Man Points Rule: His and Her Matching Walkie-Talkies Won’t Compromise Your Manliness Just So Long As They’re Military Grade

 

Dear Mr. Man Points,

Don’t get me wrong, I love walkie-talkies as much as the next guy. But I’ll be damned if I’ll let my wife make us use them together on our trips to Costco. She hates it when we get separated and can’t find each other, so she bought these plastic purple walkie-talkies in order to tell the other our whereabouts. I can’t help but feel my wife is tightening the leash on me when we go shopping. Am I being oversensitive? Or by capitulating to my wife’s demands, am I indeed suffering the loss of Man Points?

 

Dear Reader,

Fret not, my friend. Using walkie-talkies with your wife at Costco doesn’t have to be an exercise in humiliation, resulting in the loss of Man Points—that is, if your wife is willing to relinquish the plastic purple ones she has that look like girl toys. Tell your wife you’re on board with walkie-talkies just so long as she’s willing to use military-grade ones, preferably in khaki or camouflage, featuring 40-inch inductively-loaded antennas and belt clips. And be sure to teach her how to use Man Speak when talking on the walkie-talkie. Don’t address each other by your real names. Instead, use ham operator call signs like “Eye of the Tiger” and “Bravado Daddy.” The Costco shoppers won’t look at you as a whupped husband so much as a SWAT team operative. Of course, this will earn you Man Points.

 

Comments

[Angelo]

Speaking of military grade...no bids yet on this Telefunken "Survival" radio.
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I'd be very interested myself had I not just bought my Ross "Commando" radio. And even at that, this is tempting.