Suddenly I found my attitude changing from "Yeah, I'm not sure what my friend does, it's something to do with Intellectual Property" to "IP? Just what I need to know about.
"I love the tradition of toasting, it's something I always do with friends and family," he says in the accompanying PR guff.
It was something to do, you know, with friends.
It was something she did much more with friends than with lovers.
I want women to be physically active because it feels good, because it is something enjoyable they can do with their friends, their partners and their children, or because it provides a quiet space to be on their own.
I wasn't even completely sure what the word meant, but I knew it was something my software-executive friends in Boulder do to their cars and I liked the idea.
It may be something to do with the friends I've got, but I've rarely encountered this creature who wilfully puts offers of matrimony and children on hold in the interests of professional advancement, though no doubt they're out there.
No sitting at home solo playing Words With Friends (that's something Ike would do).
If there's something you can do well that your friend really needs to learn how to do, whether that's lawn care, cooking or weightlifting, find out if they want to try it with you.
"We are good friends, and that's something I didn't have with my first husband," says Anne, who ended her first marriage when she was in her 50s.
This was echoed by ID5 who added "If they had a higher level group and a middle level group…that would be good, then it would be something extra to do with your friends".
