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08-09-2006, 09:35 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Finland
Gender: Male
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I'd love to but...
We have all been in a situation where a good excuse would have saved us from embarrasment. That's why it is vital to excercise the noble art of making up excuses. This is how this goes: I'll make a suggestion/give an order etc. and the next poster must squirm his/her way out of it (not posting at all doesn't count for obvious reasons). Then s/he posts another suggestion for the next poster and so on.
Your excuse can be short and witty or long and exhausting (all the better if the long ones make sense in the end).
So here we go.
"Could you please look after little Johnny while I do the dishes?"
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08-09-2006, 11:51 AM
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Scribe
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Midlands, UK
Gender: Female
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I'd love to look after little Johnny, but I'm afraid that he'd be in the way when my house gets demolished, and I'd be worried about getting dust on his trousers.
xx
Could you please water my plants whilst I'm away?
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08-11-2006, 06:27 AM
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Writer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Southport, England
Gender: Male
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Nope 'cos I'd die when your house gets demolished.
Can you pass the remote?
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08-13-2006, 06:21 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Muskegon, Michigan
Gender: Female
Posts: 163
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I'd love to, but we don't own a TV.
Can you demolish my house?
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-Fillion
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08-13-2006, 06:40 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Essex
Gender: Male
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I'd love to, but what if something goes wrong? What if the hammer falls on my foot and smashes my toe? What if the boy next door thinks I'm a vandal and calls his dad, who in turn takes his shotgun and kills me? What if you change your mind and make me rebuild the house? What if the poor cat gets lost in the debris? Too much god damned uncertainty! I can't do it. Go away.
Can you please take me to a mental hospital?
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08-13-2006, 07:29 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Australia
Gender: Female
Posts: 10,552
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I'd love to, but they know me there, and they'll try to take me back.
Will you please go back to your home planet?
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08-13-2006, 07:29 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Sorry, I just wouldn't love to...
Edit: Err, hrm... Will you please service me, wench?
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08-13-2006, 08:52 PM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: New York
Posts: 5,240
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I'd love to, but I'm more of a servicee than a servicer. Sorry.
Could you tell me the time?
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08-14-2006, 01:06 PM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Surely not MN
Gender: Male
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I'd tell you the time if I wasn't an ageless god from before the dawn of time with no concept of it.
Would you mind passing the gravy?
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08-14-2006, 01:28 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 3,180
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I would, but I refuse to support the cruel consumption of animal drippings. So no.
This is a funny thread, Kelhanion. (I'm not really a vegan, btw.)
Will you please stop feeding my dog table scraps?
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08-14-2006, 03:47 PM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Finland
Gender: Male
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That would seriously hurt my chances of running away with all your valuables after the meal, now wouldn't it?
Advance to the no-man's land and distract the enemy.
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08-14-2006, 03:52 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,139
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You see, I would, but... erm.. wellll... the war's over? No- wait, stop celebrating! Don't go out there, I was jo-- Oops... *picks up commanders body* Shit!
Would you kindly remove your finger from my ear, sir, as I am trying to watch the football
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Last edited by Fantasy of You : 08-14-2006 at 04:56 PM.
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08-14-2006, 04:46 PM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 3,180
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I can't - not until I find what I'm looking for.
Will you please just go away?
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- Altas Shrugged
Last edited by galt : 08-15-2006 at 12:48 PM.
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09-08-2006, 05:06 AM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
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i'd love to, but you just ate my leggs... it DOES make it rather hard...
please stop messing with time and space.
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09-08-2006, 08:37 AM
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Writing Machine
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wis-con-sin
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,815
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I would, but first I need to fix a few things. You do want there to be a future, don't you?
Please remember this number: 21651864654514266225
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