10 things friends don’t let friends do...

THE FAMOUS ORIGINAL AD SLOGAN: “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.”         Public service ad slogan launched nationwide in the U.S. in 1983         First used in billboard ads by the Outdoor Advertising Association, then used in a series of memorable TV commercials aired by the Ad Council.

THE ZUCKERBERG MONEY MEME VERSION: "Friends don't let friends copy and paste memes."        Amit Chowdhry        Tech journalist for Forbes magazine        Headline for his Dec. 29, 2015 post on Forbes.com about those absurd Facebook posts that say Mark Zuckerberg is giving away money to people who repost Facebook posts that say that Mark Zuckerberg is giving away money.

THE CELEBRITY CANDIDATE VERSION: “Friends don't let friends vote Trump”        T-shirt slogan on Zazzle.com. (Of course, there are similar versions naming Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and other candidates. ‘Tis the season for politics.)

THE WINE SNOB DICTUM: “Friends don’t let friends drink chardonnay.”        Michele Anna Jordan         Restaurant and food critic and author        In her book The Good Cook’s Book of Days (1995)

THE WALKING DEAD DICTUM: “Friends don’t let friends reanimate.”      T-shirt slogan suggesting what every Walking Dead fan knows they need to do if their friend is bitten by a zombie.

THE SCUBA LOVERS VARIATION: “Friends don't let friends drink and dive.”        An "alcohol demotivational poster" on the DemotivationalPosters.org site.

THE CAT LOVERS VARIATION: “Friends don't let friends eat lilies.”        Seriously! As explained on the PreventiveVet.com site: “It takes only a nibble on one leaf or stem, or the ingestion of a small amount of lily pollen (easy to do when a cat grooms itself) to send a cat into acute kidney failure.”

THE SILLY FRIENDS VARIATION: “Friends don't let friends do silly things ... alone.”        A cute photo meme on the WeHeartIt.com site

THE ANTI-BULLY SLOGAN: “Friends don’t let friends bully”        Slogan for a public service advertising campaign launched in 2015 by the Seattle-based Free2Luv.org organization.

THE ANTI-FOOTBALL SLOGAN: “Friends don’t let friends watch college football”       A QuickMeme.com photo quip that some people (including me) can relate to.

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