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Do you still want to be friends with me now that Iâve set Josie Grahamâs hair on fire? I completely understand if you donât.
Same for Danny. If I were you guys I wouldnât want to be friends with me.
Love, me xxx
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Are you kidding? If we didnât have you as a friend, who would we laugh at?
We need you, if only for entertainment value.
J x
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Who did you laugh at before I came into your lives?
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The weirdo who used to live next door to Danny and sang songs from musicals while wearing a chicken suit.
I think the chicken suit was something to do with his job. Canât be sure.
Anyway, when he moved last summer, Danny and I were bummed. But then you totally filled that gap when you arrived in September.
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Wait. I replaced a guy in a chicken suit who sang songs from Broadway shows?
THATâs WHO I REPLACED IN YOUR LIFE?
I should have set myself on fire today.
Love, me xxx
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You know, if you really wanted to fill the gap left by the chicken-suit man, you could sing songs from musicals in lunch breaks.
My personal favorite is Fame because Iâm fun and amazing. Dannyâs is My Fair Lady because heâs basically an old man and apparently itâs based on some play that no one cares about.
Just a tip if you really want to win us over.
J x
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My stage career started and ended when I was forced to be a shepherd in a nativity play. I walked onto the stage, saw everyone staring, burst into tears, and ran straight back off. Into a tree.
Why, I have to ask, was there even a tree involved in the production? Last time I checked,there were no trees in stables in Bethlehem. Our drama teacher was clearly an idiot.
Also I canât sing. Not one note. Sorry to be a disappointment in comparison to chicken-suit man. So as much as I want to stay your friend for the rest of time, I can guarantee youânever going to happen.
I am, however, naturally gifted at setting people on fire.
Maybe my career lies in some kind of flame-inspired capacity. Ooh! Maybe Iâll be really good at welding metal with blowtorches or something! THEN I COULD MAKE A SUIT JUST LIKE IRON MAN!
That would be so cool. I need to speak to our technology department. Iâm guessing theyâll have access to blowtorches? They need to take advantage of my skill set now while Iâm young and malleable.
Love, me xxx
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Whatâs Iron Man? Is it one of those Marvin comic book characters that youâre obsessed with? Like that stretchy person?
J x
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Okay, firstly itâs Marvel, not Marvin.
Secondly, please do not refer to Mr. Fantastic as âthat stretchy person.â
And lastly, yes, Iron Man is a comic book character. Tony Stark develops an iron suit with repulsor beams and flight ability so he can take on bad guys.
Everyone would want to be my friend if I had one of those!
Love, me xxx
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Now, you see, itâs times like this when Igenuinely worry that youâre being serious.
J x
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I am being