The Bliss of Ms. Blossom

Adam was feeling a little squished between Mike and Sara, because all seven of us were crammed into a booth. Fortunately, he wasn't eating anything, so he didn't have any plates to further crowd the table. Unfortunately, this was a sign to everybody that Adam is anorexic. Bryant concluded that Adam and Mandy have this in common and they should start a club. I was a little remiss in introducing him to everybody, but actually Mike claimed that they had met at least once, even though I don't recall when this would have happened. Kenneth was impolite and refused to acknowledge Adam's presence because he couldn't see him. He then insulted the rest of the table by calling into question our levels of sanity. We eventually dismissed his opinion as boring and rude. I said something funny (yet immemorable) at one point, and Adam laughed. Mike blatantly lied and said that Adam was laughing at one of Mike's jokes instead, and Sara fiendishly corroborated the story by claiming to have heard the joke as well. Nobody was able to actually tell the joke again, so I remain dubious. We asked him for his opinion a few more times, but other than that, he was relatively calm and patiently waited while I drank a million cups of coffee and was the last one to finish. In retrospect, we should have sung him Happy Birthday, but I facebooked it and called him on the phone, so that will have to do. I must admit, Adam, even Absent Adam, is always good company.