Beer, free stuff lead to 'man cave'

[madinmaryland]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/05/15/free.mancave/index.html

(CNN) -- During the week Ryan Samuel, 30, is a married man working in the energy market in Richardson, Texas. But on the weekends he lures men away from their homes, wives and children with beer, camaraderie, power tools and "The Ponderosa."



Three years ago, Samuel, his cousin, his brother-in-law and a host of friends started building a cabin on some family land in Oklahoma. They named it "The Ponderosa."

By Samuel's admission, it's more like a shack. It has no power, no plumbing, a leak in the roof and it's already been set on fire once.

Struggling to find the allure? Samuel admits it's not for everyone. He's never shown the place to his wife.

..snip

:woohoo:

[crimsonblue]

1. So that's where men on the DL go...

good to know.

[Dr Fate]

14. LOL!

;)

[DS1]

2. How imaginative and gutless

:eyes:

[TZ]

3. "He's never shown the place to his wife.."

I got the feeling his wife has NO interest in seeing the place. Me, I like roughing it fine..but that seems...stupid.

[madinmaryland]

4. Geesh, Snyder! That's the whole point of the place!

:rofl:

:hi:

[Maine-ah]

5. lol, we have a man cave

it's a spare room in our basement. Unfinished, only sheetrock on the walls. My hubbie has a computer, and his smokes with an exhaust fan so that the smoke all goes outside. I forced him into it when I was preggers. It's rather nasty down there. He's also got a tv, and an old couch. Plus all the old furniture that I want to stick in a yard sale.

[5LeavesLeft]

6. I gotta get me one of those!

[AnneD]

7. Sound like the.....

He man womun haters club.........

[mikeytherat]

8. "he lures men away...with beer...power tools" -- "...a shack. It has no power"

Wow. That absolutely reeks of "The Stupid." The author mentions power tools AND no power at the cabin, and carries on unaware.

mikey_the_rat

[BuelahWitch]

11. Yeah, it said it has no power

but how then do they operate the "power tools" and get "The Ponderosa" (which I guess is Bonanza? :shrug:)if they've got no power?
Or is "The Ponderosa" something else?

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Dude, real men use gasoline powered tools, not electric.

Electric ones are for half-men.

[BuelahWitch]

16. Well what the hell do I know about it? I'm a woman!

My "power tool" runs on batteries...:P

[Dr Fate]

17. LOL- another good one.

So many DUers are natural comedians!

[khashka]

9. So they just sit around

getting drunk and playing with their tools?

Sounds like a circle jerk to me.....


Khash.

[underpants]

10. You clearly fail to appreciate the second floor add on

:wow:

[mikeytherat]

12. Seeing as how they have power tools but no power, I'm guessing they also:

have beer mugs, but no beer
have poker chips, but no cards
have a portable TV, but no batteries

I'll bet its just a hoot spending a weekend in that leaky shithole.

mikey_the_rat

[Dr Fate]

13. I'd rather hang out with my girl friend.

And I'd rather look at her friends than any of these dudes.