You've been asked out on a date by this really ugly guy, right?

You don't want to hurt his feelings do you?

Well, here's some excuses to avoid that date.


I'd love to, but...


1 I have to floss my cat. --2 I've dedicated my life to linguini. --3 I want to spend more time with my blender. --4 The President said he might drop in. --5 The man on television told me to stay tuned. --6 I've been scheduled for a karma transplant. --7 I'm staying home to work on my cottage cheese sculpture. --8 It's my parakeet's bowling night. --9 It wouldn't be fair to the other Beautiful People. --10 I'm building a pig from a kit.

--11 I did my own thing and now I've got to undo it. --12 I'm enrolled in aerobic scream therapy. --13 There's a disturbance in the Force. --14 I'm doing door-to-door collecting for static cling. --15 I have to go to the post office to see if I'm still wanted. --16 I'm teaching my ferret to yodel. --17 I have to check the freshness dates on my dairy products. --18 I'm going through cherry cheesecake withdrawl. --19 I'm planning to go downtown to try on gloves. --20 My crayons all melted together.

--21 I'm trying to see how long I can go without saying yes. --22 I'm in training to be a household pest. --23 I'm getting my overalls overhauled. --24 My patent is pending. --25 I'm attending the opening of my garage door. --26 I'm sandblasting my oven. --27 I'm worried about my vertical hold. --28 I'm going down to the bakery to watch the buns rise. --29 I'm being deported. --30 The grunion are running.

--31 I'll be looking for a parking space. --32 My Millard Filmore Fan Club meets then. --33 The monsters haven't turned blue yet, and I have to eat more dots. --34 I'm taking punk totem pole carving. --35 I have to fluff my shower cap. --36 I'm converting my calendar watch from Julian to Gregorian. --37 I've come down with a really horrible case of something or other. --38 I made an appointment with a cuticle specialist. --39 My plot to take over the world is thickening. --40 I have to fulfill my potential.

--41 I don't want to leave my comfort zone. --42 It's too close to the turn of the century. --43 I have some real hard words to look up in the dictionary. --44 My subconscious says no. --45 I'm giving nuisance lessons at a convenience store. --46 I left my body in my other clothes. --47 The last time I went, I never came back. --48 I've got a Friends of Rutabaga meeting. --49 I have to answer all of my "occupant" letters. --50 None of my socks match.

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--51 I have to be on the next train to Bermuda. --52 I'm having all my plants neutered. --53 People are blaming me for the Spanish-American War. --54 I changed the lock on my door and now I can't get out. --55 I'm making a home movie called "The Thing That Grew in My Refrigerator." --56 I'm attending a perfume convention as guest sniffer. --57 My yucca plant is feeling yucky. --58 I'm touring China with a wok band. --59 My chocolate-appreciation class meets that night. --60 I never go out on days that end in "Y."

--61 My mother would never let me hear the end of it. --62 I'm running off to Yugoslavia with a foreign-exchange student named Basil Metabolism. --63 I just picked up a book called "Glue in Many Lands" and I can't put it down. --64 I'm too old/young for that stuff. --65 I have to ash/condition/perm/curl/tease my hair. --66 I have too much guilt. --67 There are important world issues that need worrying about. --68 I have to draw "Cubby" for an art scholarship. --69 I'm uncomfortable when I'm alone or with others. --70 I promised to help a friend fold road maps.

--71 I feel a song coming on. --72 I'm trying to be less popular. --73 My bathroom tiles need grouting. --74 I have to bleach my hare. --75 I'm waiting to see if I'm already a winner. --76 I'm writing a love letter to Richard Simmons. --77 You know how we psychos are. --78 My favorite commercial is on TV. --79 I have to study for a blood test. --80 I'm going to be old someday.

--81 I've been traded to Cincinnati. --82 I'm observing National Apathy Week. --83 I have to rotate my crops. --84 My uncle escaped again. --85 I'm up to my elbows in waxy buildup. --86 I have to knit some dust bunnies for a charity bazaar. --87 I'm having my baby shoes bronzed. --88 I have to go to court for kitty littering. --89 I'm going to count the bristles in my toothbrush. --90 I have to thaw some karate chops for dinner.

--91 Having fun gives me prickly heat. --92 I'm going to the Missing Persons Bureau to see if anyone is looking for me. --93 I have to jog my memory. --94 My palm reader advised against it. --95 My Dress For Obscurity class meets then. --96 I have to stay home and see if I snore. -- 97 I prefer to remain an enigma. --98 I think you want the OTHER [your name]. --99 I have to sit up with a sick ant. --100 I'm trying to cut down.

101 ... well, maybe.

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