My father once said, "A gentleman always carries a pocket knife." He always had a little folding knife with a 3" blade that he would pull out of his pocket for a variety of uses. He gave me a Bowie knife when I was about 12 years old, all of us had a knife back then, and it was part of our essential outdoor equipment. After my father's death, I acquired his pocket knife that sits on my bureau or is on my person and used for everything from cutting the plastic "string" holding new clothing labels, to removing splinters and opening envelopes. BTW as kids, we were taught to respect knives and I don't recall anyone ever getting accidentally hurt with one.

I pretty much agree with all of these. Got any yourself?

A female writer posted a Twitter question asking men, “What’s a universal thing most men like?” The responses didn’t mention sports, sex or masculinity but instead listed very specific male behaviors. See if you (men) agree:

1. Watching construction sites, “just in case.” “I find it really satisfying and interesting to see the process behind things being built.”

2. Throwing big rocks into water from a high place and making a big splash. “Yeah this is a good one; we’re not complicated.”

3. Buy a guy a good knife and if there’s another man, he will hand it to the man to hold who will admire it for a while and then hand it back saying, “Nice.”

4. If a guy walks under a low hanging sign, he will jump up and try to tap the bottom of the sign. Men do this 99% of the time pretending the sign is 10 feet high and that they have the ability to dunk a basketball. There are those who can dunk and the rest are mere mortals.

5. Using tie down straps to secure a load in the back of a truck, then twanging the straps and saying, “That’s not going anywhere.”

6. Give a guy a new electric drill or electric saw and he’ll wander around looking for stuff that needs holes or needs to be cut.

7. Given a wood fire and a long stick, 100 out of 100 men will find a reason to poke the fire every few minutes. Just, you know, to make sure things are burning evenly.

8. When a tree service has to chainsaw down residential trees, neighborhood men will gather from all corners of the neighborhood to watch. It’s like a siren song.

9. While shopping in a grocery store, leaning forward with your forearms on the handle of the carriage while you walk up and down the aisles. Conversely, leaning way forward on the cart, stepping onto the lower rack and giving a good push to “go for a ride.”

10 Skipping a stone across water an unusually high number of skips.

I pretty much agree with all of these. Got any yourself?

A female writer posted a Twitter question asking men, “What’s a universal thing most men like?” The responses didn’t mention sports, sex or masculinity but instead listed very specific male behaviors. See if you (men) agree:

1. Watching construction sites, “just in case.” “I find it really satisfying and interesting to see the process behind things being built.”

2. Throwing big rocks into water from a high place and making a big splash. “Yeah this is a good one; we’re not complicated.”

3. Buy a guy a good knife and if there’s another man, he will hand it to the man to hold who will admire it for a while and then hand it back saying, “Nice.”

4. If a guy walks under a low hanging sign, he will jump up and try to tap the bottom of the sign. Men do this 99% of the time pretending the sign is 10 feet high and that they have the ability to dunk a basketball. There are those who can dunk and the rest are mere mortals.

5. Using tie down straps to secure a load in the back of a truck, then twanging the straps and saying, “That’s not going anywhere.”

6. Give a guy a new electric drill or electric saw and he’ll wander around looking for stuff that needs holes or needs to be cut.

7. Given a wood fire and a long stick, 100 out of 100 men will find a reason to poke the fire every few minutes. Just, you know, to make sure things are burning evenly.

8. When a tree service has to chainsaw down residential trees, neighborhood men will gather from all corners of the neighborhood to watch. It’s like a siren song.

9. While shopping in a grocery store, leaning forward with your forearms on the handle of the carriage while you walk up and down the aisles. Conversely, leaning way forward on the cart, stepping onto the lower rack and giving a good push to “go for a ride.”

10 Skipping a stone across water an unusually high number of skips.

I pretty much agree with all of these. Got any yourself?

A female writer posted a Twitter question asking men, “What’s a universal thing most men like?” The responses didn’t mention sports, sex or masculinity but instead listed very specific male behaviors. See if you (men) agree:

1. Watching construction sites, “just in case.” “I find it really satisfying and interesting to see the process behind things being built.”

2. Throwing big rocks into water from a high place and making a big splash. “Yeah this is a good one; we’re not complicated.”
#9 is my way of going shopping in a grocery store. I read my wife’s grocery list and I try to skip some items.
3. Buy a guy a good knife and if there’s another man, he will hand it to the man to hold who will admire it for a while and then hand it back saying, “Nice.”

4. If a guy walks under a low hanging sign, he will jump up and try to tap the bottom of the sign. Men do this 99% of the time pretending the sign is 10 feet high and that they have the ability to dunk a basketball. There are those who can dunk and the rest are mere mortals.

5. Using tie down straps to secure a load in the back of a truck, then twanging the straps and saying, “That’s not going anywhere.”

6. Give a guy a new electric drill or electric saw and he’ll wander around looking for stuff that needs holes or needs to be cut.

7. Given a wood fire and a long stick, 100 out of 100 men will find a reason to poke the fire every few minutes. Just, you know, to make sure things are burning evenly.

8. When a tree service has to chainsaw down residential trees, neighborhood men will gather from all corners of the neighborhood to watch. It’s like a siren song.

9. While shopping in a grocery store, leaning forward with your forearms on the handle of the carriage while you walk up and down the aisles. Conversely, leaning way forward on the cart, stepping onto the lower rack and giving a good push to “go for a ride.”

10 Skipping a stone across water an unusually high number of skips.