I am laughing so much at the idea of putting shirts under the mattress to avoid ironing.

I am not a fan of doing laundry only because I have to go to the laundromat. I do iron and hang up my clothes and sort them by color and so on, but I'm a fussy gay guy, so what do you expect.

Here is my strategy:

Buy shirts that say "no iron, wrinkle-free" & make sure they are taken out of the dryer very quickly after it stops.

So far, that solves my ironing problems. Anything more complicated goes to the cleaners.

In my new apartment, we own a drying machine (first time I have it) and the best discovery of it it was that all the clothes come out shockingly unwrinkled! It my new favourite invention.

You know you think like a guy when ... just bouncing a ball to a wall can keep you entertained for hours.

Cindy, if the clothes under the mattress method works for me, my clothes might be unwrinkled for the first time ever. That's brilliant. I think the last time I ironed something was the day my mom taught me how.

And Darner, precisely! Bouncing balls can last until a new distraction arises. And speaking of silly entertainments, little mechanisms like spinning wheels on toy cars keep me occupied for extended periods even now. I don't know if that's a guy thing or just a quality of someone who's easily amused.

when your bored with tv but you stay on a channel because "he's using a rugged voice and saying it's tough, i must watch." or something about grilling.

Quote from: CindyJames on December 03, 2010, 12:32:44 AM
Oh I know that guys. Just joking.
When I was pretending to be a guy I used to put my shirts under the mattress so I didn't have to iron them.

Cindy

Lol yeah maybe i should try that, to this day i don't know how to turn on an iron let alone use one.

Not good for me, I have no mattress to put shirts under. Anyone want to lend me theirs? Preferably a female's mattress so we can 'iron' the clothes together.

... when a steak is done even when it's still "mooing" (accidentally made my gf sick earlier today, because I didn't know she was squimish around blood... I ordered my steak medium rare.. oops)

... when you don't understand why women must go to the bathroom (or any place for that matter) in packs... and why do they insist on talking to their friends through the stalls while on the pot?

Women talk to their friends through the stalls???  I.... don't even know what to say to that. Except that I'm disturbed.

Quote from: LordKAT on December 04, 2010, 03:12:45 AM
Not good for me, I have no mattress to put shirts under. Anyone want to lend me theirs? Preferably a female's mattress so we can 'iron' the clothes together.

You can borrow mine Just come on over. Hope you have lots of shirts

Cindy

Quote from: CindyJames on December 05, 2010, 12:05:27 AM
You can borrow mine Just come on over. Hope you have lots of shirts

Cindy

many shirts in many styles, it may take a while.

as to think like a guy when window shopping means you are buying a window.

That was funny, KAT !

...I feel I need to say one.

Uh...

When you have ever thought of eating less for a week to afford the latest electronic thingie ?

Quote from: BlackWolf on December 04, 2010, 11:33:29 PM
... when a steak is done even when it's still "mooing" (accidentally made my gf sick earlier today, because I didn't know she was squimish around blood... I ordered my steak medium rare.. oops)

Well, I've never ordered "medium" rare... always "very rare!"

It's why I love to eat whale. It's "perfecly" cooked when the two inch thick steak has just gotten that hint of dark lines from the bbq, leaving the inside just barely heated through, the meat still that dark red... oh gods my mouth is watering just at the thought..
I need to find a picture.

like this!

Oh dear god women and bathrooms. This has always driven me nuts. When out with a bunch of friends I would always try and sneak off to the loo on my own but somebody would always spot me "oh going bathroom? lets go together!" turning it into a big group event with every woman in a 10 foot radius.

and they take photos in there! What madness is that?

Oh god, women do all that stuff in bathrooms?! I've never been to the men's, but, well... Oh my gosh. That is just wrong. I'm totally not going to the ladies' room if they do that in there!

I really enjoy the way that I have one cake of soap, that doubles as shampoo, in a small metal box. This means that I need: that soap, maybe conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant. That's it. No stupid 100+ bottles and jars of mysterious creams and such with French names, like women have. I love the idea of not having a lot of stuff (being a bit of a packrat kind of makes you long for minimalism, I suppose).

I've always wondered: why is it that girls are the "body nazis"? Girls will usually say that they're using makeup/shaving legs/push-up bras because guys like it, but I've never seen a guy care about that stuff like the girls do. In the locker room I used to hear: "Ooh, Annie, get over here! Jill hasn't shaved, haha, Jill are you trying the caveman style or what?" "Nice makeup, you look like a ->-bleeped-<-!" "Wohoo, lopsided boobs! What's wrong with you?"
Were the girls in my class unusually mean or are girls/women always this "stern" about looks? I've never understood this, why they have to inspect one another like that. Very odd behaviour.

The body nazi thing baffles me. All through school I remember "concerned" female friends trying to teach me to do my makeup, or to have my hair a certain way, or to dress me up in a more fem manner so I could "get a boyfriend." Then later on in life it was my sisters. Like I really did want to be a pretty supermodel girl....and I just needed help, and the right tools.

Guys actually don't care all that much. A certain level of grooming and personal hygiene is obviously preferred. But while a woman gets naked and thinks oh dear, my hair is out of place...I have a bit of shaving rash on my leg....my boobs looks a bit mismatched....blah blah blah. The guy thinks "WOOHOO NAKED CHICK!"

Quote from: PixieBoy on December 05, 2010, 10:05:45 AM
Were the girls in my class unusually mean or are girls/women always this "stern" about looks? I've never understood this, why they have to inspect one another like that. Very odd behaviour.

Those girls seem especially mean.  At my school, girls seemed to all band together in groups, and they were catty to the other groups but usually showed pity toward me personally.  They felt sorry for my apparent inability to dress in fashion and wear makeup, and tried to give me a makeover and bring me into their group.  They were generous with praises for my looks even so, telling me which features to "play up" and assuring me that my "problem areas" were easy to correct/conceal.   I suppose the cruelty only shows when another girl is perceived as competition. 

I think they are maybe 30% right; guys will talk like they are extremely picky about a girl's looks in a picture, even calling the centerfolds ugly.  But when it comes to an actual chance of sexy times,

Quote from: Jeatyn on December 05, 2010, 10:33:03 AM
"WOOHOO NAKED CHICK!"

Quote from: Jeatyn on December 05, 2010, 10:33:03 AMThe guy thinks "WOOHOO NAKED CHICK!"

more specifically boobs, yes.

Quote from: Jeatyn on December 05, 2010, 10:33:03 AMGuys actually don't care all that much.

It depends, there is a difference between taking well care of yourself and overdressing and using too much make-up and non-natural colours. I really can't stand the sight of such artificial painted faces. On free days I somewhat slack off in my shaving. Rose kind of forces me to shave by threathening she won't shave as long as I won't shave. That is motivation enough for me.

Oh man, I hate going to the bathroom with other people in it.  My female friends are very guilty of doing group visits/social time.  I just wait until after they all visit and hang out with the rest of the guys while they're gone.

As for the woohoo naked chick, I have to agree.  I'm all for shaved legs/pits, but other than that, it would take hygiene issues to really bother me for most people.