Friends - The One Where Monica Sings

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PROBABILITY	ADVISIBILITY
MAY/MIGHT/COULD
POSSIBILITY (MAYBE ) Now this may sting a bit ... I may be a sissy, but I'll still pound you into the ground. .. I could be your new mommy! Well, maybe you're going about this the wrong way, you know? Maybe she didn't move on , you know. Maybe that kiss was just an impulsive, one-time birthday thing. I was hoping maybe we could come to one of your kissing parties on the balcony. Maybe this, you know, just doesn't make sense any more. Yeah, maybe not . So what do you want to do? We should probably do something manly to make up for it. You know, you can probably take care of that on your end.	PERMISSION
MUST
LOGICAL CONCLUSION / EMPATHY Wow! I must be growing up!	NECESSITY Oh man, now I have to get those done, too?! I have to be at the office and see Gavin in ten minutes. I have to get moving. Don't you have to be at work? you have to promise me that you will not tell anyone what I'm about to tell you. So, why did I have to hide ? No, actually, see I had to (use the bathroom) Only if I don't have to get up and sing. You don't have to sing . So I don't have to sing . Come on. You don't have to do anything. You have got to sing . Look, you've got to help me out. I've got to stop this. I mean, not that you need to . Sounds like you need to think about what you want Sure, just give me a second to get all huffy and weird like you. OK, stop it you guys. Stop staring at .. Have a seat right over here Mr. Bing. Hey, come with me. Oh, hide, that's Ross! Hide! Hide! Just stay behind the curtain. Gavin, come out from behind that curtain! Don't worry about Ross, really. Don't panic. Don't be. Just bad timing.
SHOULD/OUGHT TO
LOGICAL EXPECTATION	ADVICE/OBLIGATION I told Monica we should put lights on our balcony. Why should I? I mean, if she wants to move on, that's fine. She thinks I should have my eyebrows waxed. And you definitely should talk to Ross. I felt guilty that you were here, which I shouldn't. I think you should talk to Ross about all this. We should probably do something manly to make up for it. Who are you to decide what messages I should or should not get? Well, what the hell am I supposed to do? All right. Let's just do this.
CAN/COULD
ABILITY You know I can only dish it out! Can you totally see through her shirt? I don't know if I can take any more plucking. You know, you can probably take care of that on your end. I told you I can't ... I can't sing in front of all these people. I can't use public bathrooms because of the doodie parasites. I can't believe Rachel just moved on. I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I sang in front of people, and they liked me! I can't believe you're making such a big deal about this. I cannot believe you. I can't do that with someone who hides my messages and brings crazy women back to my apartment! I couldn't help but notice, but that's an unusual necklace. It hurt so bad I could only let her do one eyebrow. You could tweeze circles around that sadistic bitch at the salon. So I was hoping you and I could have a chance to kind of ... I was hoping maybe we could come to one of your kissing parties on the balcony. IMPOSSIBILITY	PERMISSION Can we talk about what happened here last night? I can just sit there and pass judgment on others? You can go again. It's probably not my place, but can I give you a piece of advice? Can Emma and I live here for a while? OPTION Or .. I could call in sick and not deal with it at all. At least she could have told me
WILL/WOULD
FUTURE I Nobody'll go out there. Maybe if we put some lights out there they will. " If she wants to go out there kissing guys ..., well then so will I! But I'll be fine. So, do you think you'll ever work again? It'll just be easier if it's the two of us .. like college. Then I swoop in with some interesting conversation, so they'll see that I'm the brilliant, brooding, sexy one. I may be a sissy, but I'l still pound you into the ground. .. You'll understand when you see Joey. We'll see . If it's meant to be, I'll guess it. You have to promise me that you will not tell anyone what I'm about to tell you. Once that spotlight hits you, it's so bright you won't see anyone anyway. We said we would live together as long as this made sense. So are you going to talk to her? Are you afraid I'm going to beat you at singing? I'm going to take a little break, and when we come back .. Rachel's going to keep kissing guys until she finds the one she wants, and I'm going to die alone. Hi, I'm Monica and I'm going to be singing "Delta Dawn." You have to promise me that you will not tell anyone what I'm about to tell you. I'm about to sing another song. I'm having new head shots taken tomorrow, right? Are you coming to Mike's piano bar tonight? I'm getting new headshots taken, all right? PAST HABIT: I used to be a rodeo clown.	WILLINGNESS (OFFER) Sonia will be right with you. I'll take care of it. We'll get to the wax in a minute. I'll just go get Emma. I will help you out. For my next song I think I will sing something a little more upbeat Why would he break up with me?! REFUSAL
CAN/COULD/WILL/WOULD
OFFER REQUEST Let me ask you guys something. Please come and support Mike. Would you rather drown, or be burned alive?