Television

Manly attributes of a TV show include (a) the show title, (b) an optional description, and (c) the man rank (AKA mank). The man rank is a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being As the World Turns and 10 being The Simpsons.

Changing the Channel

 * Changing the channel while sports are on is not allowed except to see the score of another game. See also Sports.
 * Channel surfing is mandatory during commercials. Commercials during games must be changed to another game (until the main game is back on) or can be muted (as an alternative) to complain about how crappy your team is. Must be with another man, and he must agree with you. If you does not, you hold the right to remove him from your house. Complaining alone is whining.

Off limits TV shows

 * Gossip Girl
 * Oprah
 * Days of Our Lives
 * The View
 * Anything on Lifetime
 * Men's Figure Skating (unless it's the movie "Blades of Glory," which is an 8 on the movie scale)
 * The Oxygen Network
 * Passions or any other soap opera
 * Any interior design shows (exception: Do-It-Yourself specials on how to remodel your home into an advanced military fortress complete with an armory, moats, trenches, etc.)
 * The HGTV Network
 * Gilmore Girls
 * Sex and the City (exception: See under movies "The Goldstein Rule")

Stand-up Comedy

 * Men have the gift of a sense of humor, and the gift of being able to appreciate things that are funny, from the more scatalogical to the more highbrow. This is a rare trait in women, and no where is this more evident than during stand-up comedy. Male performers will often leave audiences anywhere from chuckling to rolling in the aisles, while the average female merely leaves the audience fidgeting uncomfortably.
 * If a woman attempts to be funny but is not, you are obligated to inform her. Pity laughter is acceptable if your objective is sleeping with her.