londonjambo Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 OK, guys - here's one for the lads What, if anything, makes you cry You might get some inspiration from this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7544985.stm I have to say I was filling up just reading the list GC P.S. Anyone owning up to sending in No.1 ??? Must be someone off here GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 OK, guys - here's one for the lads What, if anything, makes you cry You might get some inspiration from this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7544985.stm I have to say I was filling up just reading the list GC P.S. Anyone owning up to sending in No.1 ??? Must be someone off here GC IMO there should be rules about men crying, it is only acceptable in the following situations. 1) Children's birth's. Or said child doing something spectacular, like signing for a football team or the like. 2) Death of a family member, this excludes Auntie's and Uncle's unless brought up by them. Close male friends are acceptable also. But friend has to be friend for at least lifetime. 3) Football team winning something extraordinary. For Hearts this also includes Tennents 6's and upwards. Things hetrosexual men should never cry at: 1) Weddings, regardless of who's getting married. 2) Any films. And even if it is to score with the bird you're taking to the cinema. 3) Animals dying. Whats that all about. I'm sure there's more to add to both lists, mind's went a bit blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 What category does, " getting punted in the baws" fall under? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 What category does, " getting punted in the baws" fall under? Its acceptable to have tears in one's eye (including the trouser snake ) however it is not acceptable to cry over it, no matter how bad the pain is. Any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me, as I know all about mens rules to crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 real men don't cry, our eyes sweat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveofthegame Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Its acceptable to have tears in one's eye (including the trouser snake ) however it is not acceptable to cry over it, no matter how bad the pain is. Any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me, as I know all about mens rules to crying. Haha! I do not necessarily agree with your strict rules to men crying but they made me laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Crying with laughter was it? Where do we stand on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Crying with laughter was it? Where do we stand on this one? Acceptable when it involves a team with Green losing at any time (and sometime blue too). Other than that, laughter is a good cry, as long as it doesn't involve someone else getting hurt. Unless its someone wearing a green strip. Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Someone eating your last Rolo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neave Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 The situations where I think it's acceptable to cry: Death of your mum. Whilst watching Band of Brothers. Hearts going out of business/relegated/winning the league. When laughing really hard at the expense of someone else. When the curry you're eating is just that good. Anything else = poof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondejamtart Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Seriously? Men really cry at that stuff on that list? Jeez.... I have to confess - other people crying makes me really uncomfortable, whether it's men or women. I get really embarrassed and never know what to say or do. Maybe it's because I used to get dog's abuse for crying even as a kid. My mother never let me forget how I "made a show of her" by crying at my dad's funeral, for heaven's sake. Crying just wasn't allowed in our house.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 The situations where I think it's acceptable to cry: Death of your mum. Whilst watching Band of Brothers. Hearts going out of business/relegated/winning the league. When laughing really hard at the expense of someone else. When the curry you're eating is just that good. Anything else = poof. Thats a fecking great one, the first to enter my rule book on acceptable things for a guy to cry at, after my own rules anyway. BB watch out, my books coming right at the back of your's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Thats a fecking great one, the first to enter my rule book on acceptable things for a guy to cry at, after my own rules anyway. BB watch out, my books coming right at the back of your's. So it will be full of schit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 So it will be full of schit? No but photo's of you will be in it, as way in which a guy can cry. Hope you dont mind. It will be in the unacceptable times to cry section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexton Hardcastle Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 as long as i get a cut of the takings, im in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=64a_1fWTsls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brow Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 When Hooch gets shot. Whenever Monica Bellucci takes off her clothes. Thats my only 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Pull yourselves together for goodness sake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 To be serious for a minute, I must admit to having a lump in my throat and feel my eyes well up when at the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupid Sexy Flanders Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I cried at the 2006 cup final (wonder what I would've done if we'd lost!), and also a wee bit at a movie I saw recently. But I'm not ashamed! (Ok, I'm slightly ashamed, about the movie one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seats Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 1. Extreme makeover: home edition - Ty's special project just made that disabled kids life soooooooo much better! 2. That spot on your nose which you HAVE to squeeze, but hurts like hell. Other than those, crying is for puffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.J Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I cried like a bairn when: Hearts won the Cup in 98. When my gran died and I finally coaxed my old man out of his grief denial. I near cried like a bairn when: I was at Contalmaison When I was told I was getting divorced. I cried like a *****ing braying donkey when: hibs got relegated. Oh yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 From the list of 80 things posted on the BBC website, this is the one that really got to me: "After visiting my grandfather's grave in Hermanville-sur-Mer War Cemetery, France for the first time in August 2005 with my father, I noticed that his headstone didn't have any personal message engraved. I asked my father in all innocence why this was so. He promptly burst into tears, saying that the British government charged families in the 1940s for this service, and his newly widowed mother with two young children couldn't afford it. I promised him there and then that I would arrange it for him. Finally in December 2007, I received pictures from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission showing that it had at last been done. I got the pictures printed and rushed them to him as he lay in hospital. He finally saw them on 5 December, 2007, and gave my mother the thumbs up. The next day, he succumbed to secondary cancer. That gets me every time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Kentucky Avenue - Tom Waits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex plode Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I cried the first time I watched 'Shane' when Shane leaves the family and the wee boy is shouting 'Shane come back' - I was only 11 though I cried the night Jock Stein died but the drink had a lot to do with it. and I cried when my son left home to live in a sheit hole of a flat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arse 'Friends' Dyslexic? Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 The final scenes of "Field of Dreams" and "Silent Running" just destroy me. The scenes probably won't have the same emotional impact if you haven't seen the rest of the films. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4zYvXLXcIY&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I cried when Hearts won the cup in 98, and also again in 06, I cried when I witnessed both of my daughters being born, and I cried as I watched people jumping out of the twin towers to their death as the whole thing was unfolding in front of our very eyes on national TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Its acceptable to have tears in one's eye (including the trouser snake ) however it is not acceptable to cry over it, no matter how bad the pain is. Any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me, as I know all about mens rules to crying. What about when you are cutting yer left baw off? http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7519#post130714 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 What about when you are cutting yer left baw off? http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7519#post130714 YES! In the Westfield, I shall avert Kays eyes whilst you go about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberjambo Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 The situations where I think it's acceptable to cry: Whilst watching Band of Brothers. Totally agree with that one. I missed the series and was given the box set xmas 2007( after it was highlighted a good price in the shops on here) Have to watch it alone. Arlington Cemetry in DC brings tears to the eyes also. I try to visit there before I fly from Dulles. Allied war graves throughout Europe. Most recent was when I finally found my Daughter in Livvy on Sunday after she had run away from home Sat night. Never felt these feeling in my life. Sat up all night with my wife, and when I found her Sunday at noon I cried like never before. The mind really goes into overdrive in certain situations. Also cry like a bairn when Hearts win/lose a cup final/Dens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 What about when you are cutting yer left baw off? http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7519#post130714 This should be good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 When cutting onions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Totally agree with that one. I missed the series and was given the box set xmas 2007( after it was highlighted a good price in the shops on here)Have to watch it alone. Arlington Cemetry in DC brings tears to the eyes also. I try to visit there before I fly from Dulles. Allied war graves throughout Europe. Most recent was when I finally found my Daughter in Livvy on Sunday after she had run away from home Sat night. Never felt these feeling in my life. Sat up all night with my wife, and when I found her Sunday at noon I cried like never before. The mind really goes into overdrive in certain situations. Also cry like a bairn when Hearts win/lose a cup final/Dens How old is your daughter mate? Can't even bgein to think how hard that would be. Any specific reason she sped off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I'll chuck the bravado out the window for a second.............simple answer to this....................women! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Kidd Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I cried when Hartley scored against Aberdeen in 2006. I cried when my father passed away. I cry uncontrollably at "It's a Wonderful Life". I cried buckets at Cardiff train station after finding out Jock Stein had passed away. I cried tears of unbridled joy when my son was born. I get a lump in my throat at the war memorial, but don't cry as Gambo and Dexter are usually standing next to me and they are tougher than me. I cry at Andy68inchwaist rubbish posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 IMO there should be rules about men crying, it is only acceptable in the following situations. 1) Children's birth's. Or said child doing something spectacular, like signing for a football team or the like. 2) Death of a family member, this excludes Auntie's and Uncle's unless brought up by them. Close male friends are acceptable also. But friend has to be friend for at least lifetime. 3) Football team winning something extraordinary. For Hearts this also includes Tennents 6's and upwards. Things hetrosexual men should never cry at: 1) Weddings, regardless of who's getting married. 2) Any films. And even if it is to score with the bird you're taking to the cinema. 3) Animals dying. Whats that all about. I'm sure there's more to add to both lists, mind's went a bit blank. have you never cried at a film andy? Not even once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 The worst I've been in recent years was when the final whistle went on that Wednesday night at Tynie when we secured 2nd place and qualified for the CL. That and when pulling out nose hairs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Picture the scene: It's a battlefield. There's chaos and mayhem. One particular soldier, Joe, takes a blow and is felled. He lays there wounded and dying. Wounded AND dying, people. As the chaos rages around him, the end is imminent. Surely everyone on the battlefield is too concerned in saving their own hides to pay any attention to Joe? But, no. Out of the massed ranks comes one, solitary soldier on horseback. Then, Joe hears a voice he thinks he recognises. Could it be? Could it possibly be his childhood companion, Jack? "Ah do you think I would leave you dying? There's room on my horse for two." It would take a heart of granite not to be moved to tears by Rolf Harris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Derek Redmond limping along the track, supported by his dad ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Picture the scene: It's a battlefield. There's chaos and mayhem. One particular soldier, Joe, takes a blow and is felled. He lays there wounded and dying. Wounded AND dying, people. As the chaos rages around him, the end is imminent. Surely everyone on the battlefield is too concerned in saving their own hides to pay any attention to Joe? But, no. Out of the massed ranks comes one, solitary soldier on horseback. Then, Joe hears a voice he thinks he recognises. Could it be? Could it possibly be his childhood companion, Jack? "Ah do you think I would leave you dying? There's room on my horse for two." It would take a heart of granite not to be moved to tears by Rolf Harris. while we're on sad kiddies songs, the later verses of puff the magic dragon: "A dragon lives forever but not so little boys Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys. One grey night it happened, jackie paper came no more And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar. His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain, Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane. Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave, So puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. " truly tragic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 while we're on sad kiddies songs, the later verses of puff the magic dragon: "A dragon lives forever but not so little boys Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys. One grey night it happened, jackie paper came no more And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar. His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain, Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane. Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave, So puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. " truly tragic Waahhhh-hooo-hooh!! Stobbit, stobbit! Growing up makes me sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberjambo Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 How old is your daughter mate?Can't even bgein to think how hard that would be. Any specific reason she sped off? 13 going on 18 mate. Hopefully got through and it won't happen again. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Kidd Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I must also add that I've stopped watching the service of rememberance at the Albert Hall. Gets me every time. Phew. Filling up thinking about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartgarfunkel Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I remember losing it in front of my lady when I watched the video of this on the telly news 8 years ago. It was before we had our own son. The terror on the boy's face is one of the most painful things I've ever seen. Forget the politics etc, and it's a grim reminder that kids are often the unwitting victims of violence. Unbelievably sad. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/952600.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/952700.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 The worst I've been in recent years was when the final whistle went on that Wednesday night at Tynie when we secured 2nd place and qualified for the CL. That and when pulling out nose hairs! I will be honest, I had tears in my eyes that night. The only other time I was close was watching Brokeback Mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Derek Redmond limping along the track, supported by his dad ... http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Has no one mentioned Robbo lifting the Cup yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 As a kid, the last 10 mins of "Escape to Victory" always made me bubble. Still does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltedjedi Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 It's a wonderful life is a guarantee Birth of my daughters Catching the trouser snake in a zip sure brings a tear to the eye. As does the equivalent scene in there's something about Mary Cutting chillies then going for a pee without washing your hands first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I remember sitting on my own watching the Atlanta Olympic Games opening ceremony and watching Ali trying to lift the torch to light the Olympic flame. The mans sheer determination and pride that he was going to do it despite his Parkinsons disease was amazingly emotional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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