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- The manliness of the song about beer and women has been brought into question

Brakar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:36:41 +0000

I don’t know how many times I sung “do you come from the land down under” when I was a teenager. It was one of those anthems that’s now a part of me. And now a part of me is being questioned.

Lawyers say ‘Down Under’ is a rip-off of the children’s classic ‘Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree’ which was written in 1934 by Melbourne music teacher, Marion Sinclair, for a Girl Guides competition.

Ok, now go read something else while I weap a pint of bitter, not-so-manly tears.

via 3 News > Entertainment > Story > Men at Work accused of plagiarism over ‘Down Under’ .

- Sometimes a man’s just got to put his foot down

Brakar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:50:08 +0000

Manliness and dancing, now that’s a difficult combination. Who can pull that off, besides John Travolta? Mike Hinkle of the Edmond Sun has a hilarious posting on manliness and dancing, called “Manly men aren’t afraid to dance, as long as it’s dignified”. He’s not offering any advice, but has a great story about the Aachen Dance Epidemic:

On June 24, 1374, the party got out of hand in Aachen, Germany. What started out as a mildly enthusiastic celebration on St. John’s Day exploded into a runaway dancing frenzy. Really — an out-of-control dancing frenzy. Nearly the entire population of Aachen was gripped by fits of frantic, uncontrolled dancing accompanied by screaming and hallucinations. The victims of this disease leapt, shouted, twitched and danced until they were literally too weak to stand.

And it didn’t stop in Aachen. It spread. Thousands of people across Europe were “infected” by this choreomania dancing madness. It became an epidemic. [...] Once the outbreak got calmed in one area, it popped up in another. This went on for centuries. [...]

So what has this got to do with manliness? Well, first off, a manly man ain’t afraid to dance — especially if dancing is something his sweetheart enjoys. But a manly man won’t ordinarily let himself get frenzied about it — even in a case of demon possession. After all, he’s got his dignity to think about. Sometimes a man’s just got to put his foot down and keep it in one place for awhile.

via The Edmond Sun – Manly men aren’t afraid to dance, as long as it’s dignified.

- It’s only natural to want a powerful machine with a spinning chain of razor sharp blades between your legs.

Brakar — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:27:17 +0000

Some guy (at least I think he’s a guy) called Fourth and Fifty over at Bleacher Report has an exellent report of The ESPN Timbersports series after one day of “viewing” while waiting for vision correcting surgery.

If you have not witnessed the TimberSports series, I urge you to watch it. You have great athletes(?) competing in events such as who can cut three slices off a log with a chainsaw the fastest. This would be like the 100 meter dash, if we were watching track and field. Now I respect the manliness of a chainsaw. It’s only natural to want a powerful machine with a spinning chain of razor sharp blades between your legs. But, I usually have to buy DVDs of that at the Erotic Boutique near my [Ed. note: parents'] mansion.

via I’ve Got Some Major Wood | Bleacher Report.