25 Skils A Man Should Know (1061 hits)
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Submitted by Scott James added "dancing" to his interests (View user info) at 2007-09-25 20:55:18 EDT
Courtesey of Popular Mechanics
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As Glenn Reynolds writes in his new PM column, traditional knowledge of how to build and fix ordinary things—around the house and in a jam—might be on the decline. With our lives becoming more driven by technology, blue-collar labor has been replaced with more white-collar employment, and teenagers are becoming better at programming Web sites than swinging hammers.
Here at PM, where we at least try to do everything, we spent weeks fine-tuning our list of "25 Skills Every Man Should Know," debating over whether certain items were too basic, too challenging or just too obscure. You can find a full how-to rundown of each one in the October issue of Popular Mechanics, which just hit newsstands. But for now, check out our carefully selected list below, then offer your own arguments and suggestions in the comments section below, or tell us how to perform your must-know skill by writing to us here...
The List: How to...
1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized
4. Frame a wall
5. Retouch digital photos
6. Back up a trailer
7. Build a campfire
8. Fix a dead outlet
9. Navigate with a map and compass
10. Use a torque wrench
11. Sharpen a knife
12. Perform CPR
13. Fillet a fish
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid
15. Get a car unstuck
16. Back up data
17. Paint a room
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter
21. Hook up an HDTV
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe
24. Fix a bike flat
25. Extend your wireless network
God bless those manly men at Popular Mechanics but this list seems a little archaic and technology-obsessed to me, although I agree wholeheartedly with skills 7 and 12.
Here is my alternative 25:
1. Defend yourself and others without the use of deadly force
2. Learn to cook a meal that does not need to be heated in the microwave
3. Perform CPR on a homeless person
4. Change a diaper on a disabled person
5. Read bedtime stories with a variety of different voices
6. Paint a self-portrait then give it to your mother
7. Build a tree house and live in it all summer
8. Play a sport (golf does not count)
9. Learn a foreign language and write a love poem to your spouse or significant other
10. Learn a foreign language and send abusive emails to foreigners in their native tongue
11. Teach your old dog new tricks
12. Teach a child to be unselfish
13. Understand the laws of cricket, rugby and soccer
14. Build and race your own go-cart
15. Spend an evening down the pub without mentioning sports or cars
16. Identify the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World
17. Teach a child how to build bottle rockets
18. Write a book a year
19. Volunteer for a charity or good cause
20. Identify the best quotations from Shakespeare, Chaucer and Milton
21. Change a flat tyre
22. Administer first aid to somebody who does not deserve it
23. Challenge a misanthrope to a duel
24. Learn a musical instrument
25. Understand the laws of chess and checkers
User Reviews
Submitted by Darth_Famine (user info) at 2007-09-26 18:43:36 EDT (#)
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I will only list the few that I have yet to do or have no desire to do.
8. Play a sport (golf does not count)
What about running a marathon?
9. Learn a foreign language and write a love poem to your spouse or significant other
Still need to do this one
10. Learn a foreign language and send abusive emails to foreigners in their native tongue
I can probably start a fight in spanish does that count?
13. Understand the laws of cricket, rugby and soccer
No, those games all suck
17. Teach a child how to build bottle rockets
I was kicked out of the rocket club in high school
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-09-26 16:16:58 EDT (#)
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The day my dad has to wear a diaper is the day that he blows his brains out.
With a bolt-action rifle that he recently cleaned, probably.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-26 10:36:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DeMoNiC (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:09:13 EDT (#)
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" 4. Change a diaper on a disabled person "
Nothing on Gods green earth would make me do that.
Nor do I know why you think people should.
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Because we will all need to do it for our parents when hospice care becomes unaffordable in 15-20 years.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-09-26 10:15:38 EDT (#)
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i've nearly got both lists covered
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-09-26 09:42:22 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2007-09-26 08:31:11 EDT (#)
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you missed one.
26. Have a cup of international coffee on the couch, covered with a shawl, surrounded by your cats, and wallow in your obvious homo-ness.
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2007-09-26 07:59:58 EDT (#)
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"25 Skils"
1. Spelling
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-26 07:33:00 EDT (#)
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All of your answers were cardigan wearing generic pieces of shit except for a few...okay a couple...okay one. Also, fuck you.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-09-26 07:30:57 EDT (#)
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while i've got the PM list down, although I may need some help expanding my network, I find that your list is not really funny and rather obscure and that some things don't actually require a 'skill' so I'm sorry...you fail at making a list of 25 essential skills.
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-09-26 06:06:57 EDT (#)
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Ha!
23. Challenge a misanthrope to a duel
If only Desolate Misanthrope were here.
No wait. That guy was a douche.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-09-26 04:19:09 EDT (#)
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i like how you keep changing your status from post to post. i found that more entertaining than the actual post.
Submitted by Respek (user info) at 2007-09-26 02:33:25 EDT (#)
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I only know how to assemble and clean bolt-action rifles. Thats all I need to know.
Submitted by DeMoNiC (user info) at 2007-09-26 01:17:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-09-26 12:43:37 EST (#)
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Leave some room for 1. Rub a clitoris 2. Find a G-spot 3. Lick a vagina
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I AM THE COMMANDER OF THE CLIT!
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You know there is a sex shop in my home town called the G-spot and there slogan is "YOU'VE FOUND IT"!.
Just thought I would share.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-09-25 23:31:10 EDT (#)
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57. fellate yourself
if you can't, you suck.
........wait.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-09-25 23:14:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:14:53 EDT (#)
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Clean a bolt-action rifle
?????
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what you mean you CAN'T?
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:56:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-09-26 11:39:10 EST (#)
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No "pay the bills"?
What sort of skillz list is this?
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I do believe that the skills will pay the bills as a byproduct of being mad skills.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:53:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:43:37 EDT (#)
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Leave some room for 1. Rub a clitoris 2. Find a G-spot 3. Lick a vagina
^^^
Repeat on a human 4.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:43:37 EDT (#)
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Leave some room for 1. Rub a clitoris 2. Find a G-spot 3. Lick a vagina
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:29:05 EDT (#)
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I'm drunk an don't care. My comments follow:
1. Defend yourself and others without the use of deadly force
Without?
2. Learn to cook a meal that does not need to be heated in the microwave
Learn to cook over a fire.
3. Perform CPR on a homeless person
Give a homeless person an opportunity. I'm in the process of doing so, and it's paying off.
4. Change a diaper on a disabled person
Why? Learning to change your kid's diaper is an experience.
5. Read bedtime stories with a variety of different voices
Read to yourself out loud in different voices on your front porch late at night. The neighbors won't bother you for a while.
6. Paint a self-portrait then give it to your mother
She'd put it in the cellar to scare the mice.
7. Build a tree house and live in it all summer
Build a house and live in it for the rest of your life. Barring that, build a sweet campsite.
8. Play a sport (golf does not count)
Do Smerican darts count?
9. Learn a foreign language and write a love poem to your spouse or significant other
Porquoi?
10. Learn a foreign language and send abusive emails to foreigners in their native tongue
Du bist ein arschloch
11. Teach your old dog new tricks
I don't like dogs
12. Teach a child to be unselfish
Check.
13. Understand the laws of cricket, rugby and soccer
hahahahahaha
14. Build and race your own go-cart
Build and race your own muscle car...preferably a Ford
15. Spend an evening down the pub without mentioning sports or cars
That leaves me only with politics to talk about...
16. Identify the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World
Identify the Seven Wonders of the Adult Film Industry
17. Teach a child how to build bottle rockets
Then teach him how to make the rockets to drop homemade napalm
18. Write a book a year
Write a book of laws that people actually have to follow a year.
19. Volunteer for a charity or good cause
Service is my life.
20. Identify the best quotations from Shakespeare, Chaucer and Milton
Identify the best quotations from Schwartzenegger, Samuel L. Jackson, and Napoleon Dynamite
21. Change a flat tyre
Learn to fix one without removing it from the car and carry the tools.
22. Administer first aid to somebody who does not deserve it
Administer a punch to the throat to someone that does deserve it first.
23. Challenge a misanthrope to a duel
Challenge a know it all reporter to a duel in his publication and win. Then insist that he print a retraction.
24. Learn a musical instrument
Teach your kids how to play 4 instruments
25. Understand the laws of chess and checkers
Could do that at age 6
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:29:01 EDT (#)
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been there, done those
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:14:53 EDT (#)
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Clean a bolt-action rifle
?????
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-25 22:07:42 EDT (#)
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You should probably include #26, "Know How to Spell Skill".
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:57:40 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:39:10 EDT (#)
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No "pay the bills"?
What sort of skillz list is this?
Submitted by UTOCKIN2ME (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:25:39 EDT (#)
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I can do/perform all the above.(excepting #19:i only do auto handguns.
As for the entry below me,I will answer for it. Seems he has a tubesteak lodged in his throat.
So ilikesteak's answer is :
None of the above-as he has not quite made it to man-dom yet.
And might prefer to be a woman soon-not quite sure yet.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:14:38 EDT (#)
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GRABLALRLAAARGRHTHHAEALALALAEEAAAAAIEEATHHHAAANNNNDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRR!!!!
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:11:50 EDT (#)
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I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills.
-- Homer Simpson
Homer the Smithers
Submitted by DeMoNiC (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:09:13 EDT (#)
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" 4. Change a diaper on a disabled person "
Nothing on Gods green earth would make me do that.
Nor do I know why you think people should.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-09-25 21:05:23 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-09-25 20:58:31 EDT (#)
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What a quality post should be.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-09-25 20:56:53 EDT (#)
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the "laws" of chess and checkers made me laugh.