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Offline bijou

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Manuary—a monthlong celebration by men, for men
« on: January 02, 2009, 11:43:54 AM »
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In December, men gritted their teeth and were nice to their in-laws. They held purses while their women tried on 20 dresses. And they donned a tie for New Year's Eve.

And now they are rebelling: It's Manuary.

In January, as part of the Manuary movement, men across the country will bypass the razor and grow their beards with abandon. (No trimming allowed!) The truly devoted will boost their red meat and whiskey intake.

Chicago resident Bill Housewright, 31, a filmmaker-turned-science teacher, claims he created Manuary in 2005 to get in touch with his "redneck, ex-country past." He grew up in La Harpe, which he describes as a John Cougar Mellencamp-esque town in west central Illinois.
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If you read the description of him you'll see he's not exactly stereotypically manly.  :-)



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Re: Manuary—a monthlong celebration by men, for men
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2009, 06:44:48 PM »
I prefer this holiday.   NSFW, sorta, kinda.  :-)

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Re: Manuary—a monthlong celebration by men, for men
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2009, 06:45:53 PM »
I prefer this holiday.   NSFW, sorta, kinda.  :-)
Isn't that basically the same thing?  :evillaugh:



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Re: Manuary—a monthlong celebration by men, for men
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2009, 07:06:06 PM »
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Housewright is also a 155-pound vegetarian whose friends are more like skinny, punk-rock dudes than buff, calendar-quality firefighters.

"We kind of make fun of what is supposed to be manly," he said. "It's kind of manly, somewhat homoerotic, somewhere in between."

Nope, not at all. What this guy and his group is doing should called "effeminate men act like men" Month.

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Re: Manuary—a monthlong celebration by men, for men
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2009, 07:24:15 PM »
Isn't that basically the same thing?  :evillaugh:

Yeah, but its only for one day. :( 

I like the idea of an entire month.   :beer:
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Re: Manuary—a monthlong celebration by men, for men
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2009, 08:09:13 AM »
I prefer this holiday.   NSFW, sorta, kinda.  :-)

Gotta love the ad in the margin of that page, tho...

“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”  -Henry Ford