Wednesday, October 29, 2008

It's time to be a man.

It seems like just yesterday when you got a copy of The Dangerous Book for Boys and finally learned how to be a proper boy, doesn't it. Now that you're all grown up and going to college, I think it's high time you learned how to be a proper man as well. While the manboys you may currently know might get secret subscriptions to Esquire which I might add no real man should ever take as a guide since it's the male equivalent of Cosmopolitan- seriously, does any self respecting woman even act like what a "Cosmo" reader seems like?- even if it has some excellent writers on staff. Anyway, I would like to direct your attention to The Art of Manliness, a grown-up version of your beloved book. There are practical articles such as Nice Guys Don’t Have to Finish Last or others that are more up your alley in the seemingly useless life skills category: How to Land a Plane in an Emergency or even The Gentleman's Guide to the Calling Card.

Here's an excerpt from the article Your Grandpas's Babes, an article celebrating the women of yesteryear-
Your grandma? That sweet little old lady that makes you cookies and sends you savings bonds for your birthday? You’re damn right. Your grandpa thought your grandma was a total babe. She was the babe of all babes. Think about it, Jack. If he didn’t think your grandma was a babe, you wouldn’t be reading this article right now. I’m sure the first time gramps saw your sweet little granny looking all cute and perky in her bobby socks and saddle shoes, he gave her the look over, thought “hubba hubba!” and immediately took her to the nearest soda fountain to sip Coca-Cola from one glass with two straws. And even as your grandma got wrinkly and saggy, she stayed beautiful and alluring in his eyes. So here’s to you grandma for being grandpa’s greatest babe.-

Now all you need is to grow some facial hair and you'll be all set.

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