No man shall ask another man to open a jar for him.

Train rides from Southampton to Swansea consists of a journey about 3-4 hours long, smells that bring tears to your eyes, rowdy drunk young teens, lengthy delays and just plain boring. Being the extraordinary genius that I am , while I was in Swansea I thought, "Why not buy some books to kill the time?".

So I did , about 7 books in fact or more like 2 comic books, 3 novels , 1 magazine and one ..hmm I don't know what it's supposed to be categorized under. The comic books I finished even before stepping on the train, there was just nothing to do. Also now I have another reason to procrastinate , I started reading comics.

One book however stood above the rest, the one I read during the train ride. Why can't I categorize it? I am not sure if it's a novel , a holy scripture or something else. Lo and behold, ladies and gentlemen.....




This book gives people a better understanding of men, the interactions between a man with his mates and women, why men do the things they do and how to be a man. In other words, a manual of manliness.Yes, it's kinda hard being a man these days.

Here are some excerpts from the book that I found interesting,taken from chapter V: Men and women:

The List Gene in Women
"The list gene.Women love making lists, so did the Nazis. I'm not making any kind of connection, I'm just saying."

The Bill Splitting Gene in Women
"Four men have something to eat together. The bill arrives. It's split into four. Because there's four of them.

Four women have something to eat together. Then over the next seventeen minutes they carry out complex PhD level maths because Jody didn't have the starter or a white wine spritzer and Mandy just had the salad so she just wants to pay for that and that alone. And Claire didn't have any drinks so you can work out her share of JUST THE FOOD AS I ONLY HAD TAP WATER''

The Bullshit gene in Men
"Only found in men because men are born bullshitters. Put any men in a difficult situation and he will fall back to his default setting.Lying."

The Catatonic Gene in Women
"YOU CAN NEVER WIN THE WHO'S MORE TIRED FIGHT WITH A WOMAN.EVER"


So men, if you want to understand yourself better, I really recommend this book. We will never understand women, however this book helps. A bit.






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