FRIEND CRUSH
Guy Snow ’18 and Joe Briddle ’18 reflect on their many years of an unorthodox friendship. BY REAGAN HART
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hey were chased down the road towards their cars. The workers wielded chainsaws at them all around the building. Guy Snow ’18 and Joe Briddle ’18 were at a haunted house, an experience they now describe as a fun adventure. At the time, they were both terrified, but they helped each other through the ordeal. “[Snow] was fine with going ahead as long as I held onto [his] back, because [he was] scared of people coming up behind [him],” Briddle said. Briddle and Snow’s haunted house experience is just one of many adventures they’ve had over the years of their friendship. Their friendship is very close, which has also warranted them
coming over to each other’s houses without warning. Snow stated that this happened a lot and he found it very funny. Briddle explained a usual scenario. “I would bike over to [his] house, and be like, ‘Hey, can I come over?’” Briddle said. “[Then Snow would say,] ‘I guess so, but I’m sleeping.’ [I would reply,] ‘Cool, I’m here.’” They described their close friendship as strange and unorthodox. From sports to their jokes they are very close friends. A l though t h e y don’t remember exactly w h e n they actually met, they know sports have played a big part in maintaining their friendship. Their teammate, Jake Davis ’18, has noticed their strong friendship. “[Briddle] [jumps] in any conversation that Guy’s in, even when coaches are talking to him. [He] likes to contribute,” Davis said. Even as Davis was getting to know them in junior high sports, he could tell they were very close friends. “I can’t see them not being friends in the future. It’s a very strong friendship,” Davis said. Being in football and wrestling together, Briddle and Snow spend many early mornings and late night practices with each other. Snow sees this very similar schedule as a perk of their close friendship as they will face the same struggles at the same time.
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“I feel . . . one good thing about our friendship is that if one of us doesn’t want to do anything, the … other one doesn’t want to either,” Snow said. During practice, Briddle and Snow like to mess around and crack jokes. They will be talking and break out laughing, but they aren’t the only ones making jokes along the way. With their close friendship and being wrestling partners, it has lead to many jests from their coaches about them dating. “If [Briddle’s] not in practice one day and I’m there they will [ask], ‘Oh, where’s your boyfriend, Guy?’” Snow said. Many of their favorite memories come from being close teammates, most of which include joking around in the locker rooms, though their jokes extend past the doors of the locker room. Their close friendship also means they share the same taste in humor, such as anti-jokes, dad jokes, comedian jokes and television jokes. These jokes come from people like Tom Segura and television shows like Family Guy. Briddle and Snow shared many of their favorite jokes, including one about a truck. “Are you a truck?” Briddle said. Snow proceeded by answering ‘no.’ “That’s probably one of my favorites, because it’s just so dumb,” Snow said. Their jokes aren’t just words, but can also be more physical, such as pranking each other. “One time [Briddle] was lying down and he asked for some water. So me and [Davis] filled a glass of vinegar, and we gave it to him. He drank it. It was pretty funny,” Snow said, “Then he spit it all over the floor… He was kind of mad, but more funny mad.” Even in such instances, they feel that these pranks aren’t going to change how they view each other. “I know a lot of friendships are close, but I think we are a whole different type of close. We can tell each other anything that happens. It doesn’t matter ... it won’t change how we think about each other,” Snow said.
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