The “Due Factor”

It started as a phrase that my friends and I used on the reg. The Due Factor.

What is it? It in layman’s terms it means you are due to have something go your way. To have a good luck on your side. Sports analogy: You’re due to get that ball to hit the foul pole as opposed to going foul.

When is it used? A series of unfortunate events that go against you. A week where a girl turns you down, you get reamed out by your boss for something that wasn’t your fault, you get mugged by a hobo and you sprain your ankle by stepping in an unmarked pothole. That constitutes, the use of “the due factor.” Also, if you have a dry spell with the opposite sex, that also is appropriate timing for dropping this iconic phrase.

Who can say it? You can say it to a friend. A friend can say it to you. Try not to use it too liberally as it can make you become that “boy/girl who cried wolf.”

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Me: Hey Fonzi (fake name, per usual), you’re really due bud. I mean, heck of a week.

Fonzi: I am so due. It’s been a war for “this guy” lately.

Me: Did you just say, “this guy” in reference to yourself?

Fonzi: I did, the Fonzi, likes to refer to himself as “this guy.”

Me: Wait, then you just referred to yourself in the third person?

Fonzi: Indeed I did.

Me: You have no friends and your parents don’t even love you.

Fonzi: Yeah, I know. Another reason, I’m due.

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Usually the friend you are speaking with is as much of a tool, like Fonzi, but you get the gist. Sometimes the only way to console a friend when they’ve had a little bad luck, is to drop the ole, “you’re due.”

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You could always give your friend this pep talk also…

One time,

Brad

28 July 2011 ·