What are some basic things everyone should know how to do?

You should know how to clean the house, pledge.

That ask Marilyn lady had a pretty good list; it included

* being able to comfortably speak in front of a small group

* being able to help an elderly person in and out of a car.

I can't find the exact list, but there is a similar one she had about what to teach your kids before they leave home:

http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/images/WhatToTeachYourKidsBeforeTheyLeaveHome.pdf

Luke Sky wrote:

goldfish wrote:

Is changing a car's oil/tires and building a fire on the list?

Spell tyre's properly. The language is called English, not American.

Who cares? The US has much more soft and hard power than Great Britain currently does or will have in the future.

Your version of English may be more "elegant" or whatever positive attribute that you wish to subscribe to it...but we more influential. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. We get ours.

Navigate by the sun - really basic, you'd be surprised by how many people struggle with it.

Oye, pendejo wrote:

How to sew a button.

How to launder clothes--mostly a matter of following labels, but many seem to find that difficult.

How to hard-cook (aka hard boil) an egg. Amazing, the number of people who mess this up and get that green rubbery stuff as a result.

Depends how you are brought up. And where you were brought up. I met a foreign neurosurgeon that didn't know how to cook pasta. Like boil water and put it in until it is sufficiently soft.

Crazy.

P.S, neurosurgery is the TOP, TOP specialty of medicine.

More powerful wrote:

Luke Sky wrote:

Spell tyre's properly. The language is called English, not American.

Who cares? The US has much more soft and hard power than Great Britain currently does or will have in the future.

Your version of English may be more "elegant" or whatever positive attribute that you wish to subscribe to it...but we more influential. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. We get ours.

Sorry, I meant "ascribe" but I'm a dumb American. What would I know about the English language.

More powerful wrote:

Luke Sky wrote:

Spell tyre's properly. The language is called English, not American.

Who cares? The US has much more soft and hard power than Great Britain currently does or will have in the future.

Your version of English may be more "elegant" or whatever positive attribute that you wish to subscribe to it...but we more influential. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. We get ours.

I think you meant soft-core and hard-core porno. Alot of material from the butt hurting Russia has given America.

MAY CONTAIN EXPLICIT IMAGES.

Are you in any way suggesting America's military force isn't the most powerful in the world? We will literally smack the opposing nation with our red, white, and blue frock.

Trackjacket wrote:

Are you in any way suggesting America's military force isn't the most powerful in the world? We will literally smack the opposing nation with our red, white, and blue frock.

A frock is a good word. America is a big girls dress, soft to touch and delicate in construction.

frock=frat + c o c k

Trackjacket wrote:

frock=frat + c o c k

frock/frɒk/

noun

1.a woman's or girl's dress.

2.a loose outer garment, in particular:

I can't wait to show you what pledgeship is like, future pledge.

Cunnilingus

pretty sad nobody has mentioned laundry yet.

or putting on a condam.

fan of 430miler wrote:

pretty sad nobody has mentioned laundry yet.

or putting on a condam.

Is that something to prevent a prison break?

Both of those are really important. Especially putting on a condom.

Gomer wrote:

5. Order a fine wine with something resembling knowledge

Only f@gs drink wine. Real men drink beer.

The British intrusion here is inflammatory and does not serve anybody well to keep paying attention to it. Pretty sad state of affairs to see that troll get fed.

The sad thing is how many of three people come to America for opportunity yet insult it at every passing moment. These are the same people who wouldn't leave the country unless it was forced upon them. See the year 1776 for all the supporting evidence. I don't see many Americans wanting to go to that cess pool London

Luke Sky wrote:

Spell tyre's properly. The language is called English, not American.

Did you really just tell someone to spell a word the way the Brits do it but then at the same time use an apostrophe incorrectly?

Dude, lame to make that point anyway, but if you're going to be so odious as to do such a thing, you'd better be flawless in your execution.

Fail.