!"

When we enter into this other being, we tend to lose our minds and respond with "the eyebrow", "the look", more swearing, or even telling the wife in a harsh voice "get lost and leave me alone."

EPIC WIN

[Trevor Lane]

Never live with a woman, ever. Ever!
That's my advice.

[Trevor Ross]

Originally Posted by Trevor Lane

Never live with a woman, ever. Ever!
That's my advice.

Well, I gotta say if I ever get divorced I'm never going to live with another woman again.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by 5kgLifter

LOL, I'm good with furniture...several times I've had to inform hubby he's got it wrong and then help him disassemble and reassemble the thing correctly Then again, I lift things up and put them down again

Well Babs you are superhuman, so I might let you help.

Most women don't understand how men work though.

For example...say I'm carrying a heavy old microwave to the back door and ask a woman to open the door. She might open it a crack, whereas a guy knows to open that sucker full bore so I can lug that heavy sucker out without dying.

Another example...I am building a wooden swing set. Woman wants to help. I ask for a phillips, and she says "which one is that?" I tell her and she still brings back the wrong screwdriver, or brings back a tiny unusable phillips.

^ In both cases said woman has actually created more work.

Men just want to get the project over so they can sit, eat and drink.