Another little bit of my masculinity has been eroded
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So, the OH got given one of them chimeneas (not the TVR, the burny thing you put in your garden) for her birthday.
This weekend, she decided it was time to give it it's inaugural burning, as it was a fairly mild night.
So, we sallied forth to the woods, replete with wheelbarrow, and gathered wood.
Got back to hers and she said "I'll sort out dinner, you get the fire going."
Piece of piss, I thought. It was a case of "Stand back, love, I'll handle this - fire-making is Man's work."
Well, after about 20 minutes, I had a pitiful pile of ash and some slightly singed twigs.
OH comes out and says "Oh no, you're doing it all wrong..." and then proceeds to get a roaring fire going in about 2 minutes.
Turns out that her "job" as a youngster was to set the fire in the family house, so she's an expert in fire-starting. She rolled up bits of paper (the Telegraph) into balls and got the fire going in no time.
I now feel slightly less manly.
This weekend, she decided it was time to give it it's inaugural burning, as it was a fairly mild night.
So, we sallied forth to the woods, replete with wheelbarrow, and gathered wood.
Got back to hers and she said "I'll sort out dinner, you get the fire going."
Piece of piss, I thought. It was a case of "Stand back, love, I'll handle this - fire-making is Man's work."
Well, after about 20 minutes, I had a pitiful pile of ash and some slightly singed twigs.
OH comes out and says "Oh no, you're doing it all wrong..." and then proceeds to get a roaring fire going in about 2 minutes.
Turns out that her "job" as a youngster was to set the fire in the family house, so she's an expert in fire-starting. She rolled up bits of paper (the Telegraph) into balls and got the fire going in no time.
I now feel slightly less manly.
Sciroccology said:
So, the OH got given one of them chimeneas (not the TVR, the burny thing you put in your garden) for her birthday.
This weekend, she decided it was time to give it it's inaugural burning, as it was a fairly mild night.
So, we sallied forth to the woods, replete with wheelbarrow, and gathered wood.
Got back to hers and she said "I'll sort out dinner, you get the fire going."
Piece of piss, I thought. It was a case of "Stand back, love, I'll handle this - fire-making is Man's work."
Well, after about 20 minutes, I had a pitiful pile of ash and some slightly singed twigs.
OH comes out and says "Oh no, you're doing it all wrong..." and then proceeds to get a roaring fire going in about 2 minutes.
Turns out that her "job" as a youngster was to set the fire in the family house, so she's an expert in fire-starting. She rolled up bits of paper (the Telegraph) into balls and got the fire going in no time.
I now feel slightly less manly.
This weekend, she decided it was time to give it it's inaugural burning, as it was a fairly mild night.
So, we sallied forth to the woods, replete with wheelbarrow, and gathered wood.
Got back to hers and she said "I'll sort out dinner, you get the fire going."
Piece of piss, I thought. It was a case of "Stand back, love, I'll handle this - fire-making is Man's work."
Well, after about 20 minutes, I had a pitiful pile of ash and some slightly singed twigs.
OH comes out and says "Oh no, you're doing it all wrong..." and then proceeds to get a roaring fire going in about 2 minutes.
Turns out that her "job" as a youngster was to set the fire in the family house, so she's an expert in fire-starting. She rolled up bits of paper (the Telegraph) into balls and got the fire going in no time.
I now feel slightly less manly.
t, I'm going out with a Pikey.rhinochopig said:
Sciroccology said:
So, the OH got given one of them chimeneas (not the TVR, the burny thing you put in your garden) for her birthday.
This weekend, she decided it was time to give it it's inaugural burning, as it was a fairly mild night.
So, we sallied forth to the woods, replete with wheelbarrow, and gathered wood.
Got back to hers and she said "I'll sort out dinner, you get the fire going."
Piece of piss, I thought. It was a case of "Stand back, love, I'll handle this - fire-making is Man's work."
Well, after about 20 minutes, I had a pitiful pile of ash and some slightly singed twigs.
OH comes out and says "Oh no, you're doing it all wrong..." and then proceeds to get a roaring fire going in about 2 minutes.
Turns out that her "job" as a youngster was to set the fire in the family house, so she's an expert in fire-starting. She rolled up bits of paper (the Telegraph) into balls and got the fire going in no time.
I now feel slightly less manly.
This weekend, she decided it was time to give it it's inaugural burning, as it was a fairly mild night.
So, we sallied forth to the woods, replete with wheelbarrow, and gathered wood.
Got back to hers and she said "I'll sort out dinner, you get the fire going."
Piece of piss, I thought. It was a case of "Stand back, love, I'll handle this - fire-making is Man's work."
Well, after about 20 minutes, I had a pitiful pile of ash and some slightly singed twigs.
OH comes out and says "Oh no, you're doing it all wrong..." and then proceeds to get a roaring fire going in about 2 minutes.
Turns out that her "job" as a youngster was to set the fire in the family house, so she's an expert in fire-starting. She rolled up bits of paper (the Telegraph) into balls and got the fire going in no time.
I now feel slightly less manly.
I still have a modicum of manliness left. Somewhere.
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