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August 6, 2009

That's Your Boyfriend: Guy Who Watched Friends In One Sitting

I know that your boyfriend was just doing what he thought was a clever stunt in order to raise money for his education. I know that he was just trying to figure out a fun and clever way to get some media attention (success) and at the same time pursue his dream of attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama. We all have dreams, I respect having dreams, OK? Moreover, I also know that your boyfriend has broken the world record for 'Non-Stop Television Watching'. He is waiting on a ruling from the Guinness Book of World Records, and has made some kind of history, or whatever. Good for him. But I am going to tell you this, because I am your friend, I'm basically your Rachel, and I care about you: however noble the reason, watching all 10 seasons of Friends in a single sitting that lasts 83 hours and 40 minutes, even if it didn't result in hallucinations, twitches, and deramatitis, which it did, that is TOO MANY HOURS OF FRIENDS TO WATCH AT ONE TIME, and also it is GROSS. I really think that you should dump him. We tell each other stuff like that. (Friends-a-thon.com via Daily Mail.)

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It looks like my boyfriend just caught a glimpse of ugly naked guy! LOL! Am I right you guyz?

Posted by: Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up profile link at 08/06/09 4:21 PM  | Reply
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your right.

Posted by: Mustafa profile link  in reply to  Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up's comment at 08/06/09 4:26 PM  | Reply
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i liek joey! how u doin!! LOL
CLASIC!!

Posted by: Pistachio Disguisey profile link  in reply to  Mustafa's comment at 08/06/09 4:38 PM  | Reply
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He got a whiff of the smelly cat.

Posted by: moonmaster profile link  in reply to  Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up's comment at 08/06/09 4:49 PM  | Reply
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Was he also raising awareness of grimacing?

Posted by: krull_nugget profile link at 08/06/09 4:24 PM  | Reply
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At least HE can commit. The Gathering begins today, and where are YOU?

Posted by: Godsauce profile link at 08/06/09 4:25 PM  | Reply
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I just checked to see how much we'd have to lay down to fund Gabe's Vision Quest. $150.

The website says the following: "Thanks for wanting to join us at this year's Gathering of the Juggalos. We are currently only selling tickets on-site.... Don't worry about the event selling out, we're making sure that there are enough tickets for everybody who wants to attend. Come have your life changed forever."
1) Something tells me that last sentence isn't just an empty threat
2) I'd be happy to put some cash towards the ticket

Posted by: whoa! profile link  in reply to  Godsauce's comment at 08/06/09 4:44 PM  | Reply
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Seconded. I would donate at least $10 to the cause. Or man a bake sale.

Posted by: Ms. New Jersey profile link  in reply to  whoa!'s comment at 08/07/09 12:38 PM  | Reply
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Wait, is this guy British? Shouldn't he be watching Coupling?

Posted by: Ashley profile link at 08/06/09 4:26 PM  | Reply
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He wouldn't be grimacing as much as he'd have corpse-face if he had sat through 83 hours and 40 minutes of coupling.

Posted by: Radi0Waves profile link  in reply to  Ashley's comment at 08/06/09 4:28 PM  | Reply
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My boyfriend may have watched 83 hours of Friends, but your boyfriend watched 67 hours of According to Jim.

Posted by: Constantinople profile link at 08/06/09 4:29 PM  | Reply
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Very similar to the time I read In Search of Lost Time in one sitting. Exactly the same thing, basically.

Posted by: K profile link at 08/06/09 4:31 PM  | Reply
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He will be hearing laugh tracks in his nightmares for the rest of his life.

Posted by: thereisnogreen profile link at 08/06/09 4:32 PM  | Reply
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Also, during hour 73, he entered the screen as pure energy, obvs.

Posted by: K profile link at 08/06/09 4:33 PM  | Reply
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Could this guy BE any more grimace-y?

Posted by: hey potato profile link at 08/06/09 4:40 PM  | Reply
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He wasn't my boyfriend while he was doing this. We were on a break!

Posted by: Deezey profile link at 08/06/09 4:44 PM  | Reply
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Ugly as Fred Armisen.

Posted by: Smokey Harem profile link at 08/06/09 4:55 PM  | Reply
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My boyfriend must be homicidal!

Posted by: d33r profile link at 08/06/09 4:56 PM  | Reply
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"The One where Your Boyfriend Shoots Himself in the Face"

Posted by: heywoodjewbrome profile link at 08/06/09 5:09 PM  | Reply
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I just wanted to make it clear that when i started dating this guy, noone had told me that life was gonna be this way.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 08/06/09 5:16 PM  | Reply
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I find that my boyfriend's deep love of the hilarity that is "Friends" is his most attractive quality. Besides the grimace-face, of course.

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 08/06/09 5:50 PM  | Reply
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Oh, noes! The bleeds have begun!

Posted by: PURPLE_DRANK profile link at 08/06/09 7:14 PM  | Reply
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You (your avatar) might be the only person more grimace-y than my boyfriend.

Posted by: MsQuinn profile link  in reply to  PURPLE_DRANK's comment at 08/06/09 7:43 PM  | Reply
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That's so weird, when you click on the link for "List of Sponsors" it just says "Matt LeBlanc" over and over again.

Posted by: LinerNotesDanny profile link at 08/06/09 8:10 PM  | Reply
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i can't even watch one episode of that show anymore, much less 160 of them blech

Posted by: timewaster profile link at 08/06/09 8:28 PM  | Reply
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Um... My family has Friends marathons every weekend, where's our prize? (Shut up; it's the only thing that keeps us from killing each other.)

Posted by: langford profile link at 08/07/09 3:04 AM  | Reply
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Wow, I would consider being forced to watch "Friends" a pretty damn good reason to kill someone. YOUR VIEWPOINTS ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM MINE! (once again Tommy Wiseau's screenwriting skills FTW)

Posted by: Weeam profile link  in reply to  langford's comment at 08/07/09 4:12 AM  | Reply
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This feat has been accomplished numerous times in Vang Vieng, Laos by neo hippies in TV bars drinking "happy shakes" while putting off this thing we call life.

Posted by: The Dean at 08/07/09 10:27 AM  | Reply
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...yikes.

Posted by: Silvio profile link  in reply to  The Dean's comment at 08/12/09 7:12 PM  | Reply
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