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Originally Posted by MFGJR
Perhaps “masculinity” was a poor choice of words—“gear headed to the point of obsession/stupidity” or something is probably more on point... i.e., yeah, the guy with 100 weedeaters wins!
Wish I could find the original Peter Egan column online; he’s a terrific, sentimental and sometimes whimsical writer and “dumb as hell” isn’t something one would usually attribute to him. (If that was instead aimed at me, well then that’s a different story altogether…)
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So the guy with a lawn care business that doesn't even know the difference between supercharger and a turbocharger is the biggest gearhead? I fail to see how 100 weedwhackers = gearhead. Even having lots of legitimate toys doesn't make you a gearhead.
Again, it's a stupid measurement, of a measurement that is stupid to begin with; Stupid^2
Being a good writer doesn't mean your ideas can't be stupid.