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Man Law

I'm sure this is happening elsewhere, among newspaper columnists and radio talk show hosts -- it's kind of irresistible -- but why should that stop us? I like fun.

While you could enter a Man Law contest and win valuable prizes with your entries, I'm offering placement in this blog and a modest Sun prize for those who submit particularly clever ones here -- just for the fun of it. (If you decide to enter the national contest and go for the big prizes, I'll understand.)

Here's one of my own, which occured to me last Saturday morning in a bagel shop near Towson:

No fruit in bagels. When purchasing bagels for oneself and female others, fruity bagels should be bagged seperately from hearty (garlic, everything, jalapeno) bagels, and the latter should be bagged in a 'man bag.'

Man Law?

MAN LAW!!

Here's another from reader Jacob Goins:

"If you're 13 years or older, you cannot bring your baseball glove to the ballpark. A man can only catch foul balls with his bare hands."

Man Law!

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Posted by Dan Rodricks at 7:36 AM | | Comments (5)
        

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Man Law: No man shall open a bottle with one of those thin, round, rubber gripper thingies. Bare hands or teeth only.

Man Law: Instruction Manuals are verboten. No man shall ever, read, glance at, or otherwise utilize the instruction manual when commencing any project that provides one.

No man shall carry a gun for "protection."

For Matthew, either you are kidding, or we should refile that under silly things someone who likes to waste money says...

Man Law: No man shall open a bottle with one of those thin, round, rubber gripper thingies. Bare hands, teeth, belt, or pocket knife. (to show it off)

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Jan. 8, 2009, marked 30 years for Dan Rodricks' column in The Baltimore Sun. Over three decades, Dan has won numerous regional and several national awards for his reporting and commentary -- in print and on the air. "I've had opportunity to write a column and work in both radio and television, never having to leave my adopted hometown of Baltimore to have those experiences," he says. "I consider myself very fortunate." In addition to writing a twice-weekly column for The Baltimore Sun and his Random Rodricks blog, Dan is currently the host of Midday, on WYPR-FM, National Public Radio in Baltimore. An artful story-teller and social critic, he has observed local, state and national political and cultural trends for three decades, and has a lot to say about almost everything.
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