http://www.pixcapacitor.com/2006/08/a-friend-of-a-friend The Fruit of Knowledge Digest: Now in weblog technology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:26:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.pixcapacitor.com/2006/08/a-friend-of-a-friend#comment-1425 Steve Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:56:08 +0000 http://pixcapacitor.com/blog/2006/08/a-friend-of-a-friend/#comment-1425 Well, you could say a friend of a friend is the square root of a friend. That allows for humourous reactions, as in High school maths we were told to simplify it down when pronouncing 'square root', so we merely said 'root'. Root being Australian slang for a verb suggesting sexual intercourse, it now means that saying someone is a 'root friend' (friend of a friend) is similar to saying you wish sexual intercourse with said person, and you think of them as a friend. It allows for several random exchanges. "Who's this?" "This is Tom. He's a root friend." "... Is that something like 'friends with benefits', or what?" Well, you could say a friend of a friend is the square root of a friend.
That allows for humourous reactions, as in High school maths we were told to simplify it down when pronouncing ’square root’, so we merely said ‘root’. Root being Australian slang for a verb suggesting sexual intercourse, it now means that saying someone is a ‘root friend’ (friend of a friend) is similar to saying you wish sexual intercourse with said person, and you think of them as a friend.
It allows for several random exchanges.
“Who’s this?”
“This is Tom. He’s a root friend.”
“… Is that something like ‘friends with benefits’, or what?”

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