I'm going to say the hamster shredder. Hamster-*powered*, that is.
I woulda' mentioned that, except it's more of a conceptual art office supply sort of thing. I think.
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 5:32:22 am PDT #8128 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - Oct 23, 2007 5:36:17 am PDT #8129 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am 17/25 "manly" and 100% self-sufficient by those standards. I did count CPR on a dummy. I used to keep up my certification, but my life has been a bit too complicated for the last few years. (By the way, the latest thing I saw on CPR said, "forget about rescue breathing." It's fine if you have someone else doing it, but the doctor talking about it said it takes too much time away from compressions.)
I thought real men never retouched photos, because they're manly men and only want the unvarnished truth.
I have never
Rescued a boater
Framed a wall (I've held things while someone else was framing a wall.)
Backed up a trailer (Lord, no. Most people are a bit unnerved by my backing up a car. I've yelled "No, no, not that way" at someone else backing up a trailer.)
Used a torque wrench (I leave proper torque to people who are manlier than I am.)
Hooked up an HDTV (I assume it would take about the same amount of cursing and throwing things as setting up other electronics.)
Extended my wireless network (I have a small house. Where would I extend to?)
Bled brakes (I leave brakes to manlier people.)
Paddled a canoe (I assume they mean "in a way that makes the canoe go forward".)
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 5:40:12 am PDT #8130 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, and not only have I backed up a trailer, I've parallel-parked a car and trailer. And I've backed up a tractor with two trailers. The kind that have four wheels and their own steering.
The pluses that come from growing up on a farm. OTOH, herding cows on a farm is where I came up with my "waving and shouting" monkey attack contingency plan....
Gudanov - Oct 23, 2007 5:40:21 am PDT #8131 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I wonder if I get extra points for backing up 5 trailers chained together?
Trudy Booth - Oct 23, 2007 5:41:06 am PDT #8132 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Huh. I'm 1/5 of a man.
A fifth and man would be perfect just about now...
I'm going to say the hamster shredder. Hamster-*powered*, that is.
Where the shreds go right into the cage for poop purposes!
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 5:42:48 am PDT #8133 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Where the shreds go right into the cage for poop purposes!
I wonder if the hamster considers himself manly... "Dude - I shred my own poop-paper!"
Sophia Brooks - Oct 23, 2007 5:46:07 am PDT #8134 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I wonder if the hamster considers himself manly...
I think he considers himself hamsterly!
I am not manly at all, except that if Framing a wall is like framing a flat, I guess I could do that. I have fairly high confidence that if I have directions, I can figure out how to do anything, and without directions, I am still pretty good. I guess I have high confidence!
Vortex - Oct 23, 2007 5:47:10 am PDT #8135 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Do as in "I have successfully done this thing at least once in my life."
OTOH, there are plenty of things that I've never had the opportunity to do, like the bolt action rifle. I've never even seen one.
Amy - Oct 23, 2007 5:49:12 am PDT #8136 of 10001
Because books.
And I can't imagine when it would be necessary for me to mix concrete, either. I can almost imagine needing to clean the rifle first.
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 5:51:01 am PDT #8137 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OTOH, there are plenty of things that I've never had the opportunity to do, like the bolt action rifle. I've never even seen one.
I saw one once. My dad had an old bolt-action .22 rifle. It was fairly rusted. (I think it was his first gun as a teenager or something.)
Anyway, they're actually pretty simple. I'm guessing it'd be easy to learn to clean and/or repair.