A few things that separate the male of our species from actual “men”:
- The Reverse gear. Certainly most all of us can back an automobile up with said gear, but the ability to do so with a trailer attached is both a thing of beauty and a delineation of masculinity.
- Daisy-Chaining an Extension Cord. While the ol’ “wrap it around my hand and elbow” trick does look kinda cool in the process, it leaves much to be desired with the final looped, tangled mess of a result. Real men can do the little small circles attached to each other thing that only confuses and discourages other males.
- Science of Internal Combustion. We all get the basics….put gas in, gas is flammable, engine turns fire into magic that rotates tires, repeat. A real man, while not exactly a mechanic, can explain to you in layman’s terms what the hell an alternator does.
- Strength. Basic test…if you take your shirt off, do you LOOK like you can pry a stripped bolt out of it’s hole (another test is if you know what the hell the hole that bolts are inserted into) or can you actually use a wrench to do so.
- Reading this. Mention a blog to a real man and you will likely, and rightly so, get punched in the face. Real men don’t take kindly to being called names.
