The "State of Manliness" thread

[Tyr]

Ok, here’s how this works, talk about your home state (or province or country for you Non-Americans), tell us how manly your state is and why you think it’s so butch.

Like many of my threads I’ll go first, cause you know I love to read my own writing.

Washington, it shares a border with its Northern neighbors of British Columbia, and Southern Neighbors of Oregon. It is called the Evergreen State, miles of old growth, new growth and just plain growth. It is land of such companies as Weyerhaeuser. This is timber country, and in timber country, guys like these go to work (http://www.history.com/minisites/axmen).

Ok so those guys actually work in Oregon but we have them to.

Know what else we have? Salmon, and Salmon are fish and with that we have fisherman, old seadogs that smell like sweaty fish.

That’s right Washington is the place were men are men and men smell like wood chippings and fish.

That’s why my home state is so very manly, what about yours?

[Sally Sensational]

Louisiana is very, very manly!

We have oil rigs, where the men get sweaty and greasy and don't come home for weeks . . .
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/infinity9/oil_rig.jpg
We have shrimp and crawfish boats.
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z157/grammyjudyh/Picture020.jpg
We have HUGE amounts of drinking!
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h35/ronto97/Mardi%20Gras%2008/mardigras08105.jpg
We have FOOTBALL!
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn300/dwilliams18/SAINTS.jpg

[Cam63]

New South Wales... *Rarrrrrh*

[Ben Morgan]

Can't get any manlier than a giant fist!

http://www.knollenberg.house.gov/UploadedPhotos/MediumResolution/980fec1d-148f-46c1-bb4f-39ecb2dd28f8.jpg

[Cam63]

That's why Lester emigrated.

[BlairH]

Scotland is so manly that you shouldn't need me to tell you how manly we are. I think men were invented in Scotland.

[Cam63]

The dresses are just a cunning disguise.

*straps on kevlar*

[BlairH]

The dresses are just a cunning disguise.

*straps on kevlar*

We're just compensating for our lack of estrogen.

[Cam63]

Aye, mon... Aye.

[Monty_Cristo]

Louisiana is very, very manly!

We have oil rigs, where the men get sweaty and greasy and don't come home for weeks . . .
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/infinity9/oil_rig.jpg
We have shrimp and crawfish boats.
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z157/grammyjudyh/Picture020.jpg
We have HUGE amounts of drinking!
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h35/ronto97/Mardi%20Gras%2008/mardigras08105.jpg
We have FOOTBALL!
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn300/dwilliams18/SAINTS.jpg


maybe but i'd say that N'awlins is one of the fruitier cities in the U.S. and hurricanes aren't exactly manly drinks either.

[CutterMike]

Massachusetts.

I live here.

End of discussion.

[WhiteRose]

QUEENSLAND.

It's in Australia, and really, that's all you need to say about it.

We're the home of the best damn rum on the planet: Bundaberg Rum. Our rugby and league teams are rugged and manly and don't do drugs, which is just awesome on its own. The east is all beaches and coastline and reefs, and the surf is tops. Many many surfer boys. MANLY surfer boys. Manly surfer girls too, come to think of it.

The west is outback. Dust and farms and manly tractors. Queensland's the Sunshine State...or the Smart State. I forget which one we go by now. It's not manly-sounding, per se, but Queenslanders are like the soft-spoken muscled guy in the corner. Big and intimidating, but with that quiet sensitive side.

Or something. What was the question again?

[Dazzler]

California's so manly we elected Conan the Barbarian AND the Terminator governor.

So take THAT.

[CutterMike]

California's so manly we elected Conan the Barbarian AND the Terminator governor.

So take THAT.

You mean the Kindergarten Cop?

[stamen]

Tennessee for two simple words:

Buford Pusser

Stabbed seven times and shot eight-- including a shotgun in the face during his wife's murder-- but still manly enough to take down the mob with an oak club. The stuff of legends, my friends.

[Dazzler]

You mean the Kindergarten Cop?

eeee. Touche.

"It nadda tumah."

--Dazz

[Crowley]

I spend the day designing Scrapbooks, glitter placement and stationary for tween girls.

And I'll fight any man who says otherwise.

[Tyr]

We're just compensating for our lack of estrogen.

And it makes it easier to moon people.

[Tyr]

California's so manly we elected Conan the Barbarian AND the Terminator governor.

So take THAT.

Yeah he's so Manly, he got pregnant.

[The Ray]

I live in New York

End of Discussion.

[Alan Lynch]

Scotland is hard as they come. Princes Street in Edinburgh was once said to be statistically the most dangerous street in Europe - and most people here consider Edinburgh to be quite posh. We can drink more than you, for longer than you. We only think about putting jackets on when the breath freezes in our lungs, and we're so secure in our masculinity that our national dress is an actual skirt. We've never been conquered, not ever. Romans, English, Vikings - we shit them. We only ever became united under the English crown when our king took the throne in England. And the definitive James Bond was born here.

Get it right roond ye.

[the4thpip]

The Rhineland has coal miners and steel mills and big pointy things.

http://www.essen.de/images/zollverein_10349_56554.jpg

http://www.vdubv.de/10_2.jpg

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/koln104.JPG

[Cam63]

QUEENSLAND.

It's in Australia, and really, that's all you need to say about it.

We're the home of the best damn rum on the planet: Bundaberg Rum. Our rugby and league teams are rugged and manly and don't do drugs, which is just awesome on its own. The east is all beaches and coastline and reefs, and the surf is tops. Many many surfer boys. MANLY surfer boys. Manly surfer girls too, come to think of it.

The west is outback. Dust and farms and manly tractors. Queensland's the Sunshine State...or the Smart State. I forget which one we go by now. It's not manly-sounding, per se, but Queenslanders are like the soft-spoken muscled guy in the corner. Big and intimidating, but with that quiet sensitive side.

Or something. What was the question again?

The question was, " What's the biggest dickhead state in Australia ? "
















...*Straps on kevlar and hides in bunker* Ah, well... I had a pretty good, full life.

[DungeonmasterJim]

I live in Massachusetts.

We started the Revolutionary War. C'mon! What's more manly than that?

And our modern day gladiators, ahem, sports teams, are kicking everyone else's asses! And we CHEAT (see Patriots) to do it!

DM Jim

[Cam63]

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/koln104.JPG

So, that's where Liberace lived ?

[Cam63]

I live in Massachusetts.

We started the Revolutionary War. C'mon! What's more manly than that?

Yeah, but I heard it was over a tea party that got bitchy.

[Cam63]

I live in New York

End of Discussion.

'nuff said. Do New York nuns still carry rosary baseball bats ?

[Cam63]

eeee. Touche.

"It nadda tumah."

--Dazz

Amateur...

" IDZ NAH-DA TOO-MAHHH ! "...THAT'S how you speak Ah-nald.

[Cam63]

Yeah he's so Manly, he got pregnant.

That's pretty extreme sex.

[KevinTBrown]

I live in the Chicago area.

Home of Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and Elliot Ness.



Nothing more needs to be said.

[DaeJi]

I live in Florida, the penis of America. Now that's manly.

[Cam63]

'Still got it's foreskin on, I see.

[Cam63]

I live in the Chicago area.

Home of Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and Elliot Ness.



Nothing more needs to be said.

The pinstripe and .45 Thompson city, I seeeeee....

[Alan Lynch]

I live in the Chicago area.

Home of Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and Elliot Ness.



Nothing more needs to be said.
Al Capone went down for tax evasion, man. He couldn't even cop to a murder or something. And Elliot Ness enforced prohibition, possibly the pussiest law in the history of laws.
I live in Florida, the penis of America. Now that's manly.
No testicles for Florida, I notice.

[Corrina]

Doesn't Cam win this one by default since he's from Australia?

[Alan Lynch]

Doesn't Cam win this one by default since he's from Australia?
I'd take Scotland over Australia in a man-off. Heat has made them soft.

Although I freely admit that all their poisonous things unnerve me somewhat.

[LewisH]

while we can't top Australia for poisonous critters, we do have 5 different kinds of venomous snakes, alligators and crocodiles AND we've proven in the last few elections that we can't properly follow simple directions. (What could be more manly than that?)

[Grazzt]

while we can't top Australia for poisonous critters, we do have 5 different kinds of venomous snakes, alligators and crocodiles AND we've proven in the last few elections that we can't properly follow simple directions. (What could be more manly than that?)

It isn't an inability to follow directions that make you manly. It's an inability to ask for directions.

[LewisH]

I don't think GW would be pres right now.

[Tyr]

Scotland is hard as they come.

Really so how hard is Scotland? Is that the real reason you all wear kilts? :wink: :wink: nudge, nudge, say no more! :biggrin:

Doesn't Cam win this one by default since he's from Australia?

It ain't really a competition, though with manliness does come pissing contests….

[Corrina]

I live in the Chicago area.

Home of Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and Elliot Ness.



Nothing more needs to be said.

New Jersey. Specifically, northern New Jersey. There are no tougher, scarier cities that Passaic and Paterson NJ. They're the Bludhaven of the real world.

[hellokittykat]

New Jersey. Specifically, northern New Jersey. There are no tougher, scarier cities that Passaic and Paterson NJ. They're the Bludhaven of the real world.

Holla.

Now let me tell you about South Jersey. That's where you'll find Camden which was listed as the most dangerous city in the US. When I was doing my stint with criminal justice, there were places that even the cops wouldn't go.

Then there's the shore. We have green head flies that'll bite the Hell outta ya. And if they don't get you, then our crackhead seagulls will! They rove around in gangs heckling the boardwalkers and stealing their funnel cakes.

Then you've got the Pine Barrens. Beautiful place. Unfortunately it's where the Jersey Devil lives and he'll tear your face off just because that's the kind of ass he is.

Yup, you gotta be pretty badass to live in Jersey.

This is why Jersey's new motto is going to be "New Jersey: You better have a damn good excuse for coming here."

[Red Jack]

Our governor is an Austrian former Mr. Olypmia who beat the Predator, was the Terminator and became Conan. He's pro gun, pro oil and, even though he talks funny and comes from another country, managed to marry into the Kennedy clan, become not only one of the biggest action movie stars in history but the governor of the worlds tenth largest economy.

I may not enjoy republicans but that alone allows Cali to tell the rest of the states to suck it.

Don't even get me started on our street gangs.

[CutterMike]

New South Wales... *Rarrrrrh*

Doesn't Cam win this one by default since he's from Australia?

Oh, yeah...! An entire continent of sheep-shaggers...!

Here's a hint for you: have you EVER seen a sweater from Australia that lists the content as "Virgin Wool"?

I'm just askin' is all...!

[John Hays]

It's Texas. 'Nuff said.

[valentine]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Toronto%27s_CN_Tower.jpg/399px-Toronto%27s_CN_Tower.jpg
It's not the longest anymore, but it still compensates pretty well.

[KevinTBrown]

New Jersey. Specifically, northern New Jersey. There are no tougher, scarier cities that Passaic and Paterson NJ. They're the Bludhaven of the real world.
And Tom Stillwell lives here, too.

[Tyr]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Toronto%27s_CN_Tower.jpg/399px-Toronto%27s_CN_Tower.jpg
It's not the longest anymore, but it still compensates pretty well.

Yes, let us whip out some manly manly landmarks! :biggrin:

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5254/volunteerparkneedlebe6.jpg

[Corrina]

I'm sorry, any state that specializes in plastic surgery and vitamin water and new age pizza cannot be the manliest, even if it has the Governator.

Now, ditch LA, and you just might have an argument.

[The Ray]

'nuff said. Do New York nuns still carry rosary baseball bats ?

Nah. It's crucifix nun-chucks now.

[Red Jack]

I'm sorry, any state that specializes in plastic surgery and vitamin water and new age pizza cannot be the manliest, even if it has the Governator.

Now, ditch LA, and you just might have an argument.

I think you mean San francisco. All those granola eaters can't touch the Loc Da ville.

[Monty_Cristo]

Illinois is home to John Deere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere

Abe Lincoln loved us and he had wooden teeth! that's quite manly.


parts of the Dark Knight movie were shot in Chicago. nothing manlier than Batman.

we also have Barrack Obama, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake, and Tim Bradstreet.

Bloomington is the host of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, which is nationally known as one of the top Shakespearean festivals in the country.[3]


the actual town where i grew up was on Forbes.com as #20 on its list of the 25 smartest communities in the United States.

Golf Digest has also named us as one of the 5 best places to play golf in the USA. and we all know what 'golf' stands for; "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden."

[Royal]

Luxury!!!

Michigan for three reasons:

1. Detroit: Murder City Represent!!!
2. Kalkaska: Anyone who can survive a beatdown from it's denizens can take any beatdown Period. A town so shit on, they'll smack you up just for breathing funny.
3. The Lakes: In winter, they reflect our hearts. Blindingly cold.

[Alan Lynch]

It's Texas. 'Nuff said.
Holy dogshit! Texas! Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy!

[Tyr]

Holy dogshit! Texas! Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy!

I thought the line from FMJ was about cowturds. Isn't the Steers and Queers one from Red Dwarf? Are you mixing quotes?

[Tyr]

Tennessee for two simple words:

Buford Pusser

Stabbed seven times and shot eight-- including a shotgun in the face during his wife's murder-- but still manly enough to take down the mob with an oak club. The stuff of legends, my friends.

Granted thats very manly but here's the problem, his last name is Pusser, thats going to be a hard sell....I know, wasn't Davy Crockett from Tennesse?

The guy stood up for the indians and opposed Jackson's indian removal act, even though it was an unpopular stance that cost him an election, now that takes balls. Oh and the frontier stuff too, not to mention the Alimo.

[Pink Bat Maxine]

Because Tyr called me out in the Effeminacy thread....

http://www.vinland.org/scamp/zgallery/dragkings/guyprimo.jpg

California. 'Cause we got the world's best goddamn drag kings.

[Tyr]

Because Tyr called me out in the Effeminacy thread....

http://www.vinland.org/scamp/zgallery/dragkings/guyprimo.jpg

California. 'Cause we got the world's best goddamn drag kings.

Oh yeah, what about your Rosie Riveters? This afternoon at work, I met a woman who operates a high rise crane, the ones you have to climb a tall ladder to get to. :biggrin:

[Pink Bat Maxine]

Oh yeah, what about your Rosie Riveters? This afternoon at work, I met a woman who operates a high rise crane, the ones you have to climb a tall ladder to get to. :biggrin:

....And you gave her my number?

That's what you were gonna say next. RIGHT?!?!!

[Tyr]

....And you gave her my number?

That's what you were gonna say next. RIGHT?!?!!

And run the risk of getting fired if she got offended? I like you Maxie, but I need this job.

[mgs]

New Jersey. Specifically, northern New Jersey. There are no tougher, scarier cities that Passaic and Paterson NJ. They're the Bludhaven of the real world.

I've traveled through some parts of Jersey where I start to hear the banjo. The banjo of either Deliverance or the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Parts of that place are so dirty and backwater, it's scary! O.O

[Pink Bat Maxine]

And run the risk of getting fired if she got offended? I like you Maxie, but I need this job.

Then naked snaps slipped into her lunchpail are out of the question?

[Tyr]

Then naked snaps slipped into her lunchpail are out of the question?

Probably. Not that it matters to me, I just sold her footwear. I kinda feel sorry for her, its hard for ladies in construction to find footwear, cause many companies don't make womens work boots, and many retail chains carry a limited selection of work boots. Fact we only had one boot that was a woman's work boot, but she seemed happy with 'em.