How important are friends to you, Bill?
That's kind of a strange question for this setting. Don't you think so?
Well, the teacher hasn't come in yet, class hasn't begun and I was just wondering about it. So what do you think about friends?
I've never regarded them as particularly important. Perhaps that's because I come from a big family, two brothers and three sisters, and lots of cousins. That's what's really important to me. What about you?