Chicago Friends Versus Regular Friends

FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Always bring the food.

FRIENDS: Will say 'hello'.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss.

FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Call your parents Mom and Dad.

FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Cry with you.

FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing, and just being together.

FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.

FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' back-ends that left you.

FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, 'I'm home!"

FRIENDS: Will visit you in jail.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Will spend the night in jail with you.

FRIENDS: Will visit you in the hospital when you're sick.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Will cut your grass and clean your house... then come spend the night with you in the hospital and cook for you when you come home.

FRIENDS: Have you on speed dial.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Have your number memorized.

FRIENDS: Are for a while.
CHICAGO FRIENDS: Are for life.