The year 2003 is getting older, and soon 2004 will be upon us. As we do every year at Daily Ramblings (starting this year), we'll be presenting the "Man of the Year" award. You can vote for anyone, just as long as it's a man. Of course, we won't be checking to make sure the winner is a man, so we're all be abiding by the honesty rule.
But just to warn you all, we learned our lesson about the band "Hanson" last year. Now we know they're not really little girls. As our good pal George W. Bush once said, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, uh, can't get fooled again."
There are many men who could win this prestigious yet generically labeled award, and everyone is free to choose whoever they want, but we've decided to highlight three men we think are very qualified to receive this award. We don't know who any of these men are, but judging by the pictures, we think they're very worthy.
Our first recommendation is the man pictured at right. Farm work is hard, but why strain yourself when you have a woman to do the job for you? The look on the woman's face shows that she's obviously not thrilled with the job, which gets the man even more points in our book.
Adding to the woman's anger and misery is the fact that the man is casually smoking a cigarette while sporting a facial expression that shows slight annoyance, as if he's mad about having to slow his walking pace so she can keep up. He also wins extra points for walking ahead of her, so he doesn't have to look at her. This man is a true American hero for the modern day.
Our second recommendation is perhaps the strongest one of all. The woman accompanying him is obviously smaller and much weaker than him, yet he still forces her to carry over three times the amount of beer he's carrying, despite the fact that he'll probably drink more than her.
Of course, he loses points for holding hands with her, and also for dating a girl who actually wears capri pants, but with the way she's carrying that crate, it's obvious she's struggling with it. And that's something that makes all of us here at Daily Ramblings smile. Actually, upon further review, the man loses points for giving her a crate to carry the beer in, though that is better than having spilled beer. We'll let you make the call for yourself.
Our third recommendation is the man driving the tractor in the picture at the right. Not only has he found a way to keep the annoying old women away from him while he drives, but he's also locked them in a cage just in case they get any ideas about climbing to the front of the vehicle to bother him.
We can't count the number of times we've thought about buying an old police car, or something else with a caged fence between the front and back seat, just to keep annoying women away from us. The tractor man would have done better if he had enclosed the women in soundproof glass, but he's still a strong candidate nonetheless.
Our fourth and final recommendation for the prestigious and much sought after "Man of the Year" award is Paul Ryan, a man who - after publishing this column - has lost all his female readership. Way to go, Paul!
Vote for one of these candidates, or any man you choose, by adding a comment with your vote below. Just click the spiffy blue "add comment" button, and tell us who you want to win. While there's an "e-mail" field on the comment form, it's not required. Results will be published whenever Paul damn well feels like it. Which will probably be never.
I vote for guy number one, the look on his face is just classic. I don't think Paul really wanted it anyway. If he did, he would have shown a picture of his magnificent ass, which we've heard so much about.
Jojo
Sep 16, 2003 • 3:59pm
My vote for man of the year goes to my sister, I don't know anyone else who grows more facial hair.
Kodos
Sep 16, 2003 • 3:02pm
My vote is for the man who runs the "Glue-O-Matic 5000" at the Russian glue factory that Mister Tractor Man was taking those two caged hags to. The man who turned those useless old biddies into Elmer's Paste so that Russian school children could make macaroni pictures for their moms. That man is a hero.
Katers
Sep 16, 2003 • 2:31pm
Well, if this were the asshole of the year contest, you would win, hands down.
Paul Ryan
Sep 16, 2003 • 1:41pm
So who *do* you vote for? Nobody ever said you had to vote for one of the recommendations.
Katers
Sep 16, 2003 • 1:14pm
You are a sexist hose beast, Paul Ryan. I vote for none of the above losers. >(
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