Saturday, July 11, 2009

Doing Yardwork Makes Me Feel Manly

And I say so with the assumption that were I a woman, doing yardwork would make me feel womanly. Female readers may confirm or deny.
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11 comments:

  1. Abelard Enigma7/11/2009 1:27 PM

    It depends on exactly what type of yard work you are doing. Planting petunias? Not so manly. Mowing the yard - manly. Mowing with a push mower - macho manly.

    Now, even if you're planting petunias - if it involves a trip to Home Depot then you get to punch a hole in your man card. :)

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  2. B.G. Christensen7/11/2009 2:06 PM

    Today it was mowing, but the other day I planted marigolds and felt equally manly. And I've made more trips to Lowe's since moving into this house than I had before in my life.

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  3. Abelard Enigma7/11/2009 2:16 PM

    I've made more trips to Lowe's since moving into this house ...

    You the man!

    Some days I go to both Home Depot AND Lowes (which are just a couple of blocks apart) - then I feel really manly :)

    But, don't ask me to work on cars - yuck, icky - I can't take being THAT manly.

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  4. Kristi7/11/2009 10:22 PM

    Doing yardwork makes me smell manly. Does that count?

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  5. B.G. Christensen7/12/2009 7:30 AM

    Abe: No, I have no desire to work on cars either.

    Kristeee: I think feeling and smelling are pretty much the same thing.

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  6. Melyngoch7/12/2009 8:50 AM

    Nah. Yardwork makes me feel androgynous.

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  7. B.G. Christensen7/12/2009 9:25 AM

    But does it make you smell androgynous?

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  8. Chillygator7/12/2009 7:51 PM

    It makes me feel manly, which is probably why I don't do it.

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  9. ambrosia ananas7/13/2009 2:44 PM

    Gardening makes me feel like a good person. (Clearly, digging holes and pulling weeds directly impact one's morality.) Mowing lawns, however, just makes me a grouchy and sweaty person. The only part that makes me feel more girly is planning flower beds.

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  10. acte gratuit7/18/2009 8:31 PM

    It just makes me feel sweaty. (The opposite of womanly.) Plus, it gives me blisters on my hands.

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  11. B.G. Christensen7/20/2009 9:55 PM

    Chillygator: I think you need to get in touch with your manly side.

    Brozy: I think I might mean "like a good person" when I say "manly." But that would mean good person=man. Hm, I'll have to rethink that one.

    acte gratuit: Ah ha, I think we might be making some progress here. So sweaty is the opposite of womanly. Does that mean sweaty=manly?

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