June 04, 2004
I can honestly claim 18 of 20
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The Baron's list of things
every man should do, or experience, at least once before he dies.
1. Shoot a gun larger than a .22. 2. Teach a kid to shoot. 3. Cook a meal out in the open (and I don't mean a backyard BBQ). 4. Kill an animal which can kill you. 5. Taste a good brandy (no French cognacs need apply) and a fine single malt Scotch. 6. Visit at least eight countries outside your own continent, none of which speak your home language. 7. Read any six Shakespeare plays.  8. Win a solo
sporting competition -- anything that involves physical exercise.9. Be part of a winning sports team. 10. Make love with a woman in a forbidden place. 11. Have a strange woman invite you home with her; and refuse her, because you're married. 12. Build something tangible -- out of wood, steel, brick, whatever. 13. Sit up all night comforting a sick child. 14. Tell the truth, where a lie would both be urable, ndiscoveand keep you out of trouble. 15. Watch at least one real virtuoso play a musical instrument -- in any kind of music. (I've seen Eric Clapton, Itzhak Perlman, and Stephne Graappelli perform, and watched both Solti and Barenboim conduct the Chicago Symphony. Pretty humbling.) 16. Perform on stage (music, theater, whatever), to a large (500+) audience. 17. Play at least one musical instrument competently. 18. Make love to a woman at least ten years older than you are. 19. Tell a government bureaucrat to fuck off. 20. And finally: tell a true story to your grandchildren |
15 outta 20... been there, done that.
Posted by MoFiZiX Gr4FiX at June 4, 2004 01:09 PMI am sick and tired of these supposed torture pictures from Abu Ghraib prison. They are terrorists for God's sake. They deserve this torture!
Posted by Rich at June 4, 2004 01:53 PMUmm, I think I've done 2, maybe 3. And I'm fine with that.
Posted by _Jon at June 4, 2004 01:54 PM14 out of 20. Not bad considering I don't have any kids (and obviously no grandkids.)
Posted by Trevor at June 4, 2004 02:17 PM10 out of 20. Exactly halfway there. Since I'm 33, and the average life expenctancy of an American male is 74, I'm ahead of the curve.
Posted by Jay G (a.k.a. Guy) at June 4, 2004 02:19 PMFifteen and if it hadn't been for that damn number 11 I would have had one more.
Posted by Stan at June 4, 2004 02:49 PM14, but couple of these are N/A, all in good time.
Posted by Timbeaux at June 4, 2004 02:59 PMWith appropriate changes of gender, I've done most of those. Not #16 & 19.... and I've never tasted Scotch b/c I don't like whiskey....and I've only been to 6 countries.
OMG now I'm gonna die aren't I?
Posted by rita at June 4, 2004 05:19 PM12 so far, but #18 would cause me problems. That may be how Kim got three wives. I think I'll keep #1, she's kinda handy to have around
Some spiders can kill so I think I have one. Maybe two - I saw Michael Romeo playing with his band in concert twice.
Posted by Paul at June 4, 2004 09:53 PMI would add one. Kill a commie just to watch him/her die. Did 9 times. AHHHHHHH!
Posted by Brother Sean at June 4, 2004 11:35 PM18, but then I'm nearly 60. (Didn't care for brandy, but I did try it to please a friend. I'm a single malt guy.) [And, Rita, it's whisky when it's Scotch, so it doesn't taste like aftershave smells, as does bourbon. Try it. You might like it.] (Uh, about #4. Would a duck with a hand grenade count?)
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