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Summary: Women, Food, Movies, Cars, Sex. This one has it all.
Review: A refreshing look at the high-spirited, blow-things-up, gas-inducing, red-blooded american male lifestyle. Is it a recovery-of-cojones guide for over-emotionalized, defrocked former "real men" or a fond look at a lost macho past...you decide.
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Summary: Testpsterone drips from its pages!
Review: As the only female in the house, I read this book in self defense. Sure enough John Wayne, poker dogs ( my son collects them) beer, sports and cars are all in here. What I like is that the VonHofann Brothers don't take themselves all that seriously-- ps my boys also bowl and fight over who will drive the truck. This book sums up modern day manliness!
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Summary: Before the Man Show
Review: Before "The Man Show" the Von Hoffman brothers hit the male on the head with this direct and honest look into the testosto-morphic world of the male (nestled quite comfortably between Java and Australeopithicus man). I saw these guys on the Today show a few years back. My favorite quote was "Any guy that doesn't think that Maureen O'Hara,in The Quiet Man is absolutely IT, might as well put on a house-dress and call it a day!" I laughed so hard, my wife immediately went out and bought me this book for my 40th birthday. It's got it all. Movies: The 25 best guy films. Munitions: Potato guns (Guys like to blow stuff up). Art: Dogs Playing Cards. These guys have been to center of the male psyche and drank enough beer to tell about it. Gentlemen start your engines! No habla YA YA Sisterhood. We're guys and we don't care and we walk upright so we can use our hands for other things (like beer?).
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Summary: Before the Man Show
Review: Before "The Man Show" the Von Hoffman brothers hit the male on the head with this direct and honest look into the testosto-morphic world of the male (nestled quite comfortably between Java and Australeopithicus man). I saw these guys on the Today show a few years back. My favorite quote was "Any guy that doesn't think that Maureen O'Hara,in The Quiet Man is absolutely IT, might as well put on a house-dress and call it a day!" I laughed so hard, my wife immediately went out and bought me this book for my 40th birthday. It's got it all. Movies: The 25 best guy films. Munitions: Potato guns (Guys like to blow stuff up). Art: Dogs Playing Cards. These guys have been to center of the male psyche and drank enough beer to tell about it. Gentlemen start your engines! No habla YA YA Sisterhood. We're guys and we don't care and we walk upright so we can use our hands for other things (like beer?).
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Summary: Guys, we needed this!
Review: Bought this for myself for Christmas a couple of years ago. Terrific! Fellas, we can drink beer, look at babes, own great guns (bet theirs don't have plastic frames!), see guy movies... AND IT'S OK TO DO THIS! Leave your sensitive side at the door and enjoy.
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Summary: Guys, we needed this!
Review: Bought this for myself for Christmas a couple of years ago. Terrific! Fellas, we can drink beer, look at babes, own great guns (bet theirs don't have plastic frames!), see guy movies... AND IT'S OK TO DO THIS! Leave your sensitive side at the door and enjoy.
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Summary: It's the funniest damn book I've read in a long time.
Review: From Coleman camping gear to Colt firearms, from John Wayne to dirty jokes, the Von Hoffmann Brothers capture nearly every aspect of being a real man. For those who still get hung up on being PC, it's all written in a tongue-in-cheek manner that may offend some, but even those with only half-a-brain will realize the authors are saying you can be 100% manly without denigrating the fairer sex. It's the perfect gift for hairy-chested he-men or even henpecked husbands.
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Summary: Parody or Put-On?
Review: I gave a copy to a good friend (who's a mountain man with a genius IQ). He went totally ballistic: "This is one of the few books I've seen that's actually worth cutting down trees." He's now in the process of giving copies to _his_ friends.Unlike the other reviewers, I'm queer. I bought the book for insight on the current state of hetero hyper-masculinity. Some selections are rather odd -- "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" is a "manly" movie? My hetero friend says these odd inclusions occurred because the authors are fly fishers. BDBoSM (notice the reference to breasts in the acronym) is such an "excessive" display of masculinity that it virtually becomes self-parody. Which only adds to the fun. Enjoy.
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Summary: "Welcome to manhood son!"
Review: I have owned this book for several years and reference it on a regular basis in MANLY conversations. I have purchased several copies and give it as a gift only to very deserving "manly" friends and each time they have been eternally grateful. I decided to add a review after making the "Salt Steak" this weekend. It was unbelievably delicious even after wrapping in in newspaper and soaking it in a bucket of water. I also used the opportunity to initiate my 13 year-old son into manhood. He opened my beers and read the dirty jokes while the steak was cooking. What a bonding experience! I am purchasing his copy today.
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Summary: Great Book!!!
Review: I love this book! Everything From Football to the Poker Dogs, and all manly topics in between.
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