Friends don't let friends

[Benjamin Barrett]

I wonder if friends let friends look at that website.....

On Aug 28, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Dave Wilton wrote:

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> This one has been making the rounds of the internets over the last month:
>
> http://weknowmemes.com/2012/07/friends-dont-let-friends-skip-leg-day/
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:26 PM
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> Subject: Friends don't let friends
>
> The earliest I see on Google Books of "Friends don't let friends drive
> drunk" is 1976: "ALCHOL/SAFETY PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS: SEMINAR NO.8."
> (http://ow.ly/diElG)
>
> This snowclone is fairly widespread now.
>
> One of the more common ones I've seen is: Friends don't let friends go to
> Starbucks
>
> Today, I saw "Friends don't let friends drink burnt coffee" on the signboard
> outside a coffee shop, though the "burnt" form made me wonder where the
> writer is from.

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