*cues "The Odd Couple" theme song*

-D: Do you even know what that is?-
Actually, no, I don't. *blush* I just thought it would be appropriate.
-D: I take it this means you created Henry and Jim for your Strangetown neighborhood.
Yup. Here they are, under the Sim-name of "Hardname" ;):
Henry and Jim
You'll have to excuse the artistic license -- I didn't have the greatest pic of Henry, and it was tough finding clothes that looked right for both of them.
-M: How are they doing together?-
Actually, pretty well. Henry's a Family Sim (I wasn't sure what to make him, so I went with the fact he had a wife and daughter) and Jim's a Popularity Sim. They started off on the right foot -- Jim admired Henry before I built their house. I went with a green theme for them. They both went in and looked at the car, then Jim promptly started playing with it while Henry read:
Just Like Driving a Taxi!
I let them fun up, then had them use the computer to get jobs. Jim wanted a career in Culinary for some reason, so I let him sign on as a dishwasher. He went out and earned a logic point with the telescope. Henry became a mailroom technican for the moment in business (according to the novel, he was a mailman before going looney), although my goal for him is to fulfill his dream of becoming a doctor. ;) The welcome wagon turned out to be all-female -- Adelaide Smyth-Jones, Olive Specter, and Mysteria Lloyd. The girls had some unsuccessful socials, then Jim chatted up Mystie, Henry chatted up Adelaide, and Olive played darts. Henry sent Adelaide off to make sandwiches, while Jim kept talking and joking with Mystie. Doc also passed by, and Jim said hi to him too before going in for lunch. Henry is disgusted by Jim's sloppy eating habits, so I guess it's just as well he didn't see Jim fart too. After lunch, Jim used the toilet and took a shower. Now, I made Jim very sloppy. That was a mistake.
The Perils of Sloppy Sims
Every time he takes a shower, he sprays water all over the place! And he got the entire bathroom dirty with just one use. Luckily, Henry is a 10 Neat Sim, so he has fun cleaning and can superclean stuff:
Super-Cleaner!
The boys greened, earned some skills, then went to bed. While they slept, I realized Henry needed a Charisma point to get promoted, so I bought them a mirror.
Tuesday, Henry learned how to make cereal and went about cleaning and greening before heading off to work. Jim chowed down, greened, was forced to clean up his own puddles from the shower, and called Mysteria. They made pals over the phone, pushing Jim into platinum. I managed to keep him there by having him earn a skill point before sending him off to work. Henry came home, paid the bills, greened, and called Adelaide twice. Neither time they had a great conversation, which was too bad. He did get his Charisma point and a mechanical point, though. Jim came home with a promotion to Drive-Through Clerk. He greened, and they went to bed. I think Jim shall be conquest number three for Mysteria. They had nice chemistry.
-VD: At least it's another version of Chris.-

So, how were your dates last night?
-VD2: *biggrin* Wonderful. Josie and I had a nice dinner, danced, took in Hill Valley from the air. . . .-
-VM: Same here. We dropped in on Marty-2 and Jennifer-2 too.-
-OD: Clara and I went stargazing back in the 1800s. We got to see a meteor shower.-
Anybody her symbiote knew?
-OD: Ha ha.-
-AJ: *blush* Marty took me on a tour of Hill Valley from the air too, and we watched the sunset on top of the Clock Tower.-
-J2: Nice. Marty and I caught up with Rick and his girlfriend Casey and took in a movie.-
-M: Jennifer and I double-dated with Doc and Gypsy. We had dinner at Lou's Cafe, dessert at the Cafe 80s, and went to see "The Silence of the Lambs."-
-J: *looking at Doc" Gypsy's choice.-
-D: She's a psychiatrist, she identified with the heroine. Besides, we all had fun.-
-VD: Mystie and I just went back home. *winkwinknodnod*-
*other Docs grin*
-D: How about you two?-
-MDC: I ate chocolate. These two got all mushy. Yeck.-
-VD: Aha. Seriously now --
Seriously, we cuddled and read the BTTF novels.
-M: Come on, Vicky, we know each other better than that.-
-DW: But she's telling the truth.-
*crickets chirp*
-VD: What?-
-DW: Come on, I'm the only Doc here without a girlfriend! I had to hang out with somebody!-