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50 points to being a real man, apparently...
Dumb survey but still:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Rumm writes Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...971/Are-you-a- real-man-The-top-50-things-every-chap-should-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Those are clearly trick questions, I think we both passed. I think 10 counts as one too as the only correct answer can be zero :-) -- fred it's a ba-na-na . . . . |
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On 14/02/2015 02:54, fred wrote:
In article , John Rumm writes Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...971/Are-you-a- real-man-The-top-50-things-every-chap-should-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Those are clearly trick questions, I think we both passed. I think 10 counts as one too as the only correct answer can be zero :-) The correct answer is why do I need perfume? The woman chooses the perfume that turns her on, it has no good effect on men. As for 18, I know the rule but I don't watch football and I don't care what the results are or if Chelsea are going to win. Real men don't give a toss what a group of "experts" come up with either. |
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On 14 Feb 2015, fred grunted:
In article , John Rumm writes Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...1408971/Are-yo u-a- real-man-The-top-50-things-every-chap-should-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) +1 Those are clearly trick questions, I think we both passed. In any case, those are all a single question: "Gives a **** about about football"... And where's Rugby in that quiz? Not that it would have made any difference to my score, but my late dad - a real man if ever there was one - was a complete fanatic and regarded football as a "game for pouffs". Mind you, I imagine the authors of this quiz would have instantly used that particular criterion to flag him as 'not a real man'... -- David |
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John Rumm wrote:
Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html That is total ******** written by someone who hasn't lived. Here's a better version: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, dont deal in lies, Or being hated, dont give way to hating, And yet dont look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream€”and not make dreams your master; If you can think€”and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth youve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: €˜Hold on! If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings€”nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything thats in it, And€”which is more€”youll be a Man, my son! Bill |
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Bill Wright wrote: John Rumm wrote: Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html That is total ******** written by someone who hasn't lived. Here's a better version: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, .... Written[1] by Rudyard Kipling in 1895[2][3]. Hardly new stuff. Except, perhaps, to Torygraph journalists. [1] See mum! My O-level in English Literature *is* of use! [2] http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175772 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%E2%80%94 -- Dennis Davis |
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Dennis Davis wrote:
In article , Bill Wright wrote: John Rumm wrote: Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html That is total ******** written by someone who hasn't lived. Here's a better version: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, ... Written[1] by Rudyard Kipling in 1895[2][3]. Hardly new stuff. Except, perhaps, to Torygraph journalists. Of course it's Rudyard Kipling. Everyone knows that! And why does it need to be new when it concerns the eternal verities? And I'd guess that Telegraph journalists are quite well educated, unlike some I could mention. Bill |
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On 14/02/2015 20:40, Bill Wright wrote:
Dennis Davis wrote: In article , Bill Wright wrote: John Rumm wrote: Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html That is total ******** written by someone who hasn't lived. Here's a better version: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, ... Written[1] by Rudyard Kipling in 1895[2][3]. Hardly new stuff. Except, perhaps, to Torygraph journalists. Of course it's Rudyard Kipling. Everyone knows that! And why does it need to be new when it concerns the eternal verities? And I'd guess that Telegraph journalists are quite well educated, unlike some I could mention. I think it was easy "news" - pretty much every paper and its dog carried the same story... -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 14/02/2015 02:21, John Rumm wrote:
Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Exactly the same! The flannelled fools at the wicket ... the muddied oafs at the goals etc. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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On 14/02/2015 02:21, John Rumm wrote:
Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Much the same, except that I do happen to know the offside rule and 1 doesn't apply as we have never married. -- Colin Bignell |
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On 14/02/2015 11:11, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 14/02/2015 02:21, John Rumm wrote: Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Much the same, except that I do happen to know the offside rule and 1 doesn't apply as we have never married. There was a moment where I though SWMBO was going to score better than me on that list since she claims to understand the offside rule. However on closer interrogation it seems she did not know about the need to fill the new oil filter prior to fitting when changing the oil ;-) -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 14/02/2015 23:27, John Rumm wrote:
There was a moment where I though SWMBO was going to score better than me on that list since she claims to understand the offside rule. However on closer interrogation it seems she did not know about the need to fill the new oil filter prior to fitting when changing the oil ;-) You don't so I guess you lose. In fact its impossible on many cars as the cartridge doesn't hang down and it would just spill out. |
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Dennis@home wrote:
You don't so I guess you lose. In fact its impossible on many cars as the cartridge doesn't hang down and it would just spill out. What nonsense. What you do is fill it with water then put it in the freezer overnight. Then it doesn't spill when you fit it. Don't you know anything Denis? Bill |
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On 15/02/2015 02:59, Bill Wright wrote:
Dennis@home wrote: You don't so I guess you lose. In fact its impossible on many cars as the cartridge doesn't hang down and it would just spill out. What nonsense. What you do is fill it with water then put it in the freezer overnight. Then it doesn't spill when you fit it. Don't you know anything Denis? Bill Don't they sell them pre split so idiots don't have to do it in the freezer? |
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On 14/02/2015 23:35, Dennis@home wrote:
On 14/02/2015 23:27, John Rumm wrote: There was a moment where I though SWMBO was going to score better than me on that list since she claims to understand the offside rule. However on closer interrogation it seems she did not know about the need to fill the new oil filter prior to fitting when changing the oil ;-) You don't so I guess you lose. It is a wise precaution, as it avoids oil starvation at start-up. In fact its impossible on many cars as the cartridge doesn't hang down and it would just spill out. In the ones I know, you poured it into the central hole in the thread, put your finger over that as you brought the cartridge into position, then quickly removed it as you lined the thread up with the hole in the engine block. A bit of oil would escape, but most of it would stay inside the cartridge. -- Colin Bignell |
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On 15/02/2015 15:37, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 14/02/2015 23:35, Dennis@home wrote: On 14/02/2015 23:27, John Rumm wrote: There was a moment where I though SWMBO was going to score better than me on that list since she claims to understand the offside rule. However on closer interrogation it seems she did not know about the need to fill the new oil filter prior to fitting when changing the oil ;-) You don't so I guess you lose. It is a wise precaution, as it avoids oil starvation at start-up. In fact its impossible on many cars as the cartridge doesn't hang down and it would just spill out. In the ones I know, you poured it into the central hole in the thread, put your finger over that as you brought the cartridge into position, then quickly removed it as you lined the thread up with the hole in the engine block. A bit of oil would escape, but most of it would stay inside the cartridge. They haven't used cartridges like that for years AFAIK. They are all in one things that screw onto the filter mount these days. In fact they were like that when I used to service my own more than thirty years ago. You used to bash a screwdriver through them to get them off if you didn't have a suitable strap wrench. You could screw them on by hand. |
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On 14/02/2015 23:27, John Rumm wrote:
There was a moment where I though SWMBO was going to score better than me on that list since she claims to understand the offside rule. However on closer interrogation it seems she did not know about the need to fill the new oil filter prior to fitting when changing the oil ;-) Bugger, is that one down for me? I've never filled a new oil filter. I put some oil on the rubber seal, but that's it. |
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John Rumm wrote:
Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Oh yes I am a real man. Though I haven't changed a car's oil for decades and the procedure might have changed for all I know. -- Mike Barnes Cheshire, England |
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:56:32 +0000, Mike Barnes
wrote: John Rumm wrote: Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Oh yes I am a real man. Though I haven't changed a car's oil for decades and the procedure might have changed for all I know. No, the dipstick hole is still as narrow ;-) -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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Graham. wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:56:32 +0000, Mike Barnes wrote: John Rumm wrote: Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Oh yes I am a real man. Though I haven't changed a car's oil for decades and the procedure might have changed for all I know. No, the dipstick hole is still as narrow ;-) Ha! You wish! Never the same after childbirth, or are we talking about the same thing? Tim |
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On Saturday, 14 February 2015 02:21:56 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
Dumb survey but still: 4. How to tie up a tie I tie a tie; isn't tying up something to do with Fifty Shades? 17. When to accept defeat and apologise I never accept defeat and I never apologise. Another 8 are aimed at car drivers. I don't drive, but I can ride a motorbike. Not that I have ever ridden one with a petrol light. Real men wiggle the bike and listen to the tank sloshing. Owain |
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On Saturday, 14 February 2015 02:21:56 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html Who is the smug nancy in your picture? |
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"John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) -- Cheers, Seems that I'm a real man, but that was always obvious. |
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Incidentally, one of the most impressive people I every knew when it
came to the manly virtues (compassion, reliability, industry, tolerance) was gay. Bill |
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Bill Wright wrote: Incidentally, one of the most impressive people I every knew when it came to the manly virtues (compassion, reliability, industry, tolerance) was gay. Interesting you consider them manly virtues. I'd hope they'd equally apply to a woman. Or more simply any decent person. -- *I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Bill Wright wrote: Incidentally, one of the most impressive people I every knew when it came to the manly virtues (compassion, reliability, industry, tolerance) was gay. Interesting you consider them manly virtues. I'd hope they'd equally apply to a woman. Or more simply any decent person. I did think about that when I wrote it. But I just let it go. Bill |
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:21:45 +0000, John Rumm wrote:
Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...08971/Are-you- a-real-man-The-top-50-things-every-chap-should-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) Snap. Noted the William Hill bias. Now, what it the status of a woman who can ace this quiz? If that makes her a real man, then does that mean that you are having sex with a real man?? ;-) If so, do you care? -- Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box |
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o.uk... Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ould-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) 1. Not married, but I remember the date of our first shag. It was on the night our first date and England won 1-0 against Paraguary that night 7. Could do - never have done 8. Change a tyre? Can do but I normally use the spare wheel 12. Once a month. Just ignore her for a week. 18. http://www.bone.me.uk/offside-rule.php 37. Pretty good at that 45. The talent is in getting it stuck 47. It's her job 48. Yes - I saved a pet rats life with CPR -- Adam |
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"ARW" wrote: "John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...71/Are-you-a-r eal-man-The-top-50-things-every-chap-should-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) 1. Not married, but I remember the date of our first shag. It was on the night our first date and England won 1-0 against Paraguary that night 7. Could do - never have done 8. Change a tyre? Can do but I normally use the spare wheel 12. Once a month. Just ignore her for a week. 18. http://www.bone.me.uk/offside-rule.php 37. Pretty good at that 45. The talent is in getting it stuck 47. It's her job 48. Yes - I saved a pet rats life with CPR Apparently you have to have a smartphone and app it, because it inlt gave me about 30 question in my browser. However (pending completion) I am a real man, apparently. But what I really wanted to say was: (a) Love your point No.8 Adam, and (b) thanks for the link to the bone.me site: perfect (though of course it needs updating with references to other friends beside or ahead of you in the queue, and whether or not they grab the purse for you). (I am curious about the question No.45 in the real man quiz - I never saw it. I can guess though.) J. |
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Another John wrote: Apparently you have to have a smartphone and app it, because it inlt ^^^^ Further proof of my becoming a real man: TNP-stylee typing! J. |
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In message , ARW
writes "John Rumm" wrote in message news:r_adneN6T4XcLEPJnZ2dnUVZ8gqdnZ2d@brightview. co.uk... Dumb survey but still: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...1408971/Are-yo u-a-real-man-The-top-50-things-every-chap-should-know.html (apparently I failed... on 18, 31, 35, & 50) 1. Not married, but I remember the date of our first shag. It was on the night our first date and England won 1-0 against Paraguary that night 7. Could do - never have done 8. Change a tyre? Can do but I normally use the spare wheel 12. Once a month. Just ignore her for a week. 18. http://www.bone.me.uk/offside-rule.php 37. Pretty good at that 45. The talent is in getting it stuck 47. It's her job 48. Yes - I saved a pet rats life with CPR 18 Nobody now knows the off-side rule. Nothing about understanding cricket. -- bert |
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On Tuesday, 17 February 2015 20:24:51 UTC, ARW wrote:
1. Not married, but I remember the date of our first shag. It was on the night our first date and England won 1-0 against Paraguary that night How romantic. I can't even remember the date of my last shag. Owain |
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/How romantic.
I can't even remember the date of my last shag. Owain/q Perhaps you should've apologised :-) Jim K |
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On Thursday, 19 February 2015 13:57:13 UTC, bert wrote:
I can't even remember the date of my last shag. In which case you could claim you were raped. Oh no, I remember the shag. Just not the date. Or the names. Owain |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 02:47:51 -0800, spuorgelgoog wrote:
On Thursday, 19 February 2015 13:57:13 UTC, bert wrote: I can't even remember the date of my last shag. In which case you could claim you were raped. Oh no, I remember the shag. Just not the date. Or the names. Plural???? I remember the first - and the date and place and name. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £30a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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