Neato Torpedo wrote:You try to make me jelly with that but we're all badasses for going through the tough weather. We're men, dammit, we don't put a premium on comfort. So you can sit there in your SoCal weather walking your designer Puggle on a 70 degree night, but the rest of us know you'd fall apart and bitch endlessly if you transplanted up here and faced 8 foot high drifts of snow in a 50 mph wind.
js
I'm sure the first thought in your head while shoveling snow isn't how manly, manly a man you are, but Spring can't get here any sooner. Toughing out the snow, let alone shooting a helpless deer doesn't make you a man, sunshine.
...and if it snows in California, we go snowboarding. That's a manly activity, fancy that.
Actually, the first thought in my head (as well as the second through five hundredth) was "Snow day! ". And you can't tell me that you don't understand enjoying a physical pickup basketball game (or footy, whatever your cup of tea may be) better than being pampered at some spa thing. Also, I don't subscribe to the whole guns/cars thing as manly (couldn't give a billionth of a damn about horsepower or rifle scopes), I was just using the word because I couldn't think of a better word to describe how the sense of accomplishment from making the blizzard my bitch outweighs the desire for comfort.
Also, we can't go snowboarding here in Illinois. It's too flat.
Rocinante2: you know Rocinante2: its easy to dismiss the orioles as a bad team ofanrex: go on Rocinante2: i'm done Rocinante2: lmao
If this thread has taught me one thing it's that the only thing more annoying than people complaining about the weather is people complaining about people complaining about the weather. People complaining about people complaining about people complaining about the weather, on the other hand, is all good.
Neato Torpedo wrote:You try to make me jelly with that but we're all badasses for going through the tough weather. We're men, dammit, we don't put a premium on comfort. So you can sit there in your SoCal weather walking your designer Puggle on a 70 degree night, but the rest of us know you'd fall apart and bitch endlessly if you transplanted up here and faced 8 foot high drifts of snow in a 50 mph wind.
js
I'm sure the first thought in your head while shoveling snow isn't how manly, manly a man you are, but Spring can't get here any sooner. Toughing out the snow, let alone shooting a helpless deer doesn't make you a man, sunshine.
...and if it snows in California, we go snowboarding. That's a manly activity, fancy that.
Actually, the first thought in my head (as well as the second through five hundredth) was "Snow day! ". And you can't tell me that you don't understand enjoying a physical pickup basketball game (or footy, whatever your cup of tea may be) better than being pampered at some spa thing. Also, I don't subscribe to the whole guns/cars thing as manly (couldn't give a billionth of a damn about horsepower or rifle scopes), I was just using the word because I couldn't think of a better word to describe how the sense of accomplishment from making the blizzard my bitch outweighs the desire for comfort.
Also, we can't go snowboarding here in Illinois. It's too flat.
Understood. The thing I find funny with some lads is how eager they are to prove their masculinity or machismo by pointing out they're toughing subzero degree weather with their shirts off... or by playing a "manly" sport like say, rugby or American football. Deep down inside, they won't admit they have some kind of insecurity with their sexuality. Also, I'm sure those folks who have houses near the burn areas, wouldn't be boasting they tough out wildfires and mudslides. That would be silly.
Personally, I love playing basketball, footie, and snowboarding because they're more fun than a trip to the spa. Not because oh, wow, it's outside my comfort zone and I get to boast about it. Going to the spa is fun too, but I've mainly done that on holiday. I can't say it's a routine thing for me; it's one of those luxuries I'd appreciate more when I'm on vacation.
Cafe Home
Fantasy Football
Fantasy Basketball
Fantasy Hockey
by bigh0rt » Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:23 am 
Also, I'm sure those folks who have houses near the burn areas, wouldn't be boasting they tough out wildfires and mudslides. That would be silly.
