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June 28, 2005
"A Silent Killer"

Posted by Bill

Beware "Mantropy:"

British men are being told to be alert to a condition that could "put them on the fast track to extinction".

Symptoms of the "illness" that has been dubbed "mantropy" include a penchant for pedicures, fruit smoothies and small dogs.

American Maxim, one of the biggest-selling men's magazines in the world, has defined mantropy as "a silent killer which strikes men in the prime of life".

The magazine has been urging American men to be macho rather than manicured and to indulge their passion for cars rather than clothes.

The campaign coincides with research that shows that men and women are being increasingly turned off by media images of well-groomed, feminine-looking men.

In the States this affliction is better known as "Ryan Seacrest Syndrome."

Besides - those small dogs? Absolutely vicious!

(Via AoS)

Posted by Bill at June 28, 2005 08:57 AM | TrackBack (0)

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Finally some brave soul of the blogsophere takes up sword and shield to combat this scourge!

Thanks, Bill. I'll grill a 22-oz Black Angus sirloin and drink a six-pack in your honor. And hoot like a gibbon at the bikini-clad girls at my apartment complex. (Not really on the last one.)

Posted by: j.d. [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 12:04 PM

Well this is certainly a wake up call for me.

I recently started getting my hair cut at Fantastic Sam’s. This is after cutting it myself for 5 or 6 years.

And my wife just convinced me to quite shooting squirrels with a .357, and switch to a .22.

Damn. I guess the signs are pretty obvious, if you just know to look for them. A pedicure must be just around the corner.

Posted by: jmaster [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 02:12 PM

There's hope. Visit here and here for more information.

Posted by: Nathan Hamm [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 04:56 PM

I’ve got it even worse than I first feared. I just got back from grocery shopping with my wife. Hell, that’s probably a symptom in and of itself.

While in the grocery store, I caught myself exhibiting symptoms twice.

First, in the vegetable aisle, I said, “Honey, lets skip the yellow onions. Sometimes, they’re just too strong. And the Vidalias are in season!”

Later, in the dairy section, my wife was examining the blue cheese selections. I said “I’m sick of blue cheese. Why don’t we try some brie for a change?”

That’s when I realized, I got it bad. That’s also when I began to suspect that the French are behind this somehow.

I’m glad to see that there are some options for treatment. I have decided to fight this stuff. They can have my chainsaw when they take it from my calloused, cigar stained, hands (with grease under my nails)….

Posted by: jmaster [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 06:28 PM

Though brie is tasty ...

Posted by: Bill from INDC [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 06:34 PM

Bill,

I suggest you pour yourself a scotch, and spend some time thinking about what you just said.

Posted by: jmaster [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 07:05 PM

There is nothing wrong with a fruit smoothy! Well, at least as long as there aren't any of those girly appricots...

Is this disease related to vaginitis (from South Park)?

Posted by: TheRoyalFamily [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 08:22 PM

Well, I took the test at mantropycontrol.com, and none is present at this time. What a relief!

Posted by: TheRoyalFamily [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 08:26 PM

The "silent killer," mantropy, may also be battled by an embrace of the humor in the "silent-but-deadly."

Posted by: W Buczek from Fraternitas Vitae [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 28, 2005 08:36 PM