The Man Breakfast

Yesterday, the Couch Pirates implemented a new tradition… the Man Breakfast. See, back in the day, my dad and his swingin’ 70’s friends, all got together at the local diner on every Saturday morning to catch up on what was happening. No matter what those guys had to do for the rest of the weekend, they took time out to see each other and eat a grotesque amount of food.

The Couch Pirates all have their own stuff going on, and many of us have wives or girlfriends that need some time on the weekends. Saturday morning is one of the rare occasions when we’re not all at work, or have other obligations, so the Man Breakfast was a perfect solution.

The name of this gathering is no mistake. It’s called a M-A-N Breakfast because, just like my dad and his swingin’ 70’s friends, us men need some time apart from the ladies. See, yesterday we started talking about fucking meatloaf for profit. No girl is going to allow us to fully explore that subject in the scientific and complete manner that is necessary.

What you need to understand is that we have problems to solve and ideas to offer. Most of our lives, we have to put the brakes on a decent conversation because some woman doesn’t sign off on it. Yesterday we talked about Un-Intelligent Design, hunting, home brewing beer, the Captain and Tenniel, the state of science fiction programming and even formed a new group… The New Flat Earth Society (might have to check on the legality of that name).

By the end of the Man Breakfast we had a couple of old men who tipped their hat to us because they understood the power and importance of men gathering to eat and talk. Just because we started this new tradition (or actually, just carried on the tradition) doesn’t mean that you can’t participate too. Why don’t you call up all your old buddies (you know, the ones who have a week full of obligations, kids, work responsibilities and a chick, that keep you from seeing them very often) and start your own chapter of the Couch Pirate Man Breakfast. Then write in to us and tell us how it goes. You’ll wonder why you haven’t been doing this all your life.

-Kevin