John 15:1-17

So, we've been looking at what does it mean to be ministry-minded?

What does it mean to serve?

And it all starts, doesn't it, with the servant king, the Lord Jesus, the son of man who came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.

And then we looked at what does it mean to serve as sons of the Father.

And then last week, as the bride of the king, and this morning I want us to look at what does it mean to serve as friends of the boss.

I look at John 15 and verse 15.

It's a remarkable verse.

John 15 and verse 15.

Jesus says, no longer to his disciples do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing.

But I have called you friends.

I've called you friends.

It's the ultimate name-dropping, isn't it?

To call Jesus friends.

Or to say we are not only friends of Jesus, but that Jesus regards you and I as his followers as his friends.

It's the ultimate in name-dropping because his name is above every name.

And so if you know someone who's got a really well-known name, you'll know people like this.

They drop it, don't they, into every conversation.

Some of you will remember Dan Quayle.

It's ancient now, but he was the vice president to George Bush Senior.

I think I've got that right.

And in their kind of vice presidential debate, Dan Quayle, who was not short on confidence, compared himself to John F. Kennedy.

And Lloyd Benson, who he was debating, came back.

And Lloyd Benson said this, Senator, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine.

And Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy.

That is very clever.

It's a double whammy, isn't it?

Because in one breath, this guy was able to tell the nation I was friends with John F. Kennedy.

And at the same time, he made Dan Quayle look like a dirty name.

He made a fool of him.

And name-dropping, there's a real skill to it.

There's a way of doing it.

Somebody has said drop names are like toupees, you know, a wig.

And badly done, they are obvious and show bad taste.

Carefully deployed, they weren't wonders.

They're kind to laugh.

But I want us to think about this morning what a great privilege it is to have the name of Jesus associated with our name.

I want you by the end of this sermon to be bold enough to name-drop.

To drop the name of Jesus this week, wherever you go.

And so let's explore, what does it mean to be friends with Jesus?

To have Jesus as your friend?

And not only to call him friend, but to have him call us friends, which is not quite the same thing.

I no longer call you servants, but friends.

I don't know how many friends you've got on Facebook.

Maybe hundreds.

Some of you might have thousands.

But in real life, you don't measure friends by quantity, do you?

There's a proverb that's 3,000 years old.

It's a proverb of Solomon's.

It's very up to date.

It says this,

A man of many companions may come to ruin.

But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

How many friends do you have on Facebook?

Probably lots.

But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

And Jesus is that friend.

And I no longer call you servants, he says to his disciples, but friends.

And not to have a friend is really important, isn't it?

To have a friend is important.

Some of the saddest words I've ever read were by John Paul Getty.

He was one of the richest men in the 20th century.

He was a multi-millionaire many times over.

And he's reported to have said at the end of his life,

I've never known love.

I've never known what it is to have a friend.

And I think that shocks us.

I hope it shocks us.

It saddens us.

For a human being, at the end of their life,

no matter how much money they've made,

how much they've managed to accumulate for themselves,

the fact that they never had a friend, it's tragic.

And why do we find it tragic?

We find it tragic because my first point is this.

We were made for friendship.

We were made for friendship.

In the book of Genesis,

in the account of how God created the world,

we're told that human beings, you,

every human being that's ever been made,

has been made in God's image.

You have been made in God's likeness.

That's the explanation for who you are.

We've been made in God's image.

And God is the three-in-one God, isn't he?

Look at verse 9 of John chapter 15.

John 15 · chapter mention

Look what it says there.

Can you notice there are three loves

intertwined in verse 9.

As the Father has loved me,

Jesus says,

so have I loved you.

Abide in my love.

As the Father loves me.

That is the love of the Father for his Son.

As the Father has loved me,

and then there is the love of Jesus for his disciples,

so I have loved you.

And then there is the love that you and I

are to have for one another as Jesus' disciples,

which we are to remain in.

And it's all bundled together in that one verse, isn't it?

A three-fold cord is not easily broken.

So as the Father has loved me,

Jesus says, that's where it all begins.

In the beginning, God.

Before the beginning was God.

There was something before there was anything.

God is not some solitary God.

He's not like Allah on his own,

like Muslims believe.

But in the beginning, God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

That's what we mean when we talk about God being love.

You see, before the beginning,

before there was anything,

there was God,

there was friendship,

there was relationship.

There was Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Do you remember how John puts it in John 1?

That great passage, he says,

in the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was God,

and the Word was with God,

and the Word there is literally towards God.

There was a relationship,

a face-to-face relationship in God,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

There was a living,

and a loving,

and a delighting in one another.

Face-to-face,

they were planning,

and communicating,

and sharing with each other.

In the beginning,

there was friendship.

It's at the bottom of everything.

It's at the roots of all reality.

It's why in Genesis chapter 2 and verse 8,

Genesis 2 · chapter mention

there is this jarring note.

We read through the early chapters,

and Genesis 2 verse 8 is shocking,

Genesis 2:8

because in Genesis 1,

when there's an account of creation,

we're told that it was good

at the end of each day.

It was good,

it was good,

it was good,

it was good.

And then you come to Genesis chapter 2 verse 8,

Genesis 2:8

and it was not good.

And you haven't got to the fall yet.

Sin has not entered into this world

and ruined creation.

It was not good,

Genesis 2 verse 8,

Genesis 2:8

for the man to be alone.

It was not morally wrong for him.

The fall hasn't happened yet.

It was not evil.

It was not sinful.

That hasn't happened yet.

But we are told

it was not good for the man to be alone.

Adam was lonely.

And he was lonely,

not because he was sinful.

Sometimes we are lonely,

aren't we,

because of our sinfulness.

And we can't live with one another

because of our selfishness.

But that wasn't why Adam was lonely.

He wasn't lonely because he was selfish,

or sinful.

Adam wasn't lonely because he was imperfect.

Adam was lonely because he was made

in the image and the likeness of God.

And he needed someone to love.

He needed someone to share his life with.

He needed someone to talk to.

He needed someone to work with.

And it's important for you and I to see that.

So it may be this morning,

if you are lonely,

it doesn't necessarily mean

that there's anything wrong with you.

It's because you've been made for friendship.

We need friends because we need God.

And we've been made in the image and likeness of God.

And Jesus here invites us into that friendship.

No other religion does this.

No other deity does this.

No other God invites you

into friendship

and into relationship.

But as the Father has loved me,

Jesus says,

so I have loved you.

And I want your joy to be complete.

I want you to remain in this kind of relationship.

This kind of friendship

that creation demands.

But the cross defines.

Look at verse 13.

Greater love has no one than this.

That someone lay down his life for his friends.

Not only is it that we were made

for friendship,

but the second point is this.

Christ died

to give me that friendship.

It's what Jesus died for.

So don't forget the context here.

Don't forget,

this is the night before he goes to the cross.

And Jesus is facing up

to what he's about to go to.

It's staring him in the face now.

He knows what is going to happen.

And it's something he doesn't go into stoically,

does he?

He cries and cries out to his Father.

He sweats blood in contemplation

about what's about to happen.

Why should he go through with that?

He's about to make the supreme sacrifice.

Greater love has no man than this.

That he lays down his life for his friends.

And you are my friends,

he says to his followers.

And tomorrow I'm going to go out

and I'm going to lay down my life

in the most gruesome and violent

and awful way.

And isn't this the most amazing thing?

Death usually ends a friendship.

Isn't that why it's so, so painful?

Death normally ends a friendship.

But in the case of Jesus,

his death secures the friendship.

It's interesting, isn't it,

when you compare this passage

with Romans chapter 5.

Romans 5 · chapter mention

And in Romans chapter 5,

Romans 5 · chapter mention

Paul says,

it was while we were his enemies.

Jesus says to,

Jesus says in John,

we are his friends.

You've got to hold both those things together.

We are his friends.

That greater love than this.

There is no greater love than this.

That a man lay down his life for his friends.

You are my friends

and I'm going to lay down my life for you.

Paul says,

it was when we were powerless.

It was when we were sinners.

It was when we were his enemies

that Christ laid down his life for us.

There's no contradiction there.

Because the reality is this,

Jesus actually makes us his friends

by laying down his life for us.

Is it the truth of Christianity

that God turns his enemies

into his friends

through the cross of his son?

That's the way it works.

There's so many examples we could use.

Maximilian Colby,

he was a Catholic priest

who died in Auschwitz.

And near the end of his time

in that prisoner of war camp,

a prisoner had apparently escaped,

if you know the story.

All the people in the camp

were paraded in the blazing hot sun.

And one man from each line

was selected at random,

including a sergeant

whose name I can't pronounce.

And apparently this man,

as he was singled out to be executed,

he just cried out,

he cried out,

I've got a wife,

I've got children,

I'll never see them again.

And at that moment,

a man stepped forward from the ranks

and offered to take that guy's place.

He was prisoner at 16670,

Father Maximilian Colby,

a Roman Catholic priest

and an elderly man.

And he was towards the end of his life

and the SS commander in charge,

Butcher Fritz,

as he was known,

didn't care who went to the bunker,

as long as there were 10 of them.

So he just nodded

and Maximilian Colby

laid down his life for this man.

He just swapped places with him.

Greater love has no man.

It's such an inspiring story.

But Maximilian Colby

was an old man

who was going to die anyway.

You don't want to detract

from his heroism.

And it's a great

and inspiring story

for you and I.

For Maximilian Colby

to give his life

for someone else,

but it's only anticipating

what is going to happen anyway.

We're going to die, aren't we?

We're already dying.

In fact, Jesus Christ

is the only one

who's ever lived

who did not have to die

and yet he chose to.

Greater love

has no man than this

that he laid down his life

for his friends.

And so this friendship

that Jesus is talking about

is what we were made for.

And it's what Jesus died

to bring us into.

And so this,

at the very heart

of our Christianity

is to have this

kind of relationship

with God.

He died to make

his enemies

his friends.

I want to give you

four points

of application

to explore

what does it mean

to have Jesus

as your friend.

First thing to say is

that Jesus is a loyal friend.

Jesus is

the kind of friend

who lets you in

but never lets you down.

Does that make sense to you?

Jesus is the kind of friend

who lets you in

but never lets you down.

You are my friends

verse 14

if you do

what I command.

No longer

do I call you servants

for the servant

does not know

what his master

is doing.

But I have called you

friends

for I

all that I have heard

from my father

I have made known

to you.

You see

this relationship

is not the kind

of relationship

that you might have

with your boss

at work.

A servant

does not know

his master's business

does he?

You don't know

probably

what your boss

is thinking

lots of the time

what his plans are.

He doesn't let you in

just tells you

what to do.

And Jesus says

I am not going to

call you servants

I am going to

call you friends

because everything

I have learnt

from my father

which again

is an amazing

expression

I have made known

to you.

So here is

the friend

who sticks closer

than a brother

he is loyal to us

he lets us in

so that we can

share confidences

we can unburden

ourselves to him.

He lets us in

which is

isn't it

a very dangerous

thing to do.

To give someone

that amount

of information

at work

you might have

done that

and you found

yourself stabbed

in the back

you can't be

totally free

in the workplace

out there

in society

in general.

But here is a friend

that you can be

totally free with

you can share

confidences

with him

he lets you in

on all the secrets

all the things

that the father

has shared

with him

he shares with us.

and we can

share our secrets

with him

we don't have

to stand

on our

P's and Q's

we don't have

to go through

the protocols

we don't have

to make an

appointment

with his PA

to get him

he says

I no longer

call you

servants

you are

friends.

It's a lovely

little story

in one of

Gordon MacDonald's

books

about a monk

and his

apprentice

and the

monk and

the apprentice

are travelling

to an

abbey

in a nearby

village

and at the

city gates

they part

for the evening

and they say

we'll meet

the next

morning

according to

plan they

meet the

next morning

and they

begin the

long walk

back to

the abbey

and the

monk

notices

something

about the

apprentice

there's

something

in the

atmosphere

he notices

that the

young man

is unusually

silent

there's

certain

vibes

coming off

his friend

and he

asks the

apprentice

is there

anything

wrong

what

business

is it

of yours

comes the

terse reply

and the

monk is

sure that

his brother

is troubled

but he said

nothing and the

distance between

them as they

began to walk

increased and

the apprentice

walked slowly

as if to

separate himself

from his

teacher and

when the

abbey came

in sight the

monk stopped

at the gate

he waited for

the student

to catch

up and

he said

this he

said tell

me my

son what

troubles

your soul

the young

man began

to react

again but

he saw

the warmth

in his

master's eyes

and he

began to

melt and

he says

he said

after a

great deal

of silence

I've

sinned

greatly

I've

sinned

greatly

last night

I slept

with a

woman and

abandoned

my vows

I'm not

worthy to

enter the

abbey at

your side

the teacher

put his

arm around

the student

and said

we will

enter the

abbey

together

and we

will enter

the cathedral

together

and together

we will

confess your

sin and

no one

but God

will know

which of the

two of us

fell

isn't that

lovely

that's the

kind of

friend we

have in the

Lord Jesus

he is the

friend of

sinners

he became

sin for

us

he identified

himself as

the sinner

at his

baptism

what is

going on

there

he stands

in the

place of

sinners

and he

puts his

arms around

us

and we've

all got

skeletons in

the cupboard

haven't we

and we've

all got

things that

we don't

want people

to know

even the

youngest

of us

here

and Jesus

knows

because there

are no

secrets

with him

and he

is the

one to

whom the

secrets of

our hearts

they are

an open

book

and he

comes to

you and he

puts his

arm around

you and he

says come

on

let's go

and confess

this together

and no one

will know

which of us

is a sinner

he was

made

sin

for us

he who

knew

no sin

that we

might be

put right

with God

you see

he lets

us in

but he

never

lets us

down

Jesus

will never

use

that

information

against us

the devil

well yeah

he's the

accuser

of the

brethren

he will

remind you

all the

time of

your sin

but Jesus

is the

friend of

sinners

and he

lets us

in and so

we can

share

confidences

we can

unburden

our hearts

we can

confess

our sins

to him

and he

will never

use that

information

against us

not ever

even on the

great day

of judgment

when the

books are

open and the

secrets of my

heart is

revealed

my friend

will be

there

and all

of my

sin he's

taken

and if

anyone dares

on that

day to

accuse us

or to

dredge it

up he is

there

by our

side even

at the

great day

of judgment

he lets us

in but he

never lets us

down he's a

loyal friend

why wouldn't

you want a

friend like

that

there aren't

too many

people around

like that

are there

and so

one of the

really hard

things about

growing up

particularly in

our culture

today for

the children

that are here

you children

look up for a

minute

friendship is

difficult isn't

it

particularly as

you get into

teenage years

and you have

friends and

sometimes those

friends turn out to

be very very

different than you

thought and it

breaks your

little heart

you struggle

with that

and you think

well can I

trust this

person or you

might think

I'm all alone

in school

I'm all alone

but here is a

friend who

will never

break your

heart

here is a

friend who

is loyal

wouldn't you

want a

friend like

that

the second

thing I want

to say about

Jesus'

friendship is

it's a

productive

friendship

it's a

fruitful

friendship

look at

verse 16

it says

this

you did

not choose

me

but I

chose you

and appointed

that you

should go

and bear

fruit

and that

your fruit

may abide

my last

Charles Kingsley

is the author

of Watership

Down

he was once

asked what's

the secret

of a happy

and buoyant

life

he simply

said

I had

a friend

I had

a friend

Solomon

in Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 4 · chapter mention

chapter 4

says two

are better

than one

and he

gives us

all sorts

of reasons

why that

is so

it's a

lovely

little

cameo

picture

of

friendship

he says

two are

better

than one

so you've

got a

good return

for their

work

that kind

of relationship

it's a

fruitful

relationship

it's

productive

there was

research

done on

social

incentives

in the

workplace

that was

the title

of the

research

paper

it was

published

in the

review

of

economic

studies

and it

looked at

the productivity

of fruit

pickers

and the

networks

of friends

that they

form

on the

farm

so workers

were named

asked to

name up to

seven friends

and what

they did

is they

watched

and observed

on the

days that

they worked

alone

to estimate

their average

productivity

and then

that was

compared

with the

performance

when they

worked with

their

friends

and one

of the

authors

of the

researcher

prophet

LSE

said our

research

suggests that

getting people

to work with

their friends

could be one

way for

companies to

motivate their

workers without

necessarily paying

them off

it seems to

work doesn't

it two are

better than

one

two are

better than

one they

have a good

return for

their work

Jesus says

I no longer

call you

servants

I no longer

call you

employees

you no longer

have to clock

in and clock

out

I no longer

call you

servants

you are my

friends

and I've

chosen you

you didn't

choose me

I chose you

and I

appointed you

literally the

word there is

I ordained

you

I set you

apart to go

and bear fruit

and so

what's the

purpose of

this friendship

why has

Jesus made

you his

friend it

would be

that you

go and

bear fruit

for service

what kind

of service

no Christian

was ever

chosen by

Jesus to

stop and

to stand

around and

watch

Jesus said

I choose

you and I

have set you

apart and I

want you to

go to go

that's what

happens at the

end of our

meetings isn't

it the

benediction is

sending you

out with

God's blessing

we gather

on the

Lord's day

to scatter

during the

week

Jesus says

let me let

you into

my father's

business secret

that you

would go

into the

world

and that

you would

bear

fruit

now what

kind of

fruit are

we talking

about

are we

talking about

character

and conduct

or are we

talking about

converts

and there's

a bit of

disagreement on

that

I've appointed

you to go

and bear

fruit I

think

suggests

converts

I wouldn't

want to

drive a

wedge between

the two

because godly

character

fruitful

character

does

attract

doesn't

it underwrites

our testimony

but I

think he's

speaking here

about the

actual

going

and bearing

fruit

and can

you just

see

look what

it says

there

it says

fruit that

will

last

and my

father

and

my father

and

Claire's

dad

is

writing a

book on

eldership

and I'm

helping him

a bit

on it

and

this is what

I read

this week

in it

he says

this

I cannot

guarantee

my children

will be

converted

but in the

grace of

god I

expect them

to be

converted

god has

been merciful

to me

in my

house

I can

trace my

believing

family line

back to

at least

1790

and that

is exceedingly

precious to

me

if I bring

this up to

the present

that represents

eight generations

of believers

brackets

all

Presbyterians

isn't that

amazing

after my

mum and

dad

my mum and

dad are the

first generation

of Christians

in their

family

so ours

goes back

to 1940

but in

Claire's

1790

there was a

moment in

1790

when god

reached down

from heaven

and broke

in

isn't this

what it's

all about

that when

the gospel

breaks into

a family

there is

the kind

of gospel

fruit

that lasts

for generations

it's not our

testimony for

so many of

us

so what

is the

kind of

thing that

will transform

Ealing

in West

London

well it

is this

friendship

with Jesus

I've chosen

you for a

purpose

and so

you mums

isn't it

what you're

doing is

that you

are sending

the gospel

out

in your

children

and your

grandchildren

that they

may bear

fruit

fruit that

will last

so that

people will

see lives

transformed

and so

there will

be little

communities

little houses

of light

all around

this area

and further

afield

not only

in our

children's

lives

but in

our

grandchildren

our

great

grandchildren

it's an

exciting

thing

I think

that Jesus

shares

with us

his

friendship

is a

loyal

friendship

he lets

us in

but he

never lets

us down

his

friendship

is fruitful

and productive

and it's a

shared

friendship

that's the

third thing

it builds

community

it's not

virtual

community

but it's

real

three

dimensional

community

I like

social media

I waste

ridiculous

amounts of

time on

it

but it's

with people

you never

see isn't

it

or people

that came

once and

you kind

of connect

in that

way

it's a

it's a

phantom

community

it's not

real

community

you see

with couples

sometimes don't

you when they

get together

and they turn

in on

themselves

and no one

can get in

no one

can get in

that's not

what friendship

with Jesus

is about

it's not

like that

friendship

with Jesus

is a

shared

friendship

it builds

community

and so the

Christian life

is not all

about just

you and

Jesus

me and

Jesus

it's not

some nice

glowing

relationship

between me

and Jesus

to be a

friend of

Jesus

is to be

a friend

of mine

that ought

to be our

slogan

it would be

a great

mission statement

for the church

you know

those

you meet

with those

people

and you say

well I know

that person

and they say

to you

if you're a

friend of

them

you're a

friend of

mine

it's a

great thing

and Jesus

says I've

chosen you

to be my

friends

and you are

no longer

servants

you are my

friends

and any

friend of

Jesus

should be

a friend

of mine

there's a

lovely little

verse in

1 Thessalonians

come with me

to 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4 · chapter mention

chapter 4

1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4 · chapter mention

chapter 4

I always find

Thessalonians

hard to find

strange

Thessalonians

I found it

there you go

1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4 · chapter mention

chapter 4

and let me read

you verses 9

and 10

look what he

says about

this church

he says

Paul says

about this

church

now concerning

brotherly

love

you have

no need

for anyone

to write

to you

for you

yourselves

have been

taught by

God

to love

one another

for that

indeed is

what you

are doing

to all

the brothers

throughout

Macedonia

but we

urge you

brothers

do this

more

and more

what do

friends of

Jesus do

they love

one another

and that's

what he

commands

in John

John 15:12

15

verse 12

this is my

commandment

that you

love one

another

as I

have loved

you

verse 17

these things

I command

you

so that

you will

love one

another

friends of

Jesus

love each

other

they're not

just friends

on Facebook

as good as

that is

they're

friends in

real life

so look

around

look around

go on

don't be

shy

look around

know who

these people

are

know the

empty seats

and the people

that they

should be

here

and these

are people

from Christ

died

and they

are his

friends

and any

friend of

Jesus is

to be a

friend of

mine

that's my

command

Jesus says

11 commandments

we believe

in don't we

as the

father has

loved me

so you

should love

one another

so put

yourself out

for one

another

lay down

your life

for one

another

and as

the father

has loved

me

so I

love you

Jesus

gave his

life

but tragically

we don't

sometimes give

each other

the time

of day

the last

thing I

want to

finish with

is if

you're a

friend of

Jesus

Jesus

gives you

permission

to use

his

name

look at

verse 16

he gives

you permission

to use

his

name

so

whatever

you ask

the father

in my

name

he may

give it

to you

Jesus

says

feel free

to use

my

name

and that

means

doesn't it

reflecting on

what you

want

if you're

going to

use

Jesus

name

if you're

going to

ask

in

Jesus

name

it

means that

you're

going to

think about

what you're

asking

for

don't

come to

me

after the

service

and say

well I

asked

that I

win the

lottery

in Jesus

name

and I've

never done

it

or something

ridiculous

like that

or I

asked that

I pass

my exams

without doing

any work

in Jesus

name

and that

didn't

happen

that's

not what

it's

talking about

if you're

going to

ask in

Jesus

name

it means

that you're

going to

think about

what you're

asking

and Jesus

says

when you

come to

the

father

use

my

name

by

all

means

and you

can

ask

whatever

you

want

but you

need to

think

about

what you

want

Thomas

Merton

wrote this

he said

this

why do

we have

to spend

our lives

striving

to be

something

that we

would never

want to

be

if only

we knew

what we

wanted

why do

we waste

our times

which are

just the

opposite

of what

we were

made

for

and so

we need

to reflect

on what

we want

don't we

to pray

in the

name of

Jesus

is to

want

what

he

wants

and so

what does

he want

for you

it's not

what I

want

for myself

but what

does

Jesus

want

for me

what are

these

good works

that he

has prepared

beforehand

for me

to walk

in

and not

only that

to pray

in Jesus

name

is to

recognize

Lord I

need you

I need

you

to help

me

fulfill

this

commandment

you've

given

you told

us

that as

your

friends

we love

one

another

and quite

frankly

that is

hard work

sometimes

so Lord

help me

and give

me direction

and give

me help

and empower

me to do

this

and that is

what it means

to use

Jesus name

use my

name

Jesus says

by all

means

and not

only in

prayer

but in

everything

remember

what

Paul says

in Colossians

he says

whatever you

do

whether it's

in word

or deed

do everything

in the name

of the Lord

Jesus

and to be

a friend

of Jesus

means

that you

are Jesus

representative

you bear

his name

in everything

you do

and it means

wanting to

honor his

name

every Christian

stands for

Christ

every Christian

is a

representative

of Christ

every one

of us

is an

advert

for or

against

him

and we

either

commend

him to

others

or we

repel

them

from him

so it's

a great

privilege

isn't it

to have

his name

to be

able to

drop his

name

into

conversations

but let's

not do it

in a way

that embarrasses

him

you know

what it's

like

isn't it

you're

cut up

by some

driver

that's

got a

fish

on the

back

of their

car

there's a

joke

isn't

there

why do

people

say they've

got a

friend in