Friend?

[redshirt1957]

Originally Posted by Jimbits76

Oooh sorry, let me get in character!

"Kids, y'all better shut them pieholes before yer poppa gis y'all a whoopin'!

Ruby Sue, whilst y'all in the kitchen, fetch yer daddy a beer and tell Jimbob to get cleanin' that crapper!

Janey May, I don't not want none lip from you or I'll beat your ass until the red meat shows. You take them magazines back from where you brang em!

Bobby Ray, you go tell granma if she eats anymore punkin' pie the doctor said he gon' take her leg off!"


How's that doggy daddy????????


J

Well sweet cheeks you passed the first test. Now, do you have a sister, a twin would be real nice!

[Jimbits76]

No twins here baby....apart from my moobs.

J

[unclesallie]

sick pups all. a friend shows up at the neurological sciences ICU when your wife is dying, and stays till its over.
a friend, drives you home after you've made a complete mess of an important event, alienated everyone, and tucks you in, after kicking your butt just enough for you not to do it again. a friend owns your high moments and enjoys them as if his/her own. yeah.
best,
dan

[toph]

Originally Posted by unclesallie

sick pups all. a friend shows up at the neurological sciences ICU when your wife is dying, and stays till its over.
a friend, drives you home after you've made a complete mess of an important event, alienated everyone, and tucks you in, after kicking your butt just enough for you not to do it again. a friend owns your high moments and enjoys them as if his/her own. yeah.
best,
dan

you got it in one Dan really like that post

[Art161]

A true friend will help you out when you are hurting and need help, and not just be there for the good times. Not a fair weather friend. A true friend will OFFER to inconvenience him/herself for you and not consider it to be an inconvenience. It's something he or she WANTS to do for you.

[away36]

"You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend."
- Tom Petty

[Trurolexer]

OK...OK The Best Friend is someone who give his friend the ANCHOR when he know his friend have 3 Subs but don't have even a single anchor?

P.S : You know who you're Buddy...

[mfer]

Well, I only trust friends and for me trust is hard to give, rather earned.

I'd say I have a few friends here also.

[astcell]

If I cry in front of you and you do not leave, you are a friend.

[away36]

Originally Posted by Jimbits76

Oooh sorry, let me get in character!

"Kids, y'all better shut them pieholes before yer poppa gis y'all a whoopin'!

Ruby Sue, whilst y'all in the kitchen, fetch yer daddy a beer and tell Jimbob to get cleanin' that crapper!

Janey May, I don't not want none lip from you or I'll beat your ass until the red meat shows. You take them magazines back from where you brang em!

Bobby Ray, you go tell granma if she eats anymore punkin' pie the doctor said he gon' take her leg off!"


How's that doggy daddy????????

J

[buz-lh]

A true friend answers the phone at 2:00AM, even when he's sees it's you on caller id.

[redshirt1957]

Originally Posted by buz-lh

A true friend answers the phone at 2:00AM, even when he's sees it's you on caller id.

Ouch that hurts as I have failed that test once or twice in my life.. Hmmmm, not to old to learn. Good statement Buz.

[Art161]

Originally Posted by buz-lh

A true friend answers the phone at 2:00AM, even when he's sees it's you on caller id.

I thought that would be your bail bondsman.

[abigsecret]

Originally Posted by Jimbits76

I found out this weekend that a former colleague died in May this year. I considered him a friend yet since his leaving our firm I had hardly contacted him.

He was in his mid sixties when he retired and although we only spent around three years together we had what I would consider a great bond despite the huge age difference.

I respected and apprecited his opinions, attitude, ethics and talents as a great artist (watercolour and sketch).

I remember the summer of 2005, the pair of us sat sweating in our office listening intently to the Test Match Special etc and the Ashes coverage. I remember the jubilation, the desperation to get to work the next day and discuss or celebrate our boy's accomplishments.

I remember the pair of us laughing like drains at reruns of 'Round The Horne' or 'Sorry I haven't haven't a clue' as our secretary sat bewildered or just giggling at our boyish enthusiasm for radio comedy.

He taught me about hot club jazz, the likes of Django and Stephane, he told me about the Andrews Sisters, Louis Prima, Harry Belafonte. His greta love other than art was fishing. He took me fishing once and I annoyed him dreadfully but like a patient father and his enthusiastic seven year old boy, he treated my constant waffling, the knots in the fishing line, my girly screams at having to unhook a fish and even my dropping of the bait box into the lake with a quiet dignity.

We laughed at the same things, talked about the same issues and admired the same people. We also argued about wines, holidays, music and film. Our wives, colleagues and friends compared us to the muppet characters Statler and Waldorf, crotchety old men complaing about everything! My wife claire even bought us plush versions which sat on our desks. When he retired, Statler and Waldorf retired with him.

I saw him a few times after his retirement but once Claire was pregnant our contact drifted. Once William was born, I made the same excuses about time and the lack of it and therefore I could/would not make the effort to see my friend and somewhat mentor.

I miss him now. I regret not taking the time out of my ridiculously free schedule to take a bottle of whiskey and a Bill Bailey dvd round to him and laugh the night away.

He's gone and my heart feels hollow, not only due to the loss but also the fact that I found out about his passing four months after the event.

Not much of a friend huh? His memory will live on through art awards, the generations of his own family and even in mine. My son will undoubtably hear tales of "the chap I used to work with or the man who painted these pictures".

My tribute to him life is that my life was richer and my heart was fuller through knowing him.

Please everybody, find the time to see those people you care about. Don't put aside the effort required because you are watching the clock. Don't ever have that awful feeling of knowing too late and not having the chance to pay your respects properly.

Hopefully he is sitting in a taverna somewhere in his beloved Greek Islands drinking those Godawful kerosene-like spirits he used to bring back but wherever he is and if there is a chance he can hear me:

I miss you Waldorf!!!!!

Statler

That's a great story with a sad ending, but don't beat yourself up for it.
I'm sure his looking over you and William, and has a big smile on his face!

Originally Posted by Art161

A true friend will help you out when you are hurting and need help, and not just be there for the good times. Not a fair weather friend. A true friend will OFFER to inconvenience him/herself for you and not consider it to be an inconvenience. It's something he or she WANTS to do for you.

I like that explanation...

I think my only true best friend is my husband.
And then I have a few good friends, and Joe, you're one of them even though I've never met you!

[unclesallie]

Originally Posted by toph

you got it in one Dan really like that post

Christopher:
thanks.
best,
dan

p.s. but i'm bummed out cause i didn't make JJ's list of tossers~!

[JimSnyder]

A Friend! A real friend would include ya on HIS DAMN TOSSER LIST

[BLSampson]

A friend is someone that knows everything about you but likes you anyway. My best Army friend died 3 months ago. I was honored to be asked to eulogize him. I am mad because no one has filled his void.

[unclesallie]

Originally Posted by BLSampson

A friend is someone that knows everything about you but likes you anyway. My best Army friend died 3 months ago. I was honored to be asked to eulogize him. I am mad because no one has filled his void.

I understand this. It's a hard lesson but true: people unlike 'things' are just not replaceable. My sympathies.
best,
dan