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Got this today in my email...I liked it..:D

I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual - bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world!

Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture wars, the Retrosexual movement.

The Code:

A Retrosexual, no matter what the women insists, PAYS FOR THE DATE.

A Retrosexual opens doors for a lady. Even for the ones that fit that term only because they are female.

A Retrosexual DEALS with IT, be it a flat tire, break-in into your home, or a natural disaster, you DEAL WITH IT.

A Retrosexual not only eats red meat, he often kills it himself.

A Retrosexual doesn't worry about living to be 90. It's not how long you live, but how well. If you're 90 years old and still smoking cigars and drinking, I salute you.

A Retrosexual does not use more hair or skin products than a woman. Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff. Retrosexuals need an endcap (possibly 2 endcaps if you include shaving goods).

A Retrosexual does not dress in clothes from Hot Topic when he's 30 years old.

A Retrosexual should know how to properly kill stuff (or people) if need be. This falls under the "Dealing with IT" portion of The Code.

A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "Queer" in the title.

A Retrosexual does not let neighbors screw up rooms in his house on national TV.

A Retrosexual should not give up excessive amounts of manliness for women.

Some is inevitable, but major reinvention of yourself will only lead to you becoming a frou-frou little wuss, and in the long run, she ain't worth it.

A Retrosexual is allowed to seek professional help for major mental stress such as drug/alcohol addiction, death of your entire family in a freak tree chipper accident, favorite sports team being moved to a different city, favorite bird dog expiring, etc. You are NOT allowed to see a shrink because Daddy didn't pay you enough attention. Daddy was busy DEALING WITH IT. When you screwed up, he DEALT with you.

A Retrosexual will have at least one outfit in his wardrobe designed to conceal himself from prey.

A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie - and ONLY a Windsor knot.

A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

A Retrosexual knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can - or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you be.

A Retrosexual knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL WITH IT. Plus it's just plain fun to shoot.

Crying. There are very few reason that a Retrosexual may cry, and none of them have to do with TV commercials, movies, or soap operas. Sports teams are sometimes a reason to cry, but the preferred method of release is swearing or throwing the remote control. Some reasons a Retrosexual can cry include (but are not limited to) death of a loved one, death of a pet (fish do NOT count as pets in this case), loss of a major body part.

A Retrosexual man's favorite movie isn't "Maid in Manhattan" or "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Acceptable ones may include any of the Dirty Harry or Nameless Drifter movies (Clint in his better days), Rambo I or II, the Dirty Dozen, The Godfather trilogy, Scarface, The Road Warrior, The Die Hard series, Caddyshack, Rocky I, II, or III, Full Metal Jacket, any James Bond Movie, Raging Bull, Bullitt, any Bruce Lee movie, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, etc.etc.

When a Retrosexual is on a crowded bus and or a commuter train, and a pregnant woman, hell, any woman gets on, that Retrosexual stands up and offers his seat to that woman, then looks around at the other so-called men still in their seats with a disgusted "you punks" look on his face.

A Retrosexual knows how to say the Pledge properly, and with the correct emphasis and pronunciation. He also knows the words to the Star Spangled Banner.

A Retrosexual will have hobbies and habits his wife and mother do not understand, but that are essential to his manliness, in that they offset the acceptable manliness decline he suffers when married/engaged in a serious healthy relationship - i.e., hunting, boxing, shot putting, shooting, cigars, car maintenance.

A Retrosexual knows how to sharpen his own knives and kitchen utensils.

A Retrosexual man can drive in snow (hell, a blizzard) without sliding all over or driving under 20 mph, without anxiety, and without high-centering his ride on a plow berm.

A Retrosexual man can chop down a tree and make it land where he wants. Wherever it lands is where he **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** well wanted it to land.

A Retrosexual will give up his seat on a bus to not only any women but any elderly person or person in military dress (except officers above 2nd Lt)

NOTE: The person in military dress may turn down the offer but the Retrosexual man will ALWAYS make the offer to them and thank them for serving their country.

A Retrosexual man doesn't need a contract -- a handshake is good enough. He will always stand by his word even if circumstances change or the other person deceived him.


A Retrosexual man doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT.
:p :cool:
 
More men should emulate my role model, the ultimate "retrosexual"; Hank Hill
 
Holy crap. That is awesome. Cut, paste, print. Going up on the fridge.

It makes me happy to be a retrosexual. Just when I thought all hope was lost...
 
actually, hank hill really isn't the role model... but rather Ernest Hemmingway's "man's man" is...
pretty much everything described (except of course, the late 20th century references) in the above is what papa hemmingway described as what a real man should be.
 
It's all good! Except around this house, there's nothing RETRO about it.

I could relate to...

"A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting."

...and...

"A Retrosexual man doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT."

I just got 8 stiches pulled out of my upper lip last Friday, it was a real mess. No damage to the teeth though. When people asked me where I got the fat lip, I just told them It was a "skydiving accident". Since I didn't plan on going out drinking with my skydiver friends...and I didn't plan on taking a major "DIGGER" in the parking lot...that's all they need to know.

As far as suing the owner of the bar...haha...rumor is he's small time mafia...and the skydiver I was walking out of the bar with moonlights as one of his bouncers. I think back in the day (the late 70's early 80's), this skydiver friend used be an enforcer for a big player in imported commodities and also competed in the amatuer black belt circuit. So who would want to sue anyway...right?
 
Flywrite said:
More men should emulate my role model, the ultimate "retrosexual"; Hank Hill

Well lets make this Aviation related,

Yeager, Doolittle and Ike, now those are role models.
 
Retrosexual

***Prints list and takes to work. Makes copies and distributes freely to all who have an interest...
 
I like it!

And a retrosexual never has "issues."

God I hate people and thier "issues."
 
Re: I like it!

mar said:
God I hate people and thier "issues."
Ditto those who have "needs." :rolleyes:
From George Carlin:
"My needs aren't being met." You know what I say to them? "Drop some of your needs!"
I'm happy to see I'm about three-quarters retrosexual. (Haven't worked up to killing and eating animals yet. Oh, I'll eat 'em. I just don;t want to get too personal...)

I do thoroughly enjoy the Give-Up-My-Seat-to-the-Lady-and-Stare-at-the-Punks thing, though! :D

I hope this list is around when my sons are old enough to understand it. I'm certainly going to try to teach it to them!
 
Re: Re: I like it!

Typhoon1244 said:
I hope this list is around when my sons are old enough to understand it. I'm certainly going to try to teach it to them!
Speakin' of them... I see you just changed your Avatar from the kid in the carseat with only one sock. Can we assume he now has two socks, and perhaps a pair of shoes, or is he barefoot now?

:)
 
Re: Re: Re: I like it!

TonyC said:
Speakin' of them... I see you just changed your Avatar from the kid in the carseat with only one sock. Can we assume he now has two socks, and perhaps a pair of shoes, or is he barefoot now?
One sock and one plaster cast. We're still trying to get that port foot to stay straight-and-level.

Good news: this should be his last cast. In two weeks he goes to exercises during the day and a leg brace at night.

The doctors say he'll never have the stamina that other kids do...but they said the same things about Kristi Yanaguchi, Mia Hamm, and Troy Aikman. All of them had club feet too.

So I'm not worried.

(Don't ask me about my kids, man...we'll be here all night! :D )

By the way, don't think I'm neglecting my older boy because he's not in the avatar. He's two...never slows down long enough for me to take his picture!
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: I like it!

Typhoon1244 said:
One sock and one plaster cast. We're still trying to get that port foot to stay straight-and-level.
I didn't realize you were dealing with an extra challenge there. Good luck !
 
Competition farting is an acceptable practice in groups of Retrosexual Men, Deal With It. (Exception: No Women allowed, it's just not nice, besides, they poot not fart)

Real Retrosexual's carry Sig's, and any variant of the 1911, not Glock's.

Retrosexual men should drive muscle cars with headers and glasspacks. It should also be required to bark the tires through third gear when departing.

Retrosexual aviators fly tailwheel airplanes once they become a pilot.
 
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Originally posted by mar
God I hate people and thier "issues."
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Ditto those who have "needs." v
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My only needs are food, sleep, and sex. In no particular order. Only when these needs are $@#&ed with do I have issues.

:D

Minh "Retro" Thong

"I'm going to wound your inner-child. Then I'm gonna kick your @$$!"
 
Not on topic--keep scrolling...

Typhoon I also didn't realize your boy was wearing a cast in the previous avatar.

I'm guilty of making a "one booty" comment. Sorry if that missed the mark.

Back on topic: Retrosexuals will issue apologies without delay while making eye contact the whole time and extending a warm firm hand for a handshake.
 

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