Falling Off the Planet

This is a term I give to people that have disappeared from the face of my personal "earth" or social stratosphere, so to speak. It's an offshoot of the Irish proverb, "a man is never too drunk if he can at least grab a blade of grass and not fall off the earth," just minus the drinking part. It's kind of implying that you're never not my friend unless you can at least keep in minimal contact with me, an email every now and then, a text message or some other "blade of grass." (And YAY for double negatives! I like to test my friend's logic as well. :-P )

I'm not going to mention details about why I'm bringing this up, but I'm just putting this out there.