Comments on: Um … the Man Wall http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/ Curiously Long Posts Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:52:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Motherscratcher http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-66210 Motherscratcher Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:45:41 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-66210 @#29 Sweatpants00 - I couldn't agree more. Anyone spending that amount of cheese on a front wall is surely willing to spend more cheese on the back of the room. Everyone knows that's where the refreshments go. I'm coming down on the side of Jay B in the Cricket Joke Affair. Graphite, while I'm sure a reasonable person in every other respect, needs to lighten up a bit. @#29 Sweatpants00 – I couldn’t agree more. Anyone spending that amount of cheese on a front wall is surely willing to spend more cheese on the back of the room. Everyone knows that’s where the refreshments go.

I’m coming down on the side of Jay B in the Cricket Joke Affair. Graphite, while I’m sure a reasonable person in every other respect, needs to lighten up a bit.

]]> By: Jason Ardanowski http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-66074 Jason Ardanowski Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:44:05 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-66074 The Man Wall should be... nothing. Real men are creatures of the outdoors - hunters, fishers, ball players, runners, cyclists, rock climbers, surfers, etc. Give me a camping trip over the Man Wall anytime. Walt Whitman and Teddy Roosevelt were not men to be trifled with, and both of them extolled the virtues of a strenuous outdoor life. Besides, it's a lot less expensive and consumerist; a Coleman stove, simple foods and beers, etc. costs far less than $15 grand. Many of us have to stare at a screen all day at work; why do any more than absolutely necessary in our precious spare time? The Man Wall should be… nothing. Real men are creatures of the outdoors – hunters, fishers, ball players, runners, cyclists, rock climbers, surfers, etc. Give me a camping trip over the Man Wall anytime.

Walt Whitman and Teddy Roosevelt were not men to be trifled with, and both of them extolled the virtues of a strenuous outdoor life. Besides, it’s a lot less expensive and consumerist; a Coleman stove, simple foods and beers, etc. costs far less than $15 grand.

Many of us have to stare at a screen all day at work; why do any more than absolutely necessary in our precious spare time?

]]> By: Jay B http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65261 Jay B Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:54:19 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65261 Great, step 2 is learning to take one. Great, step 2 is learning to take one.

]]> By: Graphite http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65255 Graphite Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:37:57 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65255 Jay B I get it. Wine drinking is effete, cricket is effete — bingo, a joke! Stick at it; you may be the next Larry David. Jay B

I get it. Wine drinking is effete, cricket is effete — bingo, a joke!

Stick at it; you may be the next Larry David.

]]> By: Sweatpants00 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65207 Sweatpants00 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:47:16 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65207 It's a nice idea, but ultimately very stupid. #1 - If you're well-off you're going well above and beyond this ghetto-fabulous idea. #2 - If you have $15K to make a "man wall", you're making a "man room" instead and assuredly not putting the alcohol and microwave in front of the TVs. That's like putting a concession stand in front of the movie screen. #3 - As many have mentioned, an XBOX/Playstation console is going where the microwave would anyway. #4 - What kind of person would drink Coors Light from a tap, have a microwave apart of his entertainment center, and have that crappy looking entertainment center while have the capacity for 32 bottles of wine. Talk about worlds colliding. It's a nice idea, but totally dumb. It’s a nice idea, but ultimately very stupid. #1 – If you’re well-off you’re going well above and beyond this ghetto-fabulous idea. #2 – If you have $15K to make a “man wall”, you’re making a “man room” instead and assuredly not putting the alcohol and microwave in front of the TVs. That’s like putting a concession stand in front of the movie screen. #3 – As many have mentioned, an XBOX/Playstation console is going where the microwave would anyway. #4 – What kind of person would drink Coors Light from a tap, have a microwave apart of his entertainment center, and have that crappy looking entertainment center while have the capacity for 32 bottles of wine. Talk about worlds colliding.

It’s a nice idea, but totally dumb.

]]> By: Vanessa http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65201 Vanessa Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:36:31 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65201 I'm hard pressed to think of any sport that inspires wine drinking. Maybe some sort of cold weather sport, like ice-skating? I think cold weather sports call for hard liquor. Warm weather sports call for drinks that are frosty or iced. Maybe hacky sacking and wine-in-a-box go together. But that has nothing to do with a man wall. The wine just doesn't seem right. I’m hard pressed to think of any sport that inspires wine drinking. Maybe some sort of cold weather sport, like ice-skating? I think cold weather sports call for hard liquor. Warm weather sports call for drinks that are frosty or iced. Maybe hacky sacking and wine-in-a-box go together. But that has nothing to do with a man wall. The wine just doesn’t seem right.

]]> By: nightfly http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65191 nightfly Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:10:08 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65191 I'd need something stronger than wine to watch cricket. Australian Rules Football, however, is a go. Those guys are completely cracked. Bonus: that little dude in the white suit and pith helmet who runs out after scoring plays and does the Ted Lange Double-Hand Point. I’d need something stronger than wine to watch cricket. Australian Rules Football, however, is a go. Those guys are completely cracked. Bonus: that little dude in the white suit and pith helmet who runs out after scoring plays and does the Ted Lange Double-Hand Point.

]]> By: Scott P. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65190 Scott P. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:05:53 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65190 <i>My guess, Jay B, is that you’ve never played cricket. Nor watched it.</i> He probably hasn't. But then, neither has anybody else. My guess, Jay B, is that you’ve never played cricket. Nor watched it.

He probably hasn’t. But then, neither has anybody else.

]]> By: Rep. Kucinich http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65186 Rep. Kucinich Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:46:01 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65186 Yeah, the ticker is gay and needs to go. Yeah, the ticker is gay and needs to go.

]]> By: Jay B http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65182 Jay B Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:36:25 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/07/07/um-the-man-wall/#comment-65182 Graphite-- you're absolutely right. I was just calling out something that men don't do, like drink wine while watching sports. p.s. It's a JOKE Graphite– you’re absolutely right. I was just calling out something that men don’t do, like drink wine while watching sports.

p.s. It’s a JOKE

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