{"id":472,"date":"2010-08-13T11:27:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T15:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=472"},"modified":"2010-08-13T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T15:27:56","slug":"manfaq-friday-the-names-handy-jack-handy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"ManFAQ Friday:  &#8220;The name&#8217;s Handy.  Jack Handy.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, and that means answer time! For those of you who have commented with questions from previous ManFAQs, thank you. I&#8217;m adding yours to the list of questions women have asked about men over the years, and I will answer them all in turn &#8211; to continue to demystify the more malodorous gender for those of the gentler. Actual questions, posed by real women, and answered by a REAL man. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Why do they not admit their shortcomings?<span>\u00a0 <\/span>My man is so anti-Mr. Fix-it that I get insanely worried when my he gets within 20 feet of the toolbox.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Just admit that you cannot do something so I can let the landlord know before you seriously break it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in action.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>If you weren\u2019t watching, we\u2019d call someone.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Or more likely, we\u2019d just leave it broken.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>If you didn\u2019t need it all of last night, it\u2019s probably not that important.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>But, since you\u2019re there, we feel that we need to remind you that we\u2019re better, more manly, more suitable as a mating partner than the maintenance guy \u2013 not just in bed, but everywhere.<span>\u00a0 After all, i<\/span>f he tried doing my job, he\u2019d get fired and probably sued, or killed.\u00a0 But we could do <strong>his<\/strong> job, you betcha.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>&#8220;Hey ya\u2019ll, watch this!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The best part of this is the look on our faces when we give in, admit that we&#8217;re not going to get around to whatever that is &#8211; not that we <strong>couldn&#8217;t<\/strong>, mind you, we&#8217;re just too busy &#8211; and when the professional comes to make it all better, it&#8217;s a woman.\u00a0 Most of us just totally short-circuit, particularly if she&#8217;s cute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Now you know. Please, feel free to comment with any questions <strong>you&#8217;d<\/strong> like answered!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actual questions, posed by real women, and answered by a REAL man. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}