
You don't want to hurt his feelings do you?
Well, here's some excuses to avoid that date.
--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.