Flat Friends are Fun!

Tonight we headed out to the airport to pick up our good friends Keith & Kathy, along with their son Pete, who have been gone for the past six weeks enjoying the sun, sea, and open sewers of beautiful Panama. But before we could pick them up we had one little thing to take care of…our assignment.

The assignment was part of a Christmas gift they gave us just before leaving town. Our history with these friends has proven that gifts never come without a few complications that are sure to add a little adventure and embarrassment to everyone involved. I'm not sure how these antics got started but apparently we can't seem to get along without them anymore. And even though our gift came in an ordinary box we knew something more was lurking inside. The box contained a gift certificate to our favorite Irish Pub (Yes, Pubs serve food too) and the twist was the instructions we were given on how we must use the gift. This was our assignment:

1. The gift Certificate must be used before they got home.
2. We must pretend that they are with us.
3. We must use a camera to prove that we accomplished the task.

So tonight, before attempting to pick them up, we finally completed our mission! (You can tell from the fog which obscures the outdoor photos, that their plane never made it into Medford! But boy were the fish n'chips good!)

"Flat Keith" getting ready to pick up the tab at Four Daughters Pub!

"Flat Keith" pointing at the pub. The pointing, authenticates it's him.

Stacy and "Flat Kathy" (even flat she looks better!)

Mark and "Flat Keith"(Hey Keith, which one of you is better looking?)

"Flat Keith" showing off his girly arms and pretty bracelets.


Let's just say we've taken a liking to "Flat Friends", you can talk them into doing things they wouldn't normally do and they don't ask to share your fish n' chips. On the other hand, they don't turn red when you try and embarrass them publicly either.

If you’re wondering what they received from us, among other things, we gave them a "Handy Spanish Phrases" guide, which we instructed them to use during their adventure. This was no ordinary phrase list either. It was custom made and contained at least a dozen weird and bizarre sentences which we challenged them to use during their stay. Sentences like, "Your daughter is really cute, would she be willing to date our son?" and "My husband is not handicapped, he just likes to point at everything" were among the handy phrases. Let's hope they got their assignment done too!