Bonding: Man Edition

Over the past few years, adapting to different environments as a male in his late teens, I have noticed a very distinct difference between the two genders. Ladies, I have no idea why, but I have constantly heard how hard it is to make new friends with other females. This made me realize how easy it is to meet men, not in a gay way, just in a hey mate, just wanna say that you're lookin' okay mate...Anyway...

-For starters, movie quotes are crème de la crème for "male bonding". Think about it, guys mostly watch all the same movies, and we often quote movies in everyday speech. I know I do it more often than any one should. However, anyone who picks up on me saying, "He called the shit poop," knows that I'm talking about Billy Madison, and I can have a discussion with this person for like 20 minutes on one of my favorite movies of all time.

-Likewise, making references to anything that men should know is the exact same way. Although, I have always said that making them is a crapshoot, because you look retarded if no one gets references, which is why I try to make them very subtly. For instance, in my introduction, I made a Flight of the Conchords reference...P.S. if you got that, let's be friends. If not, what are you doing with your life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2LpeA3jcEU

-My buddy Kevin visited me at school this weekend. Knowing that half my friends at school played hockey, as did Kevin, I introduced him as follows, "Yo Nick, this is Kevin, Kevin, Nick, you both play hockey." Needless to say, the combination of that and NHL '09, he got along with my friends pretty well.

-Free T-shirts...forget about it. I am constantly comparing my collection. Not only do the shirts themselves create for discussion, but the ridiculous events we show up to just to get a breast cancer awareness t-shirt make for a good laugh or two. Hell I admit that a huge reason I donated blood was for a free t-shirt. It's for the greater good, right?

-I realized that months ago during the time of Halloween parties, that is a terrific way to meet guys (NHI). Think about it, this even works with the girls...sort of. The costume itself is a conversation starter, let alone you already know an interest of the person you are talking to. I don't need to spell it out for you, it makes sense, trust me. I'm only friends with Ace Ventura fans now because of this.

-After telling you what you should already have known, I'll leave you with something I thought of after being constanty frustrated with how the NFL and all of football is so slow because of all the reviews and stuff. You know how dogtags work for those invisible fences, they totally need to set up a similar system with the endzone and the ball, but instead of a little shock, all they'd need is a light to go on in the stadium somewhere. Boom goes the dynamite (btw, Will Smith said boom goes the dynamite last night during the Academy Awards...viral videos are spreading everywhere) - http://www.faniq.com/blog/Video-Will-Smith-Says-Boom-Goes-The-Dynamite-At-Oscars-Blog-19665