The ManBoxes

This is Man. Hello, Man.

These are boxes.

But these are not ManBoxes. These are boxes that HausFrau knows what to do with.

These are just plain ol' moving boxes.

These, on the other hand, are ManBoxes. I counted very carefully. Three times. There are 31 ManBoxes in the garage on this wall.

I thought 31 boxes was the grand total for the garage. Then I saw this sucker hiding on the top of some shelving on the opposite wall. This ManBox (it contains a VHS camcorder, all original packaging) brings the total up to 32.

Don't get all excited thinking you won the Official ManBox Count Contest if your guess was close to 32. This is just the garage, people. There's more.

In the basement.

I counted. Twice. There are another 19 boxes here.

32 + 19 =

That's right, my friends, there are a Grand Total of FiftyOne ManBoxes at Haus Rockin'Bauer. I think my original guess of 50 was not too far from the truth. And, Man actually accused me of exaggerating. Humpf!

I think he was just hoping to sneak that camcorder past me.

Here is the moment we've all be waiting for: the results for the

Rockin'Bauer PCS 2009 ManBox Count SmackDown.

Can I get a drum roll please?

The winner (besides me and my guess of fifty) is . . . . . .

Subourbon HausFrau (Hi, Stacey!) coming in at 48. She obviously knows a ManBox when she sees one. Or fifty one.

WonderWoman (Hi, Heather!) is the first runner-up with her guess of 56.

BeachMum (Hi, Laura!) is second runner-up with a guess of 43, although she did admit to being conservative with her numbers.

Let me do some looking around the Haus for the perfect prizes.

In the meantime, how many ManBoxes do we think are going to show up at the next duty station? You'll have to guess first. Right now, I'm afraid to even go there.