I've done DIY I've actually created stuff in our apartment did you create it well
we went to the shop I'm hearing a lot of we here who did you go with I went with my mum
welcome to real English with real teachers with Harry and Charlie
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you use it and don't lose it what do you think is the most important man skill if
you're going to be technical the most obvious man skill is to be able to
thrust isn't it well no ok so maybe that's male that's male man personifies a
little bit more behaviour around the gender doesn't it in a in a sort of
social setting if by thrusting you are referring to impregnating a woman I'd
say that thrusting in itself I wouldn't say it's a vital man skill you don't
have to trust to impregnate a woman and I wouldn't say that
ejaculation probably isn't a skill I wouldn't count that as a skill is it on
your resume you've put ejaculation no can you discuss that please no okay so the seedy
stuff aside I would say a good man skill is to be able to do DIY around the house
I think women would like that I think they would like to know that if they
settle down with a man they own a house together the man can be trusted or they
could be left to their own devices and they will definitely fix the window or
they will fix a shelf I probably wouldn't say it's the best man skill
okay I'm interested to see what you think could top that because as you said
I think most women try to avoid that topic for themselves as much as possible
and you know my level of manliness and you know that Stacey made me do DIY so
that that proves everything really I've done DIY I've actually created stuff in
our apartment so you know did you create it did you make it or did you
just put it up well we went to the shop we saw the size of the piece of wood we
wanted we had to get it chopped down I didn't use the bandsaw so you know let
the real man in the shop do that wait then I'm hearing I'm hearing a lot of we
here who did you go with I thought it was I thought it was you I went with my mum
well that's very manly isn't it
my dad was there as well oh a real man was present don't worry
a real man was present at all times yeah then they got it home or we we got
it home but I got a splinter so I had to let them sort of put it in the house and actually
then I had to Skype Stacey's youngest brother and ask him how to do it so you
know man points well you get points there for bonding with Stacey's brother
I think any girlfriend would like that but the fact that you couldn't do it on your own
so you not only did you get both of your parents to accompany you but when you actually
tried to do it yourself probably after watching tens of YouTube tutorials you
called your girlfriend's brother to to bail you
out yeah maybe not the best example for the most
popular man skill have you thought what you would class as that okay so are we
saying DIY in general yeah we can subcategorise if you want like for
example a simple one bleeding a radiator that's very manly it is it is manly and
now I know how to do that I'd say things things that involve the
possibility of getting hurt like going up a ladder
[laughter]
sawing sawing
what
going up a ladder is in no way manly what there is nothing manly about that
what do you mean that is just no just just because no no no you've seen like I don't know music
videos with very camp people going up ladders and sliding down them in mini
shorts that is not a reason to say that it's not a manly thing it is it's a real
risky job you could die you could fall off the ladderI don't know I don't know how you
got a hold of my YouTube history search but that's neither here nor there I
genuinely believe even if you're the most manly builder with the Builder
bum your jeans halfway down that would even be more dangerous and gay so this is a good example
and gay that's just you bringing the
homosexual-ness [not a real word]
there's nothing wrong with
enjoying a bit of crack a builders bum no one wants to see that
put it away Dennis rest in peace that was my old that was my old builder that died
a couple of years ago
no it was actually he died at the age of 65 anyway what was it was he did he fall
off a ladder no he had a cardiac arrest on a stool he did he actually did did he on a stool just sitting on a stool
or was he doing a poo no no he was on a he was on a seat yeah just an elongated chair which is a stool
yeah anyway probably fixing the boiler I don't think I don't think ladder definitely don't
think ladder I'm gonna take that away from you but I
do think roofing carpentry anything to do with woodwork is quite manly
something else though out of this category that we haven't touched on is
mechanics and being able to tinker with an engine I think that's very manly have
oily hands throw the that's so manly yeah dungarees yeah being being
under the car covered in covered in covered in oil on one of
those kind of skateboard things you roll out you can just you can just see the
feet appearing at the end and then they come back like smoking a cigarette
like ahh yeah you can just imagine it now Charlie coming from under the car
you alright yeah yeah mum which ones the valve for the engine
mummy are those biscuits ready yet I've got oily hands can you bring the carex soap
with you please yeah you got me the wet wipes mummy yeah the wet wipes that I use for
my bottom yeah go on bring them over ooh don't give me a spanking daddy yeah
okay so do we think mechanic working with cars is more manly than DIY yeah
I'd say working with cars is incredibly manly also building building is really
manly you're out building digging digging is really manly I've never seen
a woman dig apart from Charlie Dimmock on Ground Force I was about to say Charlie Dimmock
from Ground Force
I think spades and digging is a little bit close to gardening so I'm not going to
give that one the pinnacle but building heavy machinery driving a lorry oh
that's a good one yeah oh I feel very emasculated when I
see a man driving or like a just a building site I I don't know how to
communicate with the builders not that I have to you alright yeah carry on carry on right bye so you
see a building site and you can just feel your kind of testicles just shoot up
inside you yeah [pop sound] oop there they go
[high-pitched voice] hi guys hey okay doing a great job I like your fluorescent vest
do you want a cup of tea love
careful up that ladder yeah suddenly I'm not Harriet
[laughter]
yeah okay so driving a lorry so out out of those things then all these kind of these
many manly jobs which one is the manliest I reckon mechanic I'm trying to
think of the situation where I'd feel least comfortable probably around a
group of mechanics yeah what a group of mechanics in the middle just if I had to spend I feel uncomfortable
no but if I had to spend a day with a group of workers
and I had to choose the group that I would feel least masculine in it would
probably be a group of mechanics like spending a day on the job with them I
would feel completely out of my depth okay so we think mechanics
yeah let's go with yeah the most manly skill you can do is to fix a car
job done I agree we salute you car mechanics of
the world yes you're very very manly thank you for fulfilling the attributes
of a real man because someone's got to do it definitely not us no no no
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