Birds of a Feather?

If fashion wins your partner’s heart, check out the readily available T-shirts from the Cool TV Props store! I couldn’t decide between all the items which t-shirts would be best suited for your Valentine’s day—are you a Big Bang Theory nerd? A Barney Broski? Phoebe fan?—until I got a look at the collectable shirts under the F.R.I.E.N.D.S market.

Let’s examine the hilarity.

My personal recommendation goes to the You’re My Lobster t-shirt. Isn’t it adorable? Well-cut and flattering, it looks just right off the shoulders of any F.R.I.E.N.D. The website adds,

“Is it true that lobsters mate for life and in old age go around holding claws? Well, that’s what Phoebe wants you to believe, and it is a good story. Once he sees you in the t-shirt, he just might buy into it.”

Only available at Cool TV Props, the fashion find brings a new level of fandom to the holiday a shopper only finds here!

Though the following option, the next line down, paints an entirely different picture: the We Were On A Break tee. TV Props says,

“Did Ross really cheat on Rachel? Were they actually on a break? Does it matter? Get a cool break t-shirt now and you can avoid explaining yourself.”

I wouldn’t exactly readily recommend this as a Valentine’s gift, unless you take advantage of the following (not the low flat-rate shipping, though I highly recommend that as well):

Anyone else notice that the former shirt seems cut for women, while the latter shirt seems cut for men? Granted, neither shirt should be restricted to either body type, but come on! Perhaps the credit goes to the line-immortalizers; Phoebe for “lobsters,” and Ross (or was it Rachel?) for “breaks.”

My solution? Buy both! Play into stereotype for one day and make a pair from these t-shirt selections. That way, any Valentines couple can be their own Ross and Rachel. Won’t stop you from getting any less candy.

“…And You And Daddy Were Not On A Break”

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A few years after the fact and I’m still feeling a little Friends-less.

I’m not lonely, no, only talking about the ten-season-sitcom that changed nineties television.

Which is why I’m excited I found a hotspot for all my belated F.R.I.E.N.D.S gear! One item in particular caught my nostalgic eye this morning: the We Were On A Break t-shirt, in part because of the quote. In another part, because they printed the quote on the front and back of the shirt, to make the message clear as you’re walking toward and walking away, I guess.

…Well I thought it was funny.

Unfortunately, the first circumstance wasn’t as amusing. Rachel asked for “a break from us” during one of her blowouts with Ross. However, “break,” and what it meant, lost its meaning in translation when they both use it to un-justify cheating (cheating?) on the other. Whether “break” meant “pause,” or break-up, remains to be seen. The good news is, I can write this article with some semblance of happiness because Ross and Rachel do end the decade-long program together…if not with one final “break” joke.

Other quotable notables include:

·      Ross cheating on Rachel with Carol

            (“You know what, Ross, why don’t you put that on your answering machine?” -- Rachel)

·      Ross cheating on Carol with Rachel

·      Ross yelling at Chandler in the middle of the Central Perk

·      Ross yelling over the phone in Monica’s apartment (Don’t worry, Chandler rescued Monica)

·      A plane passenger telling Rachel that it was perfectly clear she was on a break, when she cheated with someone else.

·      “…What about that time I said ‘we were on a break’?”

·      “And that’s why, no matter what Mommy says, we really were on a break.”

And my personal favorite,

·      “Unless…we were on a break…don’t make jokes now!”

Ross finally realizing the quote may be a bit overused and entirely unnecessary.

The quote might be a fan favorite, but F.R.I.E.N.D.S and Cool TV Props are not responsible for the outcome of using—or wearing—said quote in real life. Speak with caution, please.