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• I'd love to go out with you, but it's my parakeet's bowling night.
• Why I Can't Go Out With You: I'd LOVE to, but... -- I've got a Friends of the Lowly Rutabaga meeting.
  -- I promised to help a friend fold road maps. -- I've been scheduled for a karma transplant....
• I'd love to, but... It's my parakeet's bowling night. -- 8 of 101 Easy Ways To Say NO
• I'd love to go out with you, but I have to floss my cat.
• I don't do this for my health, you understand. I do it for the pain.
  I *LOVE* the pain! -- Professor Hugh D. Young, quoted out of context....
• I'd love to go out with you, but I did my own thing and now I've got to undo it.
• I'd love to go out with you, but I want to spend more time with my blender.