Vox

I got 72 down, but the list is quite arbitrary (Columbus? Birds? Huh?). My three deficits: Tie a bow tie (have never needed to), Make three different bets at a craps table (have never cared to), Tell a woman's dress size (in this event, ignorance is truly bliss). I would have to add a few more important ones:
- Use, clean and store a gun
- Light a cigar
- Plant a tree
- Shine shoes

Incomplete or not, the thought of #73 makes me melt.

I've got three of your four, Jon.

I never got the whole cigar thing, though I appreciate the ritual of it...and Gigi made it seem oh so romantic.

I like Robert Heinlein's version of this as well:

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.”