18 Manliest Things To Do In Life

9. Use A Real Map (& Don't Ask For Directions Ever Again)

You're lost, it's late and your girlfriend is making sighing noises, increasing in volume and annoyance, with every moment you delay in asking a stranger for directions. It didn't have to be this way though. You could have forgone the ignominy of asking for directions or using a sat-nav. All you had to do was reach for that A-Z book of maps under your seat, decipher its complex web of signs and announce '...Two thumbnails up and one thumbnail across....see, I told you I knew what I was doing'. Need directions? Never again.

8. Build Something

There is a fantastic sense of achievement when you create something from nothing. A feeling of pride reverberates from balls to bone. Got some wood lying around? Build a box for your man-junk. Want some privacy? Build a fence. You get the picture (and if not, just build your own...) Our ancestors built the Eiffel Tower out of brawn and steel. They built atomic bombs because they like to blow stuff up. They built race tracks to burn rubber. So channel some early-man, get some tools and get creative.

7. Stand Up For The Little Guy

We've all been there. A psychotic looking, barely-more-evolved-than-a-gorilla on steroids has taken umbrage at your small friend for daring to breathe the same air as them and shouts 'What you looking at?' Instead of slinking away and keeping your eyes firmly on your feet, walk up to the gorilla, take a deep breath and remember you are a man. Then look him directly in his one good eye and repeat the following; 'I don't know. People stopped labelling sh*t back in '94'. What comes next may hurt, but always remember that bones heal, scars make good conversation starters and 'roiders have limited stamina so try and get further than fifty metres away if you can.