Batteries are like…

Juicelog Mon 100706: Back a few weeks ago myself and Tom A. were discussing how friendships were like batteries. What I’ve noticed is that some friendships expire after a certain period of time (and therefore need to be chucked into the trashcan of society) whilst others are worth keeping (if you are prepared to put in the effort of recharging them).

Eventually over time most folks will acquire a whole collection of them which then leads to a process of review taking place. Having lost my mobz a couple of times in the last 12 months I have mind-bogglingly racked up a few numbers. The four categories I have come up with to define my social network are as follows:

Rank A – a group of people who I know well and who’s company I enjoy. These people would get nothing but love from me even if they called me up at 3am in the morning.
Rank B – these consist of folks I like but have not had the chance to connect with properly. People within this rank would normally expect a 60% attendance record from me at their social gatherings.
Rank C – this ranges from useful contacts, work colleagues, clubbing party types and people I have not met in real life yet.
Rank D – who will disappear from my phone at 12:01am on 1 January 2007 (if I don’t lose my phone before then).

As we’re halfway through the calendar year I decided to take some time out tonight by assessing my phonebook first. A simple analysis reveals that:

Rank A – there are 24 people that fall into this category.
Male:female ratio is 21:3
Gay:straight ratio is 20:4
(I’m sorry but there is a finite amount of J:love)

Rank B – currently I have 54 people who I need to get to know better.
Male:female ratio is 40:14
Gay:straight ratio is 39:15
(These people will be contacted shortly as a special one-off to make amends)

Rank C – unsurprisingly this came out the highest with a total of 89 people.
Male:female ratio is 76:13
Gay:straight ratio is 69:20

Rank D – 23 people are merely inches away from feeling the toe-caps of my caterpillar boots.
Male:female ratio is 23:0
Gay:straight ratio is 23:0

Another way of viewing these results is:

Total number of males = 160
Total number of females = 30
Total number of ‘mos = 151
Total number of hets' = 39

Towards the winter months a more detailed study (based on data from my rolodex) will be forthcoming.