Are you a Gentleman?

No one wants to come off like an insufferable know it all (mostly, IRL), but wearing knowledge lightly enables the anti-intellectual currents in US society.

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I laughed so hard that my dog (who is possibly at least 50% chihuahua) woke up from his nap and is looking at me in annoyance.

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tossing you a rose, for your dog

:smile:

:rose:

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According to this, I am approximately 43% gentleman, which is in keeping with my gender identity.

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You’re a

#Compleat Basterd

And that’s why I love you, man.

:horse: :boat:

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PLEASE DO NOT EAT MY DOG :anguished:

I won’t. I’m too busy cleaning the poop off the :horse: :boat: today.

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Pony boat?

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Required response:

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These fine gentlemen had a boat.

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Personally, I would swap that out with Thailand.

Now there is a country whose reputation precedes it.

So I have just discovered the hot chocolate in PR has cheese in it…

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My atherosclerotic arteries just shrank three sizes.

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WHAT THE UNGODLY HELL IS THAT

 

I mean, perchance you may explain the provenance of that steaming beverage?

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This is why gentleman don’t go there.

The internet says it’s a Colombian thing?

And I thought sopa criolla with a fried egg in it was odd.

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Apparently its also a thing they do to coffee? Cheese in coffee…
I mean… why? O_O

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A gentleman…
1 Is never late, nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to
2 Is confident he can fly a helicopter first try
3 Has a bath once a year whether he needs it or not
4 Owns a plain tie, a plaid tie, and a piano tie
5 Took geology in University
6 Once brought a knife to a gunfight just to even the odds
7 Knows the difference between a fedora and trilby but doesn’t care
8 Cries at the end of Charlotte’s Web
9 Kills his own venison, like, with a bow or something
10 Can drive a console-mounted shifter
11 Has twelve fish puns to entertain adults
12 Isn’t scared of clowns but pretends to be, you know, to fit in
13 Can make one heap of all his winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, and lose, and start again at his beginnings and never breathe a word about his loss
14 Memorized all five verses of Good King Wenceslas
15 Uses the force for knowledge and defense, never attack
16 Would refuse to wear pastels at gunpoint
17 Tells undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
18 Always starts swordfights with his off-hand
19 Despises at least two island nations for no real reason
20 Tried reading Ulysses but gave up, Christ, what was all that about
21 Stayed at a Holday Inn Express last night
22 Doesn’t understand the point of lists like this
23 All of the above
24 None of the above

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Singapore coffee has butter in it. No ironman coffee here.

Oddly I learned this from a stint working at Amway.

EDIT: Instant Singapore Butter Coffee is great. If not quite high enough octane to start the day properly.

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A gentleman

  1. Raises bees
  2. Knows what pick stitching is
  3. Only drives an automatic when he or his driver must
  4. Prefers brown to black
  5. Owns several silk robes
  6. Has felled a tree unaided, and built something from it
  7. Knows to always use the words ‘leather’ and ‘mahogany’ when tasting wine
  8. Is afraid of no dog
  9. Does not water ski
  10. Will initiate a duel when needed
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