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31 Things Men Can't Go Without

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 8, 2009 1:42 PM CDT

(Newser) – There are certain things men cannot do without, that if lost “we would briefly mourn and immediately replace.” Esquire offers up 31 male necessities.

  • Cast-iron skillet: "it will last longer than you."
  • Waiter's corkscrew: corkscrews should not "require instruction manuals."
  • WD-40: "a man's house should involve no squeaking."
  • A weekend shoulder bag: should fit everything you need for a jaunt out of town.
  • "Giant wool blanket never removed from trunk of car."

  • Chain saw and ax: for the tree that fell in your driveway.
  • Work gloves: one pair for summer, one for winter.
  • Boots: one pair for the garage, one for "everywhere else."
  • A good heavy hammer: "because gravity."
  • Chef's knife: "cooking becomes a craft, not a chore."
  • An atlas: "the man who only uses a GPS is half a man."
  • Jumper cables: "for the stranger stuck in the parking lot."
  • Grease: "something made of dinosaurs."
  • Lucky charm: "gives the comfort of faith to the faithless."
  • $1,000 hidden in your house: nuff said.
For the full list, click the link below.

A chainsaw cuts through a log.
A chainsaw cuts through a log.   (AP Photo)
There's no substitute for cash.
There's no substitute for cash.   (AP Photo)
WD-40.
WD-40.   (©FHKE)
Even a boy needs boots.
Even a boy needs boots.   (AP Photo)
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mockingbird
Apr 9, 2009 12:35 PM CDT
Very true. Don't feel bad about that, men: I know hard-core guys who feel no shame in taking aloe vera infused wipes with them to the field...'cause sometimes you stink, and sometimes you just want your skin to not itch.
mockingbird
Apr 9, 2009 12:28 PM CDT
I think that those were just taken as a given, Tim (like chocolate and sex are for women).
riffran
Apr 9, 2009 1:42 AM CDT
, baby wipes stayed on the list long past the need of them by the baby, in our house....They make for a good duster, emergency feild clean up, and the aformentioned *camp shower* in a pinch.....but the list forgot circular saw drill press, arc welders drills....or power tools in general....then there is fishing gear hunting gear...lol

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