Thursday, March 5, 2009
Breaking News / By the Way / Kotz Nashville Named America's Manliest City
Posted by Pete Kotz on Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:09 PM
The poll was commissioned by the maker of Combos, those little pretzel things with the fake cheese in the middle, to empirically show that we're manlier than everyone else. Points for masculinity were delivered for our devotion to hunting, fishing, BBQ joints and NASCAR. Meanwhile, we scored low in "emasculating" factors such as the presence of home improvement stores, subscriptions to beauty magazines, and minivan sales.
New York City finished last for its preponderance of models and guys who wear all-black even though they're not going to a funeral.
In related news, those of us who drive minivans momentarily thought of punching out the maker of Combos, but then decided to go home, whimper, and watch the Antique Road Show with the curtains drawn while pigging out on chocolate and ice cream.
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Are Combos supposed to be a manly snack?
Don't tell me those guys wouldn't enjoy stashing their stuff on an Ektorp, were there room in their huts. Also, I'm pretty sure they're wearing earrings--without detracting a bit from their manliness.
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Home Depot is my favorite store. Was just there today wearing earrings, of course.
Surely Combos fall squarely into the masculine camp, as does any form of chemical cheese. Would you rather be known as a guy who pounds brie? Or an aficionado of stadium nachos and chemical snack products with negative nutritional value? I think the answer is obvious, Mr. Loony.
I guess they haven't seen all of the male members of country bands/duos and solo stars. They look like even cheesier cast members of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy".
Though it doesn't expressly say so in the release, I believe the statue lost us 20 points for failing to include anyone in the act of welding, field dressing a deer, or falling off the back porch after drinking Jack Daniels and arguing about crappie fishing.
But we must have gotten at least 20 back for the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue along I-65. Had to be copious amounts of Jack Daniels involved in the creation of that art. Welding also.
No welding on the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue. That sucker is all real fiberglass. Done by an old attorney that remembers some of the folks that rode with Forrest.
George Haley, I sense a certain nostalgia for the good ol' days in your comment.
I grew up near the Ohio & West Virginia border and I about did a spit take when I read the bit about how hunting and fishing has contributed to Nashville's "manliness".
No place in this whole state can hold a candle to the sportsman culture that exists up in Appalachia. The so-called "hunters" here are posers compared to their Yankee counterparts.
What a laugh.
That picture used in the story was taken at Radnor Lake. The Friends of Radnor are reportedly outraged that there are people spear hunting there.
The Nathan Bedford Forrest statue was sculpted by Jack Kershaw, a defense attorney who represented James Earl Ray, Dr. King's assassin. In addition to being a professional bigot, he also apparently thinks quite highly of his sculptural talents and reportedly lives on grounds surrounded by his own sculpture. The "Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial Park", which is private property owned by Mr. Kershaw and his associates, is a vexing problem for the city because the land on which it lies is hemmed in by the interstate and a CSX right of way and has no access except through the CSX right of way. Because of these limitations it has been difficult to come up with a use of the land that would justify an eminent domain claim over it so that the park could be eliminated or at least moved to a less visible location.
