The Gentleman’s Deck – $14.95
So you’re not one for coffee table books, knick-knacks, or superfluous decor doohickeys. But you’re not a complete Spartan when it comes to living, so it’s nice to have a couple of good looking things dotting the landscape of your place. The Gentleman’s Deck not only looks great, but it’s useful. 52 cards worth of knowledge, guidance, and topics that may even lead to discussion and debate.
The deck is made from a pretty thick, matte finish card-stock, making the cards not the easiest to shuffle. Maybe not the go-to cards for poker night, but certainly useable for gaming all the same.
Just a small selection of what the Gentleman’s Deck covers…
Perfect as a birthday, Father’s Day, or graduation gift. Maybe one for yourself too, even if you’re not the type to openly refer to yourself as a gentleman in front of others.
Just be careful as to who gets their hands on your deck. Because if she starts flipping through your cards, the next time you’re headed up a flight of stairs, she’ll watch to see if you’re behind her on the way up, and in front of her on the way down (thanks seven of spades.)
Win it: To enter for the Gentleman’s Deck, send your first and last name in an email to contests@dappered.com with the subject: Deck. One entry per person. Deadline is 11:59pm E.T. on 3/3/12. Good luck gents.
UPDATE: Congrats to Jonathan C. who won the Gentleman’s deck. Many thanks to all who entered.
Whats the reasoning behind the stairs thing? So you can admire her backside walking up and she can see your manly shoulders walking down?
You stand behind her as she goes up, so that if she falls, you are there to catch her. And before her as you go down the stairs so that if you fall, she doesn’t trip over the same thing you did.
And being a Gentleman is much about how you think about situations – it would surely be ungentlemanly to behave otherwise. (and yes – I do stay on the road side of the sidewalk so that those infernal horseless carriages don’t splash dirty puddles on to my wife!)
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The reason is gravity. You’ll always be at a lower height than her, so you can catch her if she falls.
Falling up the stairs is a real thing.
Haha, I walk on the roadside of the sidewalk when i walk with any woman.
Done it more than a few times myself.
Just a recommendation from the new guy here – You should really write an article on modern chivalry. I’ve met a lot of men who WANT to have that i-dont-give-a-fuck-about-political-correctness chivalrous attitude, but it just doesn’t come natural to them. It’s amazing how AWKWARD some guys look when they try to, for example, hold a door for a lady.
In my experience, the bigger deal/show you make of it, the more awkward it can be. Unless you’re making a joke about it.
Definitely…which is kind of in line with what I was saying. Most guys either don’t do it because they think it’s stupid or because they’re not confident about what’s right and wrong, and of the latter is true then they end up looking foolish when they try because they “feel” the way by asking things like “do you like it when I open the door for you?” or “do you want me to take your coat?” instead of “let me get that” or “here, I’ll help”. I don’t know, maybe I’m way off base.
http://artofmanliness.com/2008/08/12/be-a-modern-knight-protecting-your-lady-in-the-21rst-century/
http://artofmanliness.com/2011/06/08/opening-door-for-woman/
Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. Art of Manliness is a great source for that kind of stuff.
I always thought it was customary for the man walking closer to the building to prevent the woman from being hit by the contents of an emptied chamber pot.
I split a pair of pants from the waist down to the knee doing this once. They were cheap pants, though. Just looking for excuse to fall apart…
Perhaps that’s an American custom – you drive on the wrong side off the road too!
We’ve always used the long-drop out in the Kangaroo Paddock rather than a chamber pot.
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this works in tight stairwells but should be avoided in those wide enough for two, where if applied she could assume you are looking for a good view from behind and being rude rushing ahead. context, context, context.
You’ve shared this story before, right? Or do you split your pants all the time with those massive quads? 😉
I’m not interesting enough to have different stories for every occasion so I’m forced to repeat. Fortunately, people are so entranced by my quads that they’re not even really paying attention. 😛
Hmm I like my explanation better
I don’t know about chivalry these days. I’ve heard stories of men being chivalrous and getting flack for by the women (those who identify as modern day feminists) they help because they’re offended since they see chivalry as being dated and sexist – subtle but there. These stories makes me one confused man.
Now these are just what I’ve heard and not what I’ve experience, but I wouldn’t be too surprised if these incidents do happens every now and then. Sad really.
I’m a broken record on Threads posts myself. I just don’t have much experience, so I just repeat the same recent events over and over. =P
It might be from one of the AOM articles, but I remember reading something about a guy who caught hell from a woman he held the door open for. She said something snarky about ‘you don’t have to open the door for me just because I’m a woman,’ to which he replied ‘I didn’t hold the door open for you because you’re a lady, I held it open because I’m a gentleman.’
Boom