Friends don't let friends wear dresses without sleeves.

On Friday my wife and I were part of a "murder mystery" at a friend's birthday house. For those who have never had the pleasure, it's LARP'ing without the swords. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LARP) All the geekiness, none of the potential for bent glasses frames.

Being a guy's birthday, he invited his buddies out. This was interesting as half of the roles were for women.

This is where I learned something weird. It's alright for a man to go around without his shirt on, or in a tank top in the summer. But put him in a sleeveless dress and there is something reactionary to armpit hair.

These events are fun because it degrades (quickly) into accusations of each other's characters. Depending on the crowd (and amount of bubbly there) this can get way past the PG rating. And the best part is that usually the most reserved, modest amongst you will have the most scathing, off colour insult.

If you ever want to get to know your best friends way better, have them over for drinks, have them dress in costumes (and cross dress if needed), and spend the night accusing each other of killing someone and having loose morals. It's more fun than it sounds. Or you COULD just watch the hockey game.