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.

Started carrying a pocket knife at 7-8 years of age and have had a knife in my pocket since. I have lost a few at the airport not realizing I had forgotten to take it out.

Pocket knives are important tools and I use mine in some manner nearly every day. It is part of my ritual of getting ready - belt, keys, knife, handkerchief, pen, and now in my later years a couple 3 x 5 cards to write important items down.

Many men today, do not know there is a protocol for showing their pocket knives to one another. Never hand an open pocket knife to someone when showing it. The other guy can open it, admire the blade(s) and then close it and hand it back. Handing an open pocket knife to someone is considered bad manners and bad luck. Of course, this does not apply to fixed-blade hunting knives which are a completely different animal.

... At recess and lunch time we would play stretch. Start with feet together, opponent would throw his knife to the right or left ( had to stick ). This went on back and forth until one player could stretchhh no farther or you could reverse the direction and work in to see who would " chicken out " as the knife got closer to your feet. Nobody thought anything of it. How did we ever survive?