This is not an untypical conversation between me and my friend Jeff.1
Jeff:   Oh, the dreams of longing stars.
Me:   Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
Jeff:   Uh…biddy bah bah. <blinks>
Me:   You betcha!.
Jeff:   I have to say that Cthulhu is getting a little overexposed. He may want to talk with his publicist about that.
Me:   He got typecast. You always see him as the “wacky neighbour” on sitcoms, but that’s about all he does any more
Jeff:  Well, I knew he played Wilson on Home Improvement
Me:  Yeah. Beginning of the end, really
Jeff:  Wasn’t he Carlton the Doorman too?
Me:   And of course, who can forget “The Gooch” on Diff’rent Strokes?
Jeff:  And Mr. Dalliard on “A Bit of Fry and Laurie’
Me:   And Vera Peterson on Cheers
Jeff:  I’d forgotten about that one. Good memory!2
There’s a reason we’ve been friends since we were 12.3

  1. Yes, this is from the start of the conversation.  That’s how we tend to start conversations.  Roll with it. ↩

  2. If any of my artist friends want to try and run with one of these, have at it! ↩

  3. Aside form the fact that, even then, we were the only ones who would put up with us. ↩