Sunday, September 02, 2012

Things men must have

Jotting down somethings, I consider, men must own. You may not agree to the completeness of the list. But you can always contribute to this list by mentioning these in your comments. J

So here it goes. Men must have:
  1. A weekend travel bag capable of carrying cotton jacket, jeans, khaki shorts, belt, 2-3 T-shirts, flip-flops, sneakers, 2 pairs each of essentials (underwear, socks), LED flashlights, sun glasses
  2. At least 5 trekking experiences to understand and appreciate the nature better
  3. Travelled at least 20 countries to know and experience people, cultures and food better before forming opinions just by listening and reading
  4. A dependable watch
  5. A sturdy key chain; better if it has features like bottle opener/compass/breath analyzer
  6. Four pair of good shoes (at least) covering different needs – exercise, casual, business casual, dressy; wonderful if one of them is ankle high/suitable for trekking
  7. Some places where everyone knows his name
  8. In his house:
    • A rocking music system
    • Adequately stocked bar
    • Good water pressure in the shower
    • A Man’s Den/Bunker with LCD, pool-table/foosball table, poker table, poker chips, boxing punch bag, dart board, white-board to keep things off his mind or to act as scoreboard when needed – with just enough tidiness, no stringent tidiness norms and importantly no womanly decorations
    • Nearly Rs. 2,000 hidden under the mat/cupboard/any outta sight place for emergency use (500 is too little and 5,000 is too much to be kept idle)
    • An old style UPS to keep the Internet and water purifier working if everything else fails
    • Old leather sofa: nothing serves a man better on a tired after-work evening than a good leather sofa. Somebody has rightly said: “Give me my leather sofa, a fat cigar and a glass of scotch on the rocks and whatever troubles I had before quickly evaporate into nothing”
    • Hammock/hanging chair
    • Vegetable garden
  9. In his car/4x4 vehicle: Good car jacks, jumper cables, equipped toolbox (a hammer, screwdriver, wrench, nails, work gloves), giant wool blanket, auxiliary cable and music compilation to last at least 10-12 hours without repeating, cool man, fishing rod, flying disc
  10. Swiss Knife
  11. A Lucky Charm
  12. A charcoal grill
  13. A mountain bike
  14. Motorbike with at least one ‘Over 1,000 km Trip’ in his riding CV
  15. Enough clean underwear to last a week between laundry sessions
  16. Ability to ask for directions
  17. Enough confidence to approach someone he finds attractive and at least say hello
  18. A hobby that does not include a television set or a crate of beer
  19. Done some ‘good karma’/socially responsible work that is not in common public knowledge
  20. In addition to kindles of the world, a book-shelf with:
    •       Reading accomplishments
    •       A good compilation of poems
    •       A reliable cook-book; a cocktail/mocktail recipe book if you are more of a drunkard than a foodie: and with it the know-how to prepare a signature dish
    •       And of course a Lonely Planet for places visited and in his hit-list (though National Geographic Books with vivid descriptions are more inspiring)

posted by vagrant_vikas @ 4:54 AM

2 Comments:

At 7:55 AM, Blogger Rajat said...

I dont know how you came up with the numbers "5" for trekking experience and "20" for countries visited, but if a guy has to have a key chain with a breath analyzer and the ability to say "hello" to that attractive girl on the next table, then he sure got to have a "Condom" in his wallet ;)

And yes, he needs to have a sturdy wallet with enough (but not too many) pockets and soft leather :)

 
At 9:48 AM, Blogger vagrant_vikas said...

Incredible analysis Rajat.. u can customize the list based on your needs ;)

 

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