Tribal Instinct

With my 75 mile (each way) daily commute, I get a lot of time to think about stuff. Today, on the way home I started thinking about friendship.

A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed.

Truer words were never spoken. But what exactly does it mean.

Well the first part... "A friend in need" that's pretty straight forward. Someone who's in a bind. A dude who's down on his luck. Someone who has unfulfilled requirements.

Indeed. well that's an afirmaiton. It's a shortening of the two words "in deed", when used in the conext of "He was a good man, in his deeds as well as his words" ... so to say "the things he did made him a good man."

So putting it all together...

A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed.

... Or ...

A friend who's in a bind is a friend who will do things.

It says a lot about human nature, I think.

You need to shorten that commute!

A true friend is not one who bails you out of jail, a true friend is the one sitting next to you saying, "damn.....that was fun!"

I go by:

A friend will help you move, a true friend will help you move bodies.

very nyce ace

Good one Ace.

I do have to say though on the 'move' thing. You usually find out your true friends when you move don't you? I mean you got all these so called 'buddies' and 'friends.' But when your ready to move the herd thins out quickly.