only a homey counts as a friend fiction edward w pritchard Go through your card file, review you emails, peruse your phone logs. Are they acquaintances or are they homeys. A homey knows you through and through, faults and all and has your back. You can always count on homey. No maintenance or supervision necessary. Famous homeys: Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, Romeo and Mercutio, Batman and Robin. Female Homey's? How about Thelma and Louise. end