From Chicks To Dicks...

This post is for my buddy Rich. We love you man...

My life is like one big vaginal roller coaster ride.

If my life were an attraction at Disney World, it would be called, "Estrogen Mountain." Or perhaps, "It's a Small Ball World." There would be big headed, lovable characters like "Menstrual Mouse", "Whiny the Putang" and "Peeterless Pan" roaming the park, nagging people until they got a new Ipod, a Nintendo DS or one of those piece of shit FurBerries. By the way, have you seen these friggin FurBerries? They are these demented little, hybrid stuffed animals. I'm telling you, they are straight off the Island of Dr Moreau. Evil little creatures that fold up into a ball with a hard outer shell, like a fucking potato bug or something. But my kids want them, so it's cool. Anyway...

I am constantly surrounded by girly stuff. Sometimes I feel like I'm a pair of panties away from turning into a hairier version of the Little Mermaid. Just slap a pair of seashells on my tits and I'm finished. I need to man it up. I need to fight back. I need to...

Run away!

That's exactly what I'm gonna do. This weekend, as a matter of fact. I'm going on my annual "Dudes Only" camping trip. Once a year, a bunch of us sorry sacks, pick a place in the middle of nowhere and disappear. Most of us are married with kids. A high percentage of us have little girls. It's a pretty hard core sausage fest. If we were a movie, we'd be a Dick Flick. It's a weekend to take back your manhood and heal.

We sleep in tents and build fires. Sometimes we sleep in tents that catch on fire. We eat sausage, beef jerky and skirt steak. We drink Pabst Blue Ribbon from a can. We smoke cigars and stuff. And that's just for breakfast. We take to the river and battle nature. We shit in the woods and don't shower for days. Sometimes we don't even shit for days and shower in the woods. We don't care. It's our call. We have nicknames like Quato, Pooch, Grits, Spanish Rob, Angry Mike and Shit Leg. We talk about baseball and debate who's hotter, Valerie Bertinelli circa 1978 or Valerie Bertinelli circa 2009? We wear work boots with black socks and shorts and nobody says a damn thing. We listen to AC/DC and Lynyrd Skynyrd and sing out loud. Everyone carries a Leatherman Knife and no one ever uses it for anything. We smell like bug spray, smoke and burnt hair all weekend long. No one gets hurt that badly and no one complains. No judgement is passed.

I packed a case of canned bacon. That's 12 cans. Each can has 50 slices of bacon. That's 600 slices of canned bacon. Suck on that. What ever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. Unless it kills you. I'll take my chances. I can think of worse ways to go.

We don't need to pack a suitcase and a carry on. We don't need to take a toiletry bag or a hair dryer. Actually one guy packs a toiletry bag and a hair dryer but he's kind of a clean freak. Whatever. It doesn't matter. It's our time. It's go time and it's now.

This weekend I will not be Out-Numbered...

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Comments

  1. WOW, did that have a lot of laughs per second. Congratulations and have fun. Try not to camp out anywhere where there's estrogen in the water.

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  2. peeterless pan? You are amazing. This really made me crave a getaway. And bacon. hope you have a blast!

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  3. you are a crazy guy! but that's why i love you!!!

    have a great camping trip and don't be stupid!

    your girls will miss you.

    YUV! xoxo

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  4. Great post. Gosh you're funny! Almost funnier than me...almost.

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  5. Just found your stuff thru Blog Catalog - REALLY ENJOYED IT. Could of been me except the other half comes with an 11 year old boy who when he is not pissing me off helps me from feeling outnumbered as well.

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  6. "rock out with your cock out"

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  7. This makes me want to pound on my chest like Tarzan-but I am at work so that might not be a good idea

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  8. Hell yeah! But, you got to use the Leatherman for something, even if its to open the cans of bacon. Can openers are for sissies. Have a blast! Can't wait to read about your experience.

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  9. Have a great time on your guy trip, you'll be aching for the vaginas before you know it!!!

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  10. You didn't mention banjos, which I suppose is a good thing considering, well, the appearance of some peterless pan hillbilly from the other side of the woods.

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  11. That is what I'm talking about...can I come?

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  12. We have nicknames like Quato, Pooch, Grits, Spanish Rob, Angry Mike and Shit Leg.
    Which one are you?

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  13. Unfortunately that would be Shit Leg.

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  14. Jason, we have to hear the "Shit Leg" story. No one gets a nickname like that by accident. Well, on the other hand . . .

    Have fun, and as MVD said, keep an ear peeled for banjo music.

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  15. Valerie Bertinelli circa 1978 for sure.

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  16. Seriously. Canned bacon...GROSS...but alas...have at it buddy. Enjoy.

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  17. "Actually one guy packs a toiletry bag and a hair dryer but he's kind of a clean freak."

    I thought "no judgement is passed"??

    Have a great trip!

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  18. I don't know what to comment on first? The whole blog was hilarious.

    I was "outnumbered" for a long time...two boys (real boys, no prisses here) and their father. And finally, this year, I got rid of the last one. Now it's just me and Chris...so it's "even".

    Anyway, have an awesome Man-Trip! You deserve it...

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  19. I thank God for the day I discovered your blog.

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  20. Bacon in a can=pure genius!

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  21. You are a nut and I am LMAO at this post! Thanks! Enjoy your weekend where you are not "Out Numbered!" And how did they come up with Shit Leg for you? That's gotta be a story!Please tell it one day!

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  22. No Frikkin Way...u r jealous of me? DAMNIT...I wanna go camping too...Have fun...and I know u will...

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  23. Been there on an E ticket! Don't wanna go back...
    Mmmm, bacon....

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  24. Do you really suck on the bacon? I think that might be the one thing that makes 600 slices of canned bacon worse for you

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  25. Even I had a crush on Valerie 1978.
    Have a great time camping where you can scratch and spit.

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  26. I love those 'escapes.' Until this past May I only had a wonderful wife, now I have a wonderful wife and a daughter...So I'm surrounded as well. It's been awhile since I had a trip like that...One key thing I didn't see you mention and is a staple of every camp diet -- SPAM...Good times.

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  27. Definitely have to go with Bertinelli '78. It was a good year.

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  28. "We sleep in tents and build fires. Sometimes we sleep in tents that catch on fire."
    As always, you make me laugh.

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  29. You guys sleep in tents that catch on fire? Wow man, makes me glad I'm a girl. I just sleep in tents that flood in the rain. But it was with my husband so if he was awake during the thunderstorm I'm sure he would have lite something on fire, just to prove his ubermachoness.

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  30. The soundtrack to Little Mermaid was playing in the background as I read this. Take the shell bra, please. Winnie the Putang got me. You know, there are a lot of swinging penises in our house, and yet, our little three year old girl somehow seems to dominate with her estrogonian ways. Great post. Hey, I want a knife.

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  31. Testosterone, testosterone, my kingdom for some testosterone!!!!!

    You are hysterical. I can just imagine how you'd feel in my house and I kind of know how my husband feels with all of us in such close quarters.:) Can you see yourself with two adult women who are your children eating, sleeping, having their period all within a few feet of you? It's enough to make a guy want to escape. No wonder he's always sleeping.LOL

    Have fun!!!! Soak it all up for the long, long year.:)

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  32. The writing style in the outnumbered online blog reminds me Guenther Grass.
    He was a sensational German writer using rough every day language and words which were kind of tabu before. But, too true, the way outnumbered is presented is so much more funny. The writing in this blog has esprit, as the French say.

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  33. Sometimes you have to............and face the music later!

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  34. this is award winning material

    the only thing not mentioned in this blog are the various achievement awards that are voted on durring the last day of the camping trip. These awards include but are not limited to: M.V.P., Rookie camper of the Year, "Pooch Award" for best injury, and the "Brokeback Award" for the 2 campers who more than likely consumated their relationship over the course of the camping trip.
    This tradition would make olympic athletes jealous.

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  35. Sounds like the same camping trip with my buds. My buddy and I have been nicknamed the "Dave-Todd Monster" because we're so loud we scare the shit out of everyone, including the bears and mountain lions.

    "I'm a pair of panties away from turning into a hairier version of the Little Mermaid." Classic quote. It looks like I'm already there and I only have ONE daughter: http://www.steelydad.com/daddys-little-secret.html

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  36. flies and blue skies.

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