Manly or Not Manly: Crotch Rockets
We’ve all seen them: those guys on the sleek motorcycles, usually brightly-colored, and often speeding down the highway. For lack of a better term, they’re lovingly-referred to as crotch rockets. These bikes elicit a range of responses from guys, everything from “Wow, what a schmohawk” to “Whoa, nice ride.” In this “manly or not manly,”...
Manly or Not Manly: Pet Names
Pet names: sweetie pie, sugar, baby, and even schmoopie. Creating a finite list of all the possible pet names guys have used for their significant other is a futile task. The range of names and variations are as extensive as a database of all the couples to ever exist, but one question underlies them all:...
Manly or Not Manly: Sandals
Sandals. Pretty much everyone has a pair, but only a select few wear them on the reg’. Our resident expert, Maria, says they’re never attractive on men, and makes us look like “overgrown man-children.” However, when it’s 100 degrees out there, are sandals the only real choice? Are sandals manly or not manly? The argument...
Manly or Not Manly: Air Guitar
We’ve all seen them: fingers flailing, head banging, hair flying, overly-exaggerated movements–we’re talking about air guitar, people. Whenever that fateful “Freebird” solo hits, there’s inevitably at least one guy who becomes possessed with the impulse to play a fictional guitar. He’s either the life of the party, or performing a ridiculous and dated act that makes...
Manly or Not Manly: Sharing Food With a Guy
I’m going to lay out a general rule: sharing is manly. In general, sharing money, food, clothing, time, jokes, and whatnot is manly–especially when you’re doing something like helping the poor. However, as with most things in life, there are limits and exceptions to the general rule. The exception up for debate is dudes sharing...
Manly or Not Manly: Rolling Luggage
You’ve all seen it: those guys at the airport with their huge, brightly-colored, plastic-based rolling luggage closely following them as they make their way to their next destination. This trend over the past few decades is straying away from the luggage of old, where suitcases reigned supreme, and they were carried rather than rolled. Certainly there are...
Manly or Not Manly: Kite Flying
Kite flying–an arguably fun activity that can show one’s prowess in aerodynamics, design, or craftiness. Kite flying is an activity worthy of a merit badge in the Boy Scouts, and was involved in the discovery of electricity–but often shows up in the form of flying a colorful bumblebee high in the sky. Let’s settle the...
