Is there a girl/guy thing (depending on your gender) that you CAN'T do?

[yvr girl]

I can't do liquid eyeliner. I always come away looking like I was in a fight or my make-up was applied by someone using their non-dominant hand.

[fizzgig]

1. same here with the liqiud eyeliners

i also cannot paint my nails for the life of me

[Dolomite]

2. I've never seen "ET" - but that's pretty much a unisexual oddity I guess.

?

[DS1]

3. Be who you are

You're adorable, regardless of expensive products

[Beer Snob-50]

4. i cannot change my own oil

nor very many other mechanical chores (i have learned some of the simplier ones but still)

[MissMillie]

10. I could do that for ya

not difficult at all.

[Beer Snob-50]

13. i'll take you up on that!!

i should learn at some point!

[NewJeffCT]

68. Neither can I

I know next to nothing about cars in general.

[petronius]

5. I can't rebuild a carburator, skin a moose, or mix a perfect martini

I'm a disgrace to my gender...

;(

[jmowreader]

49. The Carburetor Rebuilding event has been removed from the Man Test

Seeing as how no new car sold in the United States today has a carburetor in it, the Manliness Board (http://www.manliness.org) has removed the event.

You're now required to recite, from memory, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman's introductory speech from Full Metal Jacket.

[Gold Metal Flake]

61. You are fucking kidding me!

There may not be a carb on your daily driver, but there probably is on your hotrod, lawnmower or chainsaw. And MAN should be anle to rebuild a Holley 3310 blindfolded. Any real man has at least one carbureted engine. It's a basic requirement.

The manliness board is a bit lacking in the manliness department.

[jmowreader]

97. Small-engine carb rebuilding isn't quite like auto carb rebuilding

I can overhaul a Solex 34PICT-3 in about an hour...alongside the road. As John Muir said in "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive," you are not to be afraid to tear apart the carburetor when it is obviously screwing up. (Any Volkswagen driver worth his or her salt keeps a carburetor rebuild kit in the glovebox and two cans of carb cleaner in the trunk...just in case.)

The carb on my lawnmower? If it screws up again I'm throwing it as hard as I can and installing a new one. Fucking Tecumseh carburetors...

I'm glad they removed the carburetor test. It made the exam way too long.

[Gold Metal Flake]

105. The Tecumseh side-draft carbs seem eager to gum up.

I think it has to do with whatever they use for the float bowl. Some chemical reaction thing. A neighbor put out two good Craftsman lawnmowers for trash. I grabbed them up with his permission, and he told me he was tired of getting them fixed. After gleaning green crap outta the carbs, they ran fine. But after sitting a while they were gummed up. No other carbed dee-vice I have does that, no matter how long that have sat unused.

We manly men know about such things.

[amitten]

6. I can't wrap gifts. Isn't that a "girl" thing? I hate shopping, too. n/t

[Left Is Write]

26. No, no. Wrapping gifts is a "Martha Stewart" thing...

not necessarily a general "girl" thing.

Gift-wrapping is one of the few "Martha Stewart" things I actually CAN do.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

28. Gift wrapping is a good bachelor/husband survival skill.

You never know when you're going to need to get in trouble quick.

[dpbrown]

76. I'm a great gift-wrapper

And I don't mind shopping...depending on the reason....

[Misunderestimator]

7. Plenty of things I won't do... not much I can't.

:shrug:

[Sugar Smack]

8. I can't for the life of me get squealy over shoes.

I tried once, and it just wasn't me.

[eyepaddle]

12. Squealy overshoes?

Are those like noisy boots or somesuch? ;)

[Redstone]

16. Yeah, we had them when I was a kid. Black rubber things with metal clasps

that took a chunk of skin out of a finger every time you snapped them shut.

Redstone

[Sugar Smack]

18. Yes, they're the opposite of the authoritative clog.

:D Plus, I hear they're "cute".

[NewJeffCT]

66. My daughter was 27 months old...

My wife & I came home with a new pair of shoes for her. We gave them to her as a gift and she opened the box and squealed "New shoes! New shoes!" and started jumping up & down like she had won the showcase on the Price is Right.

I guess my daughter is "girly" already in that sense.

[azmouse]

9. I'm not good at starving myself

to fit some strange ideal of female beauty.

[Jokerman]

11. I can't sit through a televised sporting event of any kind.

I like to participate in some sports and I'll gladly watch a baseball game from the stands but I have no desire to watch "the game" on TV.

[LaraMN]

14. Do the "stand around and criticize other women I know" thing

that some of the cliquish moms I've encountered (irl)like to do behind each others' backs. It feels way too cruel, to me, and they get off on it to a sickening degree. If I'm not fond of another woman, I just let her be, I don't rag on about her to other women in order to form some snobbish consensus that she's "a bitch." What a waste of time and mental energy. Maybe some men do that too. I don't know.:shrug: Either way, I don't like it.

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. I can't do liquid eyeliner well at all.

I'm pretty good with pencils and cream eyeliner (the kind you use the flat brush for), but liquid eyeliner is a mess on me. The late, great Kevyn Aucoin (greatest makeup artist ever! RIP) once told the story of teaching his mother to do liquid eyeliner on herself, and she used up an entire bottle of makeup remover doing it. She just about got the hang of it!

I use makeup because I like it, not because I'm trying to impress anyone. :) Whatever you do, do it for yourself and not for anyone else. Don't even bother with the liquid liner---use whatever you like! :)

[supernova]

17. Serveral girlie things I don't do

or don't do well:

- paint my finger/tonails prettily. It looks sloppy when I do it. I like the look and am considering having them done professionally for the summer.

- Wear upswept 'dos and fancy formal dress, you know, ball-gown fancy. I'm very informal and really don't want to do that anymore.

- Wear dresses. I don't wear dresses very often. I feel uncomfortable in them with the uh.. breeze.

- Bat my eyes and generally flirt with guys if I'm genuinely not interested in a guy. (If I am interested, amusingly I have no control over that whole "hair-flippy" thing! :rofl: )

That's probably enough.

edit: Makeup and shopping, I'm pretty good at. :shrug:

edit2: Couple of more:

- I don't do gossip. I don't like to talk about others who aren't present.
- I'm not that maternal. While I enjoy children and love the ones in my life, I never had a strong desire to have them myself.

[Nikia]

19. I'm not a make up artist, fashion queen, or interior designer

Domestic goddess. I don't walk right either.
I guess that I am not really too girly.
If I were a man, I wouldn't really be too masculine either as I am not into professional sports, cars, other machinery, action movies, and other macho stuff. There's a lot of mechanical stuff that I am ignorant about.
I am more into intellectual pursuits and active hobbies and sports and spirituality.

[Fox Mulder]

20. Throw a football.

[ZombieNixon]

21. Stay awake watching sports on TV.

It's JUST.SO.BORING!! I'll gladly play a game or go to one and watch from the stands, but on TV...GOD(S)!!! :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring:

[supernova]

22. I like you ZN

because I agree w/ you about sports on TV.

[ZombieNixon]

23. Yay! Boo sports on TV!!

:toast:

[henslee]

24. spin a basketball on my finger.

[Left Is Write]

25. As much as I'd like to get a retro 60's look...I can't do liquid eyeliner

either.

I also cannot French braid my own hair.

[Initech]

27. I cannot sit through a WWE or NASCAR event

:puke:

[NewJeffCT]

67. Me either

Never understood the appeal of auto racing.

[ceile]

29. Make-up in general...

I've never been able to master it. When I've tried to use base, I've looked freakish....I've even had the Tammy Faye look. By accident of course!

[Lilith Velkor]

30. Shop without experiencing severe stress

If I have to shop for something, I do, but it takes me a long time (preferably with a first-person shooter game) to calm down.

[Starlight]

104. LOL, I shop to relieve stress.

I don't need to buy anything, just browse and possibly try on. :dilemma:

[ThomCat]

31. Anything sports related.

Can't do it. Can't watch it. Can't stand it.

I also can't drive and have no interest in cars.

And I can't stand bad, poorly cooked, greasy food.

[fudge stripe cookays]

32. I kick ass at liquid eyeliner.

I learned years ago to master it because I hate eye pencil. It's on 10 minutes and rubs right off me. My eyes are tiny, and when I go completely without eyeliner, I frighten small children. So I learned to compensate by having a very steady hand!

I cannot sew. #1, don't have the patience, and #2, just don't enjoy it.

I can no longer wear pretty strappy high heels. :cry:
I discovered about 9 years ago that they hurt way more than they were supposed to, so finally got to the podiatrist. Turns out, I have completely flat feet, and they'd recently gotten worse. And now I have bone spurs on top of both big toe knuckles in addition to big time arthritis. These days, I rarely get my foot into anything other than a soft mule-like sandal. Shopping for shoes is a pain in the ass I avoid if at all possible.

Figures...I finally have the money to buy loads of shoes, and I can't wear any of the ones I try on without severe pain. :eyes:

[NMDemDist2]

80. "sew" is a misnomer

I have finally figured out it's actually "measure, press with hot iron, measure again, press again, pin"

the sewing part is at most 10% of the action :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Action/adventure movies

and violent sports.

Sometimes I think I'm short on testosterone — but I have a full head of thick hair, so... :shrug:



Oh... and I'll do your nails for ya.

[skygazer]

34. I don't do very many girlie things well

I can't simper and pout.
I can't gossip well.
I can't get excited over clothes and makeup (I don't even wear makeup).
I hate shopping.
I can't get excited about babies, baby showers, bridal showers, weddings or soap operas.
I can't for the life of me get frightened about rodents, snakes or bugs.
I can't faint.
I can't spend longer than five minutes on my hair.
I can't bring myself to be afraid of the dark, or of being alone, or of the outdoors or of about anything.

I can, however, clean a carburator, run about any piece of heavy equipment you have, use a chainsaw, castrate a pig, clean a chicken, change a tire, frame a house or pitch a tent.

I can also bake bread and I look pretty good in lingerie. Oh, and I love pretty shoes. Go figure.

I'm a bundle of contradictions.

[NNadir]

37. You sound versatile.

You can do lots of great stuff, many I wish I could do, like frame a house.

I have no desire however to castrate a pig, or clean a chicken.

I can't do lots of "guy things," but there are a lot of guys who can't do the things I can do.

[LynzM]

40. Skygazer, you kick ass

I can't match your whole list, but I just wanted to say, rock on. :loveya:

[skygazer]

42. Thanks, darlin'

Here's some more hugs for you. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[maveric]

35. Hunt for Sport.

If I had to do it for sustinence, well OK. But just killing for sport is criminal IMHO.

[bigwillq]

38. I agree with you.

I just don't get the sport of hunting. And I am a big sports fan too.
I just feel there's no need to prove your macho ness by killing animals just for the hell of it.

[no name no slogan]

36. I cannot fix a car, or any other mechanical thing

In fact, I don't even know how to change the oil. Thankfully, I have a cousin that is a professional mechanic. He fixes my car, I fix his computer. A fair trade.

[Jade Fox]

39. Can't dress only in brown, blue, and gray.....

and be unable to leave the house without a baseball cap on my head.

The Tragedy of Male Clothing: :cry:

[Tikki]

41. Wear heels....

I just can't bring myself to wear anything but "flats"...to my Prom I wore these.....




Tikki

[El Fuego]

43. Be around children.

Or even contemplate having them. Just can't stand the little buggers.

[TheBaldyMan]

44. I can't discuss traffic or how I drove from point A to point B

with anything remotely approaching enthusiasm.

[Deja Q]

45. Apart from not being double-jointed, there's not much...

Except fart, force the wife to cook, et cetera...

[LeftyMom]

46. Chick flicks, recreational shopping, home decorating nt

[Guy Fawkes]

47. I can't do liquid eyeliner..

and you don't see me whining about it. :shrug:





:hide:

[ismnotwasm]

48. It's more "Won't " vs "Can't" with me

Being traumitized by the make-up of the eighties (I was good at it)I don't use much now.
I don't consider gossip a gender thing, I've heard both sexes rip each other up, both as a gender group and co-gender. It's rude and sometimes vicious mean.
Men shop as much as women, but often for different types of things I've noticed.
I consider flirting an art, and I indulge only occationally,-- except I flirt with my husband all the time. I'll flirt with either gender if the mood hits me.
No shoes that hurt my feet.
No "sucker" spending-- hundreds of dollars on my hair, skin, fingernails and toes.
No clothes that I don't have freedom of movement in (I love yoga pants)
No self imposed limits to learning crafts or subjects because of my female gender. (I'm tiling my kitchen floor, and I freely admit that the wet-saw scares the shit out of me, but I'm working through it)
---Like that, just staying comfortable in my own skin. And I have this need to challenge myself.

[seaglass]

69. Thanks for mentioning the gossip, there are many other

things that people have listed that aren't gender-specific. I'm just amazed at what some women think of other women. :-(

[Fleshdancer]

50. I hate all types of event planning

most of my female friends seem to enjoy it, but I can't stand it. I hated planning for me wedding and even smaller events (birthday parties, baby showers, dinner parties, etc) drive me nuts.

[Zookeeper]

70. Ohhhh...me, too!

And I don't accept that I have to be the one to write every thank-you note and send all of the birthday and holiday cards because I'm a woman.

[flvegan]

51. I can't view women as objects.

Sort of seems to be a guy thing. Not ALL guys, of course, as we're talking stereotypes here.

I don't really do the porn thing, and I can't say that I've ever said, "yeah, I'd like to bang that" to one of my male friends.

[jpgray]

63. I can if I want

I'm so versatile.

[BlueIris]

52. Fake orgasms.

I'm told that's both a guy and a girl thing. To me, that whole "achieving orgasm" concept is a two way street, though, and if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen and lots of times that's no one's fault (or there's enough "blame" to go around by virtue of people not communicating effectively about their sexual needs). But I'm just not going to pretend I am when I'm not. I think that's ridiculous. It's also obvious. And even if it weren't both those things to me--when it comes to sexual activity, I'm a bad actress. Wouldn't be believable to anyone paying attention in a thousand years.

[ismnotwasm]

53. I forgot about that one

Definitely on the NEVER do/Won't/Can't list.

[LeftyMom]

54. Who would want to?

If a guy needs to work on it, I'd be shooting myself in the foot by letting him think he didn't.

[BlueIris]

55. Yeah. Sometimes, when I hear about people doing that, I want to scream,

"Whhhyyyyyy?" If you can't, figure out how--if for no other reason than that you might want to find out if it's going to even be possible for you to do that with your current partner. If you don't want to, don't. S/he can deal with it. Or not deal with it, and if that whole "not feeling like doing that particular thing" is an issue for your partner, maybe that's not someone you want to keep sleeping with. GOD. Faking. What a waste of time and energy, I say.

[LeftyMom]

56. And any guy whose self esteem is so far in the toilet

that he needs a woman to have a screaming, fake porno O every time should be left to get his shit together anyhow.

[NewJeffCT]

72. How does a guy "fake" it?

isn't there kind of a telltale sign that it has happened or not?

[BlueIris]

75. Think about it.

I can think of lots of circumstances when it would be possible for a man to fake an orgasm, either with a female partner or a male one, especially if condoms were being used, if people weren't exactly sober during the experience, or if people just weren't paying attention/didn't care.

[Iris]

57. Wear diamonds.

Not too keen on someone getting their hands chopped off so that I can wear a useless piece of rock.

[miss_american_pie]

58. False eyelashes

damn glue gets everywhere

[ashling]

59. Please Clarify your query ...

Do you mean
1. a "girl thing" you can't do because you are a guy
2. a "guy thing" you can't do because you are a girl
3. a "girl thing" you can't do because despite being a girl
4. a "guy thing" you can't do because despite being a guy
5. a "guy thing" you can't do because you are a bi
6. Hey, leave my guy thing alone ...

[NewJeffCT]

90. I think it is 3 & 4

depending on if you are a male or female.

[HughBeaumont]

60. Hang out at bars for hours.

Wear a goatee.
Shave my head.
Have a beer gut.
Drink.
High Five.
Listen to modern mainstream rap.
NASCAR.
WWE.
Football.
Golf. Jesus H GOD you've got to be kidding me with it's appeal.
Wear anything sports related aside from the occasional hat on weekends when my hair has had it.
Cigars.
Tobacco products in general.
Camo ANYthing.
Sunglasses.
Roids.
Fart in public.
Fantasy sports leagues.
Listen to Sammy Hagar/Van Hagar.
Throw up devil horns at ANY kind of music other than metal/grindcore/death/spazcore/black metal/goregrind/doom.
Wag my tongue at cameras.
Yell rapperisms like Aight, Yo, Biaotch, Don't hate (Uh no, it's a disagreement in taste. Not HATE, you stupid fuck), playah, Holla, Fiddy, S'up, nigga . . . you know, because I'm tan white and I would just sound like a pee pee.
Not learning from other people's mistakes, but making them on your own. Over. And Over. Again.
Kid Rock.
Blue Collar Comedy. ALL of them.
The Bloodhound Gang. I'm sorry, but they're not "so stoopid ya GOTTA love 'em", they just fucking SUCK.
CKY. See Bloodhound Gang, above.
Hell, pretty much MOST bands featured on Viva La BAM.
Bam Margera and his band of mooks. Got old three years ago.
Insane Clown Posse. See Bloodhound Gang and multiply by 600.
Post Smell the Glove Metallica.
Any form of entertainment with the mafia as the subject. And I'm a slobbering Godfather/Goodfellas fan. DAMN, I mean, when does it END already?
Watch and masturbate over your standard bourgeois "F Bombs, Beatdowns and Bloodshed" movies with your "boyz".
South Park. Not interested anymore. Matt and Trey are Randist douches.
Bodybuilding.
The whole "metrosexual" thing.
The worst aspects of frat mentality carried on WAY after college is over.
Seeing skinny, overtanned, scantily clad blond women as a beauty ideal. Give me business suits, eyeglasses, sleeve tattoos, dyed hair, curvy figures and a brain. PLEASE.

[SmileyBoy]

62. I can't STAND strip joints.

I think they're a complete waste of money, IMO. All my friends absolutely LOVE them. I always tell them about the Chris Rock song "No Sex In The Champagne Room." It's the reason why I think it's all a big fraud.

[Dangerously Amused]

64. Titter.

Just can't do it. I'll sound like a cackling witch.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

73. Heh heh, "titter."

I know, I know... :banghead:

[Dangerously Amused]

77. LOL!

:rofl:


You are bad!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

82. You should give me a pass today.

:D

[Dangerously Amused]

87. Huh? You want I should make a pass at you?

Um, okay.

Here. Go deep.












What?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

99. Remember what today is?

:D

[Dangerously Amused]

100. Umm... tax day?

Just kiddin. I said Happy Birthday to you in newyawker's birthday thread this morning. But no matter, I'll say it again...


HAPPY BIRTHDAY
STARBUCKS ANARCHIST!





So... how young are you now...?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

101. Thanks!

Sorry, I haven't checked newyawker's thread yet.


I'm 26 years old today. :D

[dpbrown]

78. I've got titter....

Or maybe that's giggle...

[Dangerously Amused]

88. Your titters are probably tittier than mine.

I am SO jealous!


:7

[dpbrown]

92. They're high...and a bit pointed...

Then again, maybe they are cackles....


:P

[Hardrada]

65. I don't do bull sessions (a la Seinfeld routine)

And I can't understand watching porn with other guys. I did once at a bachelor party for and I turned it into a med school type lecture.

[mitchum]

71. Pretend to be interested in spectator sports

[Starbucks Anarchist]

74. Watch sports, act like a jackass in public.

[fudge stripe cookays]

83. If I wasn't already married, SA...

you'd be the perfect man.

:loveya:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

84. Leave him!

That would be a great b-day present! :evilgrin:

Thanks, FSC! :hi:

BTW, I recall seeing your pic in the DU gallery. Not that I'm one to go strictly by physical appearances, but since I don't really know you, and judging by your pic, I would definitely take you up on your offer.

;)

[fudge stripe cookays]

85. Ha!

Not anymore you wouldn't. You know how old that picture is? ;-)

You'll definitely find a lovely lady who will appreciate your non-assholiness.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

86. Thanks -- I sure hope so.

:D

[dpbrown]

79. I can't spit very well...

...especially not while scratching my, um, self.

[Dangerously Amused]

89. How does one "spit oneself"?

You know what? Never mind. I don't really need to know.

[dpbrown]

91. Yes, we'd probably best not spit hairs over it...

:D



What?

[Dangerously Amused]

93. .

:blush:

[Rabrrrrrr]

81. Can't slap guy's asses at the gym while secretly wishing I were gay

and could get out of my pathetic marriage to the trophy wife and my sham volunteerism at the Assembly of God and just go spend time blowing those six ripped guys while they dominate me.

That's a somewhat typical, at least for republicans and/or sports guys, male thing that I can't do at all.

[SoulGlo]

94. I was gonna say

pee standing up. Then I realized I could do that, it would just be messy.

[Ramsey]

95. I can't type

I went to an all girls' school K-12 and they had a mandatory typing class for us in 10th grade. I boycotted the class, it was a feminist rebellion my part. I told them I would never need to know how to type, I wasn't going to be a damn secretary. Typing had a connotation of a subservient girlie thing to do.

Now, man, do I regret not being able to type. Wish I had known about this whole Internet revolution thing! Thanks goodness for spell check.

[Zookeeper]

103. How funny!

I did the same thing in high school. I was so offended that they assumed that not having a penis meant I was going to end up typing.

However, later in my life I took a typing class and now I'm glad I did, because of the internet and because writing by hand is tedious compared to typing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

96. I am good at liquid eyeliner, but only because I paid $5000 to be so...

(licensed cosmetologist) I cannot put my bra on with my hands hooking it behind my back. I have to hook it in front and then scootch it around. I miss being able to buy front closures, but they aren't as prevalent as they were in the 80-90's. :hi:

[UncleSepp]

98. Pee standing up.

:-D

[nickgutierrez]

102. Heavy lifting

I weigh 125. That's not happening. :)