With friends like you, who needs friends?!

[LitTrog]

I have been wondering what purpose our X marks friends serve. I'm talking about the men and women we have listed on our profile pages as our buddies. Don't get me wrong--I'm thrilled to have some; it allows me to disprove my mom who, to this day, insists that nobody will ever be friends with a miserable, misanthropic little twit like me. Take that you old wench.

Unlike the other friends in our lives who (I'm told) help us do things like move furniture and bury bodies, it seems our X friends just have to sit there, helplessly, while we make inappropriate comments and wear white hose with flatcaps. Is there an actual function within the forum that uses the "friend" status (thread notifications, birthdays, that kind of thing) or is it just a way to publicly show our bonhomie? If it's the latter, I suggest we come up with some ideas to make us more useful to each other. Any ideas? Be as impractical as you wish! For instance:

I was thinking of pitching a reality show to Fox Broadcasting--kind of a hybrid between The Bachelorette and Survivor made up entirely of X marks members. We would use our friends lists as the basis for the alliances, and the fact that many people have mutual friends with potential enemies (you know who you are!) some serious backstabbing would ensue!

The working title is Tart and Tartan.

Now that's some TV.

[David Thorpe]

Slow day today?

[MacMillans son]

Are you really allowed to be in public unsupervised??

[Muddy]

Good question. I have wondered the same.

[LitTrog]

Being allowed is one thing. Being able to wiggle one's way out of restraints is another.

And, really, between Big Brother and our orbiting Alien Overlords, nobody is unsupervised anymore...

[Riverkilt]

Wondered about that too. But I usually ignore what I don't understand and just - in the words of the poets - "let it be."

Why isn't there a Kilted Bachelor program where a kilted bachelor picks a lady from a bunch of them...or a lady picks one kilted bachelor from a rabble of kilted gents....the world is ready!

Would the lady insist on a Scottish Carwash from each gent as part of her selection process....?

[Chas]

Ah, mothers - how wise they are!

Regards

Chas

[guardsman]

Have I missed something here!!!

[LitTrog]

Would the lady insist on a Scottish Carwash from each gent as part of her selection process....?

She may not on her own, but I'll write it in as mandatory. I'm sure after she gets one treatment, she'll be begging to make it a traditional opening for each episode.

Riverkilt's the only one who's grasped the intent here. Sure, lobbing insults at the ugly kid is easy (and, admittedly, fun) but I'm looking for ideas. Either one is fine with me, but I'd like everyone to focus a little more.

[TurboKittie]

Al right...FINE. I sent you a friend request already. Sheesh.