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Hello Blokes,
Just wanted to post a couple of things here. The first image (below) is of my fish mount (a 4lb brook trout), which is in my pine-paneled reading room.
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k...er/Thefish.jpg
Beauty isn't she? She fell for the oldest trick in the book: a worm on a hook.
So long, I'm off to smoke a cigar.
:)
That's what I've been saying - we come in here to escape themQuote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
I think we should be ok now - Scheherazade's got them sorted out.
Bravo!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian
If we're going to go in that direction...let's bring in the grill too...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
http://secure.environmentaldefense.o..._grilled_2.jpg :brow:
I'm grilling my lunch right now. :nod:
Let's talk marinades and meats!!!!!!!!
http://www.askthemeatman.com/images/...art_poster.jpg
Any preferences in cuts or marinades?
http://www.gis.net/~denauc/images/marinades.jpg
**guttural grunt**
Bienvenu - That is a great idea. I have yet to fire up the grill this spring. Perhaps this weekend. :)
Barbeques! Yes, let's stand around and cook meat. Anyone for lamb chops? Or venison sausages?
Yes, I will have a filet mignon, please....eeekkk.....high maintance women!.....:lol:
Who let this woman near the barbie? :) This is a man's cooking place.
I'd go out and fire mine up right now... I am ashamed to say that I allowed a travesty to happen...I let my wife grill the hamburgers this past weekend and when she was done, she left the propane burning...and now there's none left. But we will get it filled soon...
And this time we'll leaving the Grilling to the MEN!!!!
Looks great!Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
Fillet steak. I make my own marinade from red wine, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, garlic and a secret blend of home-grown herbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
People have killed for my steaks.
Other people have been killed by them! (They are not well cooked)
Autimn here, almost time to pack it away for the winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
You can keep the lamb chops, but some marinated rump fillets of lamb are good. Venison, anytime!Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
Your punishment shall be to self-flagellate for 30 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
Atheist...you are about to commit a cardinal sin! I have grilled in rain, and sleet, and dark of night!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Quoting from the Cold Ale Bloke's Bible...
The book of Testosteronicus chapter five, "Thou shalt burn the altar of Bar-B all us your days. Thou shalt burn upon it the legs of lamb. Thou shalt burn upon it the fillet of Mignon. Thou shalt burn upon it venison of the woods. Thou shalt burn upon it the creatures of the sea, the birds of the air, and all creeping things that roam the earth. Thou shalt rub on them the herbs of the field. And the embers of the altar shall be a perpetual reminder that you are a MAN!"
Yes, and MEN were the first ones to rub sticks together to produce fire!Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
Ah, men and their marinades! :lol:
Ha. Come and live in Auckland and tell me that! It was Auckland rain that started the Noah myth. 40 days and 40 nights is nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
Gopher wood man! Build a boat!!!!:smash:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
'It was Auckland rain that started the Noah myth. 40 days and 40 nights is nothing.'
Baah! Don't talk to me about Auckland rain! :) Nothing compared to the West Coast of the South Island! West Coasters don't need to use taps for water, they just walk outside and open their mouths, but not more than 5 seconds mind, otherwise their lungs will fill up and they'll drown.
yeah? Well . . . while we're boasting about our manly state of living, here in Colorado, we're lucky to see water once a year! We can go a whole year without seeing a single drop of rain!
wow. that really sounds kind of pathetic, now that I think about it. :(
This thread is getting a little damp.
jack daniels replaces the need for water then? ;)
Yes! Ever played the game "Whiskeysize me?"
That's what we do when everything else dries up.
Nobody lives there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
I know an Englishman who told me that when he was in Singapore, he just couldn't stop looking at the oriental girls when he was out with his wife, who kept reprimanding him for it.
Therefore, and this is strictly for the blokes, should men be allowed to look at other women without having to suffer a rebuke from their partners whether married or otherwise?
Good question, to which the answer is a conditional yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
My wife gives me a nudge when she thinks I might have missed a tasty blonde, so she has no problem with it. Window-shopping is fine.
I think it all depends on the strength of the relationship, because I'm sure that if Mrs Atheist thought I might go and buy some of the goods on display, she wouldn't be quite so relaxed about the window-shopping.
Another thing which comes into it is figure. Men tend to check out the types of figures on display in this thread, while many wives and mothers no longer have that kind of figure. I can understand a somewhat chubby wife with body/self esteem issues being pretty upset by hubby checking out a load of skinny chicks.
Not as cut and dried as it should be.
I agree with Atheist about the strength of the relationship. When I married Mrs Bien, she'd been through two unfaithful relationships (meaning both guys were cheaters). I had to establish trustworthiness in me so that she knew I was TRUE. Now she knows that I won't wander.
But also...are we glancing from the peripheral, looking respectfully, staring intently, ogling T&A, whiplash double-take, tongue hanging/drooling, or sampling? ;):blush::redface::nod::eek2::brow::banana:
Some people might find some of those choices distasteful...and unfortunately some people wouldn't...
Again...I agree with Atheist (which I'm going to have to stop doing) concerning the confidence level of a woman. If a man let's his wife know that he thinks that she is beautiful (not only saying it, but acting it too), she will be less likely be put out by respectful glances. My wife's uncle will comment about a woman's beauty (usually on TV) then qualify the statement with a compliment to his wife's appearance. Men...you can honestly say..."That girl is attractive, but not nearly as beautiful as you, Hun!"...because you know the inner beauty of your wife. I don't think that there is anything wrong with admiring beauty...whether created by an artist...or by God.
Or is it because they don't want, to use a rather indelicate American phrase, a 'smack in the kisser?'Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
No...I think it's that they don't want the 'cold shoulder'...and the ATTITUDE...Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Rather happily not married, so I don't worry about it. :)
Though, if I were, I would have to agree to Mr. Athiest as well. My mother and father both look at attractive women out in public, and my mother will point one out to my father, who in turn will direct my own single-oriented eyes.
Wow, this thread has gone a long way! :D
:lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
I mostly agree with Atheist, and know too well the instinctive drive to "window shop," but hold true to the look-but-don't-touch rule - also not to look too much or too often. Taking the situation the other way around, I do not feel in the least offended in a girlfriend of mine checking out other men, nor even if she nudges me playfully and says "he has a nice @$$!" As long as she holds true to the look-but-don't-touch-rule, I do not mind in the least. Most humans have the ability to suppress their natural sexual appetites, and I would like to think I would never date someone who could not (but have gotten deceived a time or two); if they cannot suppress their desire to play on the field, then obviously they seem unready for or unhappy in a relationship.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
We have more or less appropriate things to note. If you note that another woman has beautiful eyes and remark that to your girlfriend/wife, somehow it seems so much more acceptable than noticing that the other woman also wears a thin t-shirt, and evidently feels awfully cold; I would likely comment on that, too, in a joking manner, so she can share a laugh with me.
I window shop too, but my wife doesn't particularly like it. So I have to do it out of the corner of my eye. :D Oh and for the record, I only look.
Crikey, yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
There are parts of the internet agreeing with me will get you much worse than the cold shoulder!
:D
See how easy it is when a few blokes chew the fat without women listening?Quote:
Originally Posted by mono
Hell yes - goose/gander and all that. Can't stand jealousy.Quote:
Originally Posted by mono
I know men who would commit an assault on someone indulging in admiration of "his" woman. Some of them are already in jail. That's one area of man-dom (does that sound like a bdsm come-on or what? :D) which needs some serious damage control - women are not chattels. Unfortunately, lots of blokes don't know that.
I don't think this is happening though. :) They're always in the background, watching our movements.... We can only pretend they're not here. Look! I saw one hiding in the bushes over by the fence, trying to sneak over near the barbie. :D Ninjas! (looking around) They're everywhere! Quickly get out your hammers, I'm sure someone's going to jump over the fence wielding stillettos!Quote:
See how easy it is when a few blokes chew the fat without women listening?
Yes, I hate these idiots!Quote:
I know men who would commit an assault on someone indulging in admiration of "his" woman. Some of them are already in jail. That's one area of man-dom (does that sound like a bdsm come-on or what? :D) which needs some serious damage control - women are not chattels. Unfortunately, lots of blokes don't know that.
And there are, unfortunately, a few women (the dangerous minority) who try to get men to dance with them at nightclubs, or actively seek attention, precisely because they have boyfriends like this, and want to make them jealous.
Yes, indeed; better get out those hammers! :lol:Quote:
don't think this is happening though. They're always in the background, watching our movements.... We can only pretend they're not here. Look! I saw one hiding in the bushes over by the fence, trying to sneak over near the barbie. Ninjas! (looking around) They're everywhere! Quickly get out your hammers, I'm sure someone's going to jump over the fence wielding stillettos!
All us females have been reading your posts.
This thread is most enlightening.
:lol: Uh oh. They are on to me. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I looked at the women's thread and they were talking about handbags. It didn't seem that interesting to me. Why are we men so interesting to women? ;)
What say? don't get that, sorry something lost in the translation....:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
uh um, Virgil, ;) definitely....like I said 'enlightening' in here. I bet a lot of you guy's who are married or have girlfriends have eyes that don't quite match by now, since one eye wanders. :goof:
Silas, some men carry handbags!Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
Answer to question: because you guys are so incredibly laughable!
Come to think of it you are absolutely right and recalls an incident that I had forgotten about.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
An English friend of mine was working in Oslo and, like virtually all of the other foreign contract workers at the company that hired him, he had a girl friend, even though though practically all of them were married and living away from their respective countries. Every six weeks his wife would travel to Norway to stay for a week and the girlfriend, naturally, had to disappear from the scene during that time. On one occasion, the day before his wife was due, his girlfriend said that she couldn't find one of her earings and they searched the bed for a long time but were unable to find it. Needless to say, the day after her arrival, his wife found it while making the bed; he told me that she didn't speak to him for the whole time she was there.
The missus, not talking for a week, sounds like bliss ;)
Those ones aren't men...:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Unless the handbag contains black powder accessories...
http://www.biggamehunt.net/graphics/...zleloader5.jpg
I have a hand bag. It's filled with chalk (for climbing) and super glue (for first aid)
Now we're talkin'...Quote:
Originally Posted by Carrolb2
I guess handbags aren't that bad...it depends what's in it...
:cool:
What's in YOUR handbag?