THINGS EVERY MAN OVER 40 SHOULD HAVE IN HIS HOME
(August, 2017) From BestLifeOnline.com writer Eric Spitznagel, here is a list of 40 Items Every Man Over 40 Should Have in His Home:
1. A tailored suit
2. Pens that weren’t stolen from a hotel (* Can they be stolen from work?)
3. A toolbox
4. A coffeepot
5. Books you weren’t required to read in college
6. A bottle of expensive booze you’re saving for a special occasion
7. A can of WD-40
8. A living plant
9. A clothes hamper
10. Real wine glasses
11. Oil-stained work gloves (* So THAT’S what the WD-40 is for!)
12. Cash
13. A vaporizor
14. A lantern, or a flashlight
15. A full shaving kit
16. A chef’s knife
17. Cuban cigars
18. A stereo that rattles the floorboards
19. A bathrobe and slippers
20. A paper journal
21. A cast-iron skillet
22. A favorite chair
23. A pocket knife (* For whittlin’!)
24. Decent exercise equipment that wasn’t bought from an infomercial
25. All the ingredients for an Old-Fashioned (* An old-fashioned what?)
26. A place for guests to sleep that isn’t a couch (* Yeah, it’s called a floor)
27. A pair of really old sneakers for when you’re going to ruin your shoes if you go out
28. A dog (* You don’t mention the dog until #28?)
29. A fully-slobbered tennis ball (* Aaaaand we’ve run out of things to put on the list)
30. A matching towel set (* Yes, we’ve really run out of things to put on the list)
31. A cordless drill (* To go in the toolbox that was back at #3)
32. A smoke alarm with working batteries
33. One real piece of art
34. A tent (* Isn’t this the same as #26 – a place for guests to sleep that isn’t a couch?)
35. A pair of ripped, mud-covered jeans
36. A packed overnight bag
37. A camera (not your phone)
38. A baseball glove
39. A clean bathtub
40. A bed with a headboard
* He forgot to mention condoms.
* Do these count if you’re one of the millions of people who’ve moved back in with your parents?
* Well, now the people who live beneath Eric Spitznagel know who the jerk is with the stereo that rattles the floorboards.
* Does this guy realize that by 40, guys are flabby and hairy and none of this stuff is going to impress the chicks?

