European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse When heat is on Man of the House hits the ceiling Dave Barry the Miami Herald i got to thinking about the men s movement recently when our bathroom ceiling collapsed maybe you be heard about the menus movement. It consists of men who feel they be lost touch with their fundamental masculinity because of the restrictive pressures of the modern world with its industrialization neckties fireworks regulations Etc. So these men Are forming groups that Only men can belong to similar to the . Senate except that they engage in virile ritualistic male bonding behaviour such As shouting and roaring and hugging and pounding on Drums. In a not making this movement up. It was on the cover of Newsweek so you know its not just a passing fad. Its a fad that will probably be around for months. The movement first caught on in Surprise California but has spread widely. I have Here a newspaper article clipped from the Indianapolis Star by Alert readers Judy Voynow and Glenn Woodruff concerning a gathering of a group called the Indiana menus Council the article written by Joseph t. Hallinan slates that before the group members started drumming they formed a Circle and each Man introduced himself by giving his name and the names of his father and paternal Grandfather As in a i am Bob the son of Fred the son of after each Man spoke the other men shouted a who a Here favorite Section of the article a a sunday a gathering was the first time that women had been allowed to attend a meeting of the menus Council. The women stood in the Circle with their men and when it came their turn they Loo were asked to cite their male lineage. Quot after the first woman did so the men around her shouted who a a she looked taken Aback by the response and then one of the men explained they were not calling her a who a that it was just something they maybe the men should yell something less ambiguous such As a Roger a or a Nice set of paternal names Quot but 1 think the menus movement is a Fine idea. In a definitely out of touch with my own masculinity a fact that was driven Home when our bathroom ceiling collapsed. This happened at 1 of clock on a sunday morning which is when As you homeowners know the House destruction satellite orbiting High above Earlh beams Down its powerful decay Ray. We heard a loud crash and we went into the bathroom and the ceiling was lying on the floor in a Sodden mass with water pouring Down on it from somewhere in the attic. Quot How i said drawing on three years of Junior High school Industrial arts training a something is wrong Quot a virile Man would have known How to fix it. But 1 am totally out of touch with my masculine nature so All i could do was Call a plumber. He went into the attic and following his natural masculine instinct knew immediately what to do Call for More plumbers. Soon there was a whole tribal gathering up there virile men who were not afraid to crawl around the attic and confront naked plumbing and shout and Roar and Pound on things. They might also have been hugging. I stayed downstairs making Coffee and keeping the Check Book warm. The problem turned out to be the hot water Heater which the previous owner apparently As a prank had located Over the ceiling so it could do the maximum possible amount of damage when it leaked. The plumbers wanted to put the new Heater in a downstairs closet. Here a what a virile Man would have said Here a what 1 said Quot ill ask my my wife said no. My wife is completely in touch with her Basic femininity and she is not about to give up something precious something that women have struggled for centuries to obtain something that they value More than life itself storage space. You want to know Why 20,0 x years ago nomadic asian Peoples made i hts brutal dangerous trek across vast expanses of Barren wasteland to conic to North America because nomadic women heard there were caves Here with plenty of room for Kitchen implements. Archaeologists arc still finding ancient stored pots. So anyway the plumbing tribe roaring and pounding put the new water Heater up in our attic right next to the old one. Soon the two healers will Start bonding with the old one passing along ancient water Heater lore and Wisdom a sunday at 1 a.m., that s the time. And one night Well hear two distinct metallic voices scouting a who a and the bathroom ceiling will collapse again. And the whole ritual will be repeated. But this time i will have a meaningful role. This Lime i will have my son stand with me and As an older masculine Man i will pass along to him the Manly virile Wisdom that i have accumulated. A son a i will say a for each cup you use one level scoop o f co fee e. A Bart. Amsterdam Netherlands a a Ofa Jhu to Quot Teriyaki Here believes the pen is mightier than the singers or groups whose Only hit reached no. 1 1. Little Peggy March 1963 i will follow him 2. Silhouettes 1958 a get a Job 3. Blue swede 1974 a hooked on a feeling 4. Laurie London 1958 a he s got the whole world in his hands 5. Terry jacks 1974 a seasons in the Sun 6. Chord ettes 1954 a or. Sandman source world features Syndicate Page 24 a sunday october 13 1991
