"Bloke stuff" you cant do/havent done yet ?
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You know what I mean ?
Traditional bloke stuff that it is assumed most of us chaps can do but you cant do or have never tried, but feel you perhaps should.
For me,
Football, may was well ask the dog about String Theory, I make an exception and watch England games during the world cup but feel a fraud, other blokes talk about it and I wander off.
Poker, realised I didnt have a clue how to play it the other day, had a go on an app, read some guides but still not fully up to speed.
Parallel Parking, can sort of do it but tend to avoid it.
Smoked a Cigar, have had the odd Cig, stopped short of a Cigar, I feel I would puke lavishly.
Sure there are many others.
Traditional bloke stuff that it is assumed most of us chaps can do but you cant do or have never tried, but feel you perhaps should.
For me,
Football, may was well ask the dog about String Theory, I make an exception and watch England games during the world cup but feel a fraud, other blokes talk about it and I wander off.
Poker, realised I didnt have a clue how to play it the other day, had a go on an app, read some guides but still not fully up to speed.
Parallel Parking, can sort of do it but tend to avoid it.
Smoked a Cigar, have had the odd Cig, stopped short of a Cigar, I feel I would puke lavishly.
Sure there are many others.
I got taken to Wembley for a football match. It was the England vs Peru one where the paper aeroplane was launched from the top of the stands and hit a player on the pitch.
It was totally more than worth it just to witness that. The game? I didn't really know it had started and spent the rest of it waiting for more paper aeroplanes. No need to do another.
It was totally more than worth it just to witness that. The game? I didn't really know it had started and spent the rest of it waiting for more paper aeroplanes. No need to do another.
J4CKO said:
Football, may was well ask the dog about String Theory, I make an exception and watch England games during the world cup but feel a fraud, other blokes talk about it and I wander off.
With you 100% on this one. Know less than nothing about it and have never had any interest. When the World Cup was on and England were playing, errrm another team, I found myself oddly drawn into it. Ended up sat on the arm of the sofa with my leg involuntarily kicking out in support. Even my mrs asked who I was and what has happened to me!A long running joke with my brother who is mad about football comes from the IT crowd. I’ll always say to him that “the thing about (this team), is they always try and walk it in” despite not knowing what it means. When we’ve been in the pub and a game has been on I always drop it into conversation with whoever is currently talking to us and so far nobody has twigged on where it’s from. Brother really struggles to hold it together in these instances
Spare tyre said:
Welding and metal work
Never did it at school either
I watch Colin furze and long to be manly with sheet metal
I am pretty amateur but can make whatever I need in terms of brackets, cut, shape, weld and drill.Never did it at school either
I watch Colin furze and long to be manly with sheet metal
I remember the kid next door having screaming ab dabs as his dad was launching his go kart in a skip as the wheel had come off, one of those daft things you knock on, I offered to take a look, drilled the end of the axle and put a washer and a split pin through, he looked at me like I was practising witchcraft.
Caddyshack said:
I wonder if anyone will post up "making love to a beautiful woman" or "driving well’ (I am ace at both)
Football and cricket may as well be an alien language to me
Actually, any sport with a ball may as well be banned as far as I am concerned....as well as anything concerning balance.
Can you do both at the same time though? Hands at the 10 to 2 position?Football and cricket may as well be an alien language to me
Actually, any sport with a ball may as well be banned as far as I am concerned....as well as anything concerning balance.
Ball games in general but particularly football. Only one I was ever any good at was volleyball and when I say good I mean passable.
Drinking copious amounts of alcohol. I have two states, sober and sick with nothing in between so I have an occasional wee dram or a shandy but otherwise can't see the attraction.
Drinking copious amounts of alcohol. I have two states, sober and sick with nothing in between so I have an occasional wee dram or a shandy but otherwise can't see the attraction.
bloomen said:
Roofless Toothless said:
I have always regretted my lifelong inability to ride a horse.
I'm in horse country. I know of a lot of people who've been dealt very serious damage by them. I would never go near anything that big or that dim. Roofless Toothless said:
I have always regretted my lifelong inability to ride a horse.
I did as a kid, went with my first girlfriend (Tracy) and had my first riding lesson where I quickly realised I was violently allergic to horses, my eyes blew up, I was sneezing and needed some anti histamines and a lie down, took three days for my eyes to go back to normal. Same when my cousin popped round on hers and introduced her, just patted it and it set me off.Anyway, can see how horses were a bit wild west in the past, but in the UK now mainly just means you are a middle class/posh or just plain horsey woman.
t at DIY. Not blokes stuff exactly, more dad stuff…
My six-year-old daughter is already a better skier than I am, mind you I’ve only had a few lessons… I’m righting that one.
Iceskating is another one, I’ll be searching for iceskating lessons this year…
I can paint hang wallpaper and do basic DIY, but I refuse to touch anything electrical simply because I haven’t learnt it… However, it seems like there are few blokes who know how to rewire an entire house!
ETA: a friend of mine from Syria wanted to go to a football match, we happen to be in Holland during the league of Nations last year where Holland won… He was very grateful for the experience. Well, I suppose he would be.
My six-year-old daughter is already a better skier than I am, mind you I’ve only had a few lessons… I’m righting that one.
Iceskating is another one, I’ll be searching for iceskating lessons this year…
I can paint hang wallpaper and do basic DIY, but I refuse to touch anything electrical simply because I haven’t learnt it… However, it seems like there are few blokes who know how to rewire an entire house!
ETA: a friend of mine from Syria wanted to go to a football match, we happen to be in Holland during the league of Nations last year where Holland won… He was very grateful for the experience. Well, I suppose he would be.
Edited by extraT on Monday 13th January 21:02
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