Thursday, July 29, 2010

The fire is lit - Manliness recovered thanks to the Almighty Charcoal!

As readers of my blog might remember, I recently suffered a severe blow to my male self-esteem ending up unable to light up a charcoal grill properly (post here). After hiding away the grill and trying to overcome the shame I recently decided to give it another try to see if I could overcome my difficulties performing in lighting a fire.

This time I armed myself with considerable amounts of paper, cardboard and ridiculous amounts of lighter gel, flammable cubes and other means enough to light up a medium-sized German Reichstag. Just to have something to blame, I also purchased brand charcoal in the form of 3kgs of "The Almighty Charcoal" and not the regular non-descript charcoal that I used last time. I am happy to report that I performed well this time with no awkward moments of faltering fire and need for words of encouragement!

I also noticed to my enjoyment that the Almighty Charcoal packaged has the color of the coal written on it and that the package I purchased was labeled as "Black" (see the picture). Next time, with my manliness secured, I might see if I can find any pink charcoal that I can purchase!

4 comments:

Corinne said...

So glad to hear you've got your manhood back, and at the reasonable price of 699 yen! Good deal!

Martin said...

Nice work. Manboy!

Mr. Salaryman said...

Corinne - Yep, 699 JPY would seem reasonable (but not a huge bargain) but this doesn't take into account the amount of money I spent on flammable liquid, cube napalm and all the other stuff... In the end it probably wasn't worth it really...

Martin - Well, better than girly-boy I guess!

aimlesswanderer said...

More accelerant = always good.

Just have a fire extinguisher handy in case you get a bit too enthusiastic. Wouldn't do to burn down the garden/house/neighbourhood after all.

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