Probably six years ago, my oft-mentioned Londoner Andy sent me an email, the subject of which was "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT" and the entire content of which was:"Niles Crane is the greatest sitcom character in the history of the world."
It was just such an insanely hilarious non-sequitur to me, that I immediately had to ring him in London just to howl with laughter into his ear until we were both weeping.
Occasionally, he will honor this Great Moment in Friendship History by ending an email with some variation of the original declaration. So earlier today, I got an email that ended:
"BTW, Niles Crane is the greatest sitcom character ever (Reprise)."
A few exchanges later, another email ended with:
"BTW, Niles Crane is the greatest ever TV sitcom character (Redux)."
And then:
"BTW, Niles Crane is the greatest sitcom character ever (Director's Cut)."
Followed by:
"BTW, Niles Crane is the greatest TV sitcom character ever (DVD deluxe box set with tons of extras)."
And just now:
"BTW, Niles Crane is the greatest TV sitcom character ever (now available on iTunes)."
Honestly, he drives to me absolute distraction with this shit. I am ready to collapse into a heap.
Andy cracks my shit up in London, 1999.
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