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!
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
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
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.
§ ita § - Oct 23, 2007 6:09:10 am PDT #8138 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't clean a bolt action rifle, but if you thrust one into my hands I could fire it with reasonably good form, and I can also reload it. I'm pretty sure the rifle in the house where we spent T-Giving a couple years ago was bolt action.
The most important thing I think to do with one of those is to know a couple ways to take it out of the hands of the idiot that's threatening you with one.
There should be more fighting stuff on the manly list. Grrh, arrgh, roid-rage.
Ginger - Oct 23, 2007 6:09:23 am PDT #8139 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have a bolt-action .22. It needs cleaning. It's needed cleaning for about 15 years. Wouldn't it be more manly to clean an M-16?
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2007 6:11:30 am PDT #8140 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.
Wouldn't it be more manly to clean an M-16?
Totally. Or, you know, disassemble and reassemble one blindfolded in 40 seconds, or whatever army-guys do....
Nutty - Oct 23, 2007 6:12:03 am PDT #8141 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Real men need no guns. They kill the enemy with their bare hands.