Steve Wynn - Man Hero

I’m kicking off a week of articles on manly man men today. Manly man men who excel in the field of manness at all times; not only above and beyond my own man standards (mandards), but by kicking the shit out of theirs as well.

That’s what being a man is all about: surprising yourself. I surprise myself ten times a day at least.

I’ve also surprised myself by starting this week of articles on a Friday. Do you think a week of Manly Man Men could be contained in 7 days? I don’t fucking think so.

On Wednesday, Steve Wynn ripped a $139 million dollar Picasso painting he had just sold to a fellow art collector. Do you know what the first thing he said was after he ripped it?

‘Oh shit. Look what I’ve done.’

That’s 70 Man Points right there. 20 for swearing and 50 for admitting he fucked up. When men fuck up (which is rarely), they admit it right away. If a woman had ripped the painting — and I don’t know how that would be possible because no man on Earth would ever let a woman near a Picasso of that size. Women have no delicacy at all. Feel the top of your head. It’s lumpy because your mother dropped you at least once when you were a child. But if a woman had ripped the painting, this is what she would have said.

‘This painting is not ripped.’

No matter how many television crews or people will eyeballs were there to tell her otherwise. I’ve been standing by a parked car and shouting ‘Stop!’ as a woman backed right the fuck into it. You know what she said when the car ground to a halt?

‘I didn’t do that.’

The second thing Steve Wynn said after he ruined the painting was:

‘Thank goodness it was me.’

That’s 139 million man points and what launches the casino magnate into the Man Halls of Man Fame. It’s not because he’s taking responsibility, but in one sentence and over the course of five seconds, Wynn has empathized with everyone on Earth who is not him. That’s a shitload of people.

Look at that sentence carefully. Thank goodness it was me. Thank goodness it wasn’t some other non-casino owning jackass who would now have a 139 million tonne albatross of debt hanging off his neck. Thank goodness it was me, the one person who can now invalidate the sale (which he did) with no feelings of being swindled.

Steve Wynn and the would be buyer of the Picasso breathed a sigh of relief. Not because Wynn took responsibility — everyone knew he was going to do that, but because he is a man. A woman would have fucked this up and completely embarrassed herself. It happens every day.

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Comment by Dick Masterson
2006-10-22 15:42:50 - IP Man-Hash: 1f4c05429802d

sandra, that makes no sense. Grow up.

-Dick

 
Comment by sandra
2006-10-22 13:33:15 - IP Man-Hash: c7a298151bcdd

abaddon_fff said:

That may be, however women rarely admit that they fuck up in the first place.

-Strength and Honor-

since dick somewhere said that women have no integrity, wouldnt that also lead one to say that women wouldnt give a shit to even deny a mistake anywho [or blame someone else for it]?

 
Comment by sandra
2006-10-22 13:22:30 - IP Man-Hash: c7a298151bcdd

then*

 
Comment by sandra
2006-10-22 13:22:10 - IP Man-Hash: c7a298151bcdd

Sir_Chancealot said:

sandra said:

i have no prob. admitting when ive fucked up. and i most certainly wouldnt go so far as to blame someone else- like a man.

So Sandra, did you fuck up by posting on a website where it says that women aren’t allowed to post?

hm if you consider a women posting here a fuck up than yes.

 
Comment by abaddon_fff
2006-10-22 13:17:30 - IP Man-Hash: 586867b3f82dc

That may be, however women rarely admit that they fuck up in the first place.

-Strength and Honor-

 
Comment by Sir_Chancealot
2006-10-22 12:54:18 - IP Man-Hash: 68cb7479382dc

sandra said:

i have no prob. admitting when ive fucked up. and i most certainly wouldnt go so far as to blame someone else- like a man.

So Sandra, did you fuck up by posting on a website where it says that women aren’t allowed to post?

 
Comment by Dick Masterson
2006-10-22 09:50:30 - IP Man-Hash: 1f4c05429802d

Good point, Diesel.

Posting here and reading this site is a fuck up, sandra. You missed that admission didn’t you, you little cow. Fuck off my website.

-Dick

 
Comment by Diesel
2006-10-21 19:31:01 - IP Man-Hash: 4c2d8987f00bb

Well, we’re waiting….

 
Comment by sandra
2006-10-21 14:02:46 - IP Man-Hash: c7a298151bcdd

i have no prob. admitting when ive fucked up. and i most certainly wouldnt go so far as to blame someone else- like a man.

 
Comment by diamatik
2006-10-21 13:56:53 - IP Man-Hash: 2743dcf9ed370

And if a woman ripped it she would try to blame it on a man.

 
Comment by Diesel
2006-10-21 10:35:28 - IP Man-Hash: 4c2d8987f00bb

Don’t forget that the painting was by Picasso, who was a man. Which is key factor explaining it’s worth $139 million. If a woman had painted it, it would have been a picture of babies with cabbage on their heads, and it would have been worth as much as an equivalent amount of toilet paper, and not nearly as soft.

 
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