Twin Taylor got into a Donnybrook the other day. That's a complicated thing for a Dad/Mom to face. Dad side wants to know: Did you whip him? (uh, no. The other kid's two years older and 30 pounds heavier) Mom side wants to hold him and comfort him (and to destroy the creature that hurt my baby). Anyway, I've been a bit preoccupied of late. AndyMan prodded me with a request for a smackdown. Well, how about a smackdown smackdown? I'll get the party started with a manly song, Dion's The Wanderer, but songs or movie clips with brawls or manly topics would all qualify. So how 'bout some nominations?Saturday, June 21, 2008
Man-up Smackdown (or Smackdown Smackdown).
Twin Taylor got into a Donnybrook the other day. That's a complicated thing for a Dad/Mom to face. Dad side wants to know: Did you whip him? (uh, no. The other kid's two years older and 30 pounds heavier) Mom side wants to hold him and comfort him (and to destroy the creature that hurt my baby). Anyway, I've been a bit preoccupied of late. AndyMan prodded me with a request for a smackdown. Well, how about a smackdown smackdown? I'll get the party started with a manly song, Dion's The Wanderer, but songs or movie clips with brawls or manly topics would all qualify. So how 'bout some nominations?
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Gotta watch that right hook, kid. My one high school fight, starts with a shoving match, then that old "c'mon, throw the first punch, I dare ya" ... well, I'm no fool, if he's expecting me to keep shoving, he's nuts, I unload with everything I got, catch him square on the chin. And broke two knuckles ... he proceeds to whip me while I try to protect my broken hand.
Not so much for this fighting stuff, better learn to run.
As a comedian said, "My father told me, before you punch a man in anger, walk a mile in his shoes ... that way, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have his shoes."
Hey, the other kid probably just want a way to tell the kids apart. "Yeah, Taylor's the one with steak on his eye."
As for smackdown's here's a nomination:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaCGzOMwPOI
Now that's scary stuff!
I'm bad don't watch these!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgUsJfrQvYI&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk4tzSHHjy8&feature=related
And the best one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uv_PfI5FQI&feature=related
Andy, liked your "WS Story" rumble ... if you liked that, you'll love my blog update after tomorrow, you'll just have to wait .. what on earth could I be up to?
While driving through some wacky town in Tennessee, I heard that old John Mellencamp song about how he had a big mouth and "Some guys had to put me in my place." Then he says how they see each other around today, laugh, and "say remember when?"
Anyway, that's when a spoke was a spoke. (not sure if I'm even spelling it right) But I hope your son has a similar experience years from now.
Don't know how I'm going to handle this one when my own babies are that age. You better stick around and help me with some good advice. Deal?
Manly songs, eh? Where do I start?
I immediately thought of this song. And anything by Johnny Cash qualifies, this being my personal fave. On a lighter note, there is this little ditty. I could go on (an on).
Oh and sorry about the young'un.
Sorry? Heck, getting the crap kicked out of you at 13 is probably the best thing that can happen to you, you take a beating while your adversary has little ability to do real damage .... take a but whuppin at 23, and it's likely the guy doin' the thumpin' has some full grown muscle behind it ... going to hurt a lot more.
A poke in the eye at 13 teaches you the world's full of a-holes and it's probably better to get an education and represent them in court than challenge them on the street ...
btw, SD, you takin' that kid's case?
...and learn to run you did, Chase. The comedian, was that Steven Wright? I'm not gonna sue the kid, but, well, there's more to that story and I may get more into it later.
Midgets, Ange? Rumble scene from Westside Story? Not bad (though that particular high school production probably won't make the list).
You got a deal, Kate (and I think those lyrics were from Cherry Bomb; one of my favs).
John, it's been awhile since I've heard The Green Berets. Big John is pretty good, but I always thought Jimmy Dean was better with sausages (which brings us to the Monty Python song. One-eyed trouser snake? Oh, that's rich!).
Hey I also know kick-boxing, if you'd like me to teach your lad a thing or two...
Oh, I got more...
This song is pretty macho (the video, not so much).
Maybe the lad could learn a thing or two (about boxing) from this.
And rugby players are manly by definition, right?(NSFW if you work with a bunch of prudes)
And Chase, the sorry was for Dave not the lad. Tough thing, that parenting is (I've heard). I've never been in a serious brawl myself. I was mugged once while I was throwing up in an alley behind a bar but that was my own fault. Bonus points for not remembering much of it.
Thanks for the offer, Star. I'll probably teach Taylor some rudementary boxing combinations, just as dad taught us. His Uncle Andy and I both wrestled (he was a very good wrestler in HS; I was not so good at Sewanee, but I did wrestle (and get whooped in) three matches in college). Andy also boxed a few intramural matches in college (ask him about it some time).
And, John, Rugby is definitely manly, and does have some bizarre traditions. When I was watching my oldest son play rugby at Sewanee (yeah, same school where I wrestled) with his sister, I caught one of those traditions. Two players from the Sewanee Purple got their first scores (called "tries"), and had to strip naked and dash a quarter mile to jump in the lake- right in front of my daughter.
i support running too. or assembling your own clan for protection. even more effective if they're from staten island.
Gotta be careful about that in SC, Col. Until not too long ago, they had groups that would help you out... but at the cost of your soul. It's different now. 'Course, now it's gangs.
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