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Are you a gentlemen?

These modern commandments have been put together by Country Life magazine to mark the launch of the...
TodayFM
TodayFM

8:38 AM - 23 Apr 2014



Are you a gentlemen?

Best Bits

Are you a gentlemen?

TodayFM
TodayFM

8:38 AM - 23 Apr 2014



These modern commandments have been put together by Country Life magazine to mark the launch of the magazine's Gentleman of the Year Award. We think the don'ts are a bit unfair. What do you think?

DOS

A gentleman:

  • Is at ease in any situations and puts others at their ease
  • Is always on time
  • Dresses to suit the occasion
  • Makes love on his elbows
  • Occasionally gets drunk, but never disorderly
  • Is mindful of others' financial circumstances

DON'TS

A gentleman does not:

  • Wear a pre-tied bow tie
  • Drink Malibu
  • Buy fuchsia trousers
  • Tweet
  • Put products in his hair
  • Wear Lycra
  • Write with a ballpoint
  • Plant gladioli
  • Own a cat

What happened to paying for dinner, holding the door open and saying please and thank you? We agree with the pre-tied bow tied, and there’s a time and a place for lycra, but we’ve got nothing against our biro-wielding, cat-loving, socially engaged modern man. We even think coloured trousers are rather posh, really.

What do you think?



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