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I like to play this game in which I compare all of my relationships to ones from Friends1. It’s fun, I swear. And tonight when I was brushing my teeth I started making a list. I’m sure it would have been a bit longer had I kept brushing the recommended time (slacker). (Italicized name is who I thought2 I was in the relationship.)  Rachel and Tag Rachel and Joey Monica and Fun Bobby Chandler and Janice (we all have one of these, right?) Ross and Elizabeth Ross and Rachel Ross and Rachel (and this one time I almost thought I had a) Phoebe and Mike ——————————————————————-1I love Friends. Unabashedly. Granted I didn’t really watch the last season because - kind of awful - but I guarantee you that I laughed at every single episode that I saw, every time I saw it (just like with AFV, a terribly under-appreciated program, but not really a fan of Tom Bergeron) and that’s not nothing. 2I wonder if the fellows would agree. It probably wouldn’t matter if I asked, none of them really cared for Friends, no matter how many times I tried to make them watch with me. If I ever meet a man who loves that show I may have to marry him immediately.

I like to play this game in which I compare all of my relationships to ones from Friends1. It’s fun, I swear. And tonight when I was brushing my teeth I started making a list. I’m sure it would have been a bit longer had I kept brushing the recommended time (slacker). (Italicized name is who I thought2 I was in the relationship.) 

  • Rachel and Tag
  • Rachel and Joey
  • Monica and Fun Bobby
  • Chandler and Janice (we all have one of these, right?)
  • Ross and Elizabeth
  • Ross and Rachel
  • Ross and Rachel
  • (and this one time I almost thought I had a) Phoebe and Mike

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1I love Friends. Unabashedly. Granted I didn’t really watch the last season because - kind of awful - but I guarantee you that I laughed at every single episode that I saw, every time I saw it (just like with AFV, a terribly under-appreciated program, but not really a fan of Tom Bergeron) and that’s not nothing.

2I wonder if the fellows would agree. It probably wouldn’t matter if I asked, none of them really cared for Friends, no matter how many times I tried to make them watch with me. If I ever meet a man who loves that show I may have to marry him immediately.

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made up games that only I play

This morning I was throwing some serious dirty looks on the bike ride to work.  Most of the were of the HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE GOING TO TURN IF YOU DON’T USE YOUR TURN SIGNAL* variety.

I decided to make up a game to diffuse some of my anger.  It’s called Turn Roulette.  You can play pretty much any time you’re biking in the city.  The rules are simple, anytime you come to an intersection, alley, driveway, etc (anywhere a car might turn) and there is a car nearby that could turn in such a way that it would hit you, you guess if it’s going to turn and then ride accordingly.  If you think they’re going to turn, slow down or stop.  But if you think they’re not going to turn then keep on going.  If you’re right, you’re safe (though unfortunately you don’t receive any money - it’s something I’m working on for future versions of the game).  If you’re wrong, you won’t get a bullet in the head or anything, but you might get hit (in the case of getting hit, you might get money, if the car was at fault and you get a good lawyer and sue the driver).

But wait.  You might say this game is way too easy.  Cars have turn signals you’ll tell me.  All you have to do is look for the turn signal.  It’s so simple.  But if experience tells us anything, although there is a rogue faction of drivers who insist on using turn signals, there are countless others who do not.  Why, just this morning I avoided no less than three accidents with cars who were turning without using turn signals.

And of course, helmets may not be required for Turn Roulette, but their use is encouraged.  Your brain is one of your best assets, and I’m not just saying that.

*Sorry for yelling at you, dear readers. But it was a very frustrating situation. I am not, as my mother would say, a mind reader.

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