I'd love to, but...

• there are important world issues that need worrying about.


• I have to draw "Cubby" for an art scholarship.


• I'm uncomfortable when I'm alone or with others.


• I promised to help a friend fold road maps.


• I feel a song coming on.


• I'm trying to be less popular.


• my bathroom tiles need grouting.


• I have to bleach my hare.


• I'm waiting to see if I'm already a winner.


• I'm writing a love letter to Richard Simmons.


• you know how we psychos are.


• my favorite commercial is on TV.


• I have to study for a blood test.


• I'm going to be old someday.


• I've been traded to Cincinnati.


• I'm observing National Apathy Week.


• I have to rotate my crops.


• my uncle escaped again.


• I'm up to my elbows in waxy buildup.


• I have to knit some dust bunnies for a charity bazaar.


• I'm having my baby shoes bronzed.


• I have to go to court for kitty littering.


• I'm going to count the bristles in my toothbrush.


• I have to thaw some karate chops for dinner.


• having fun gives me prickly heat.


• I'm going to the Missing Persons Bureau to see if anyone is looking for me.


• I have to jog my memory.


• my palm reader advised against it.


• my Dress For Obscurity class meets then.


• I have to stay home and see if I snore.


• I prefer to remain an enigma.


• I think you want the OTHER [your name] .


• I have to sit up with a sick ant.


• I'm trying to cut down.


• ... well, maybe.