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• I'd love to go out with you, but I'm taking punk totem pole carving.
• I'd love to, but... I'm taking punk totem pole carving. -- 34 of 101 Easy Ways To Say NO
• Chinese food on Indian wood carving - Lo Mein on Totem pole
• 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 never go out on days that end in `Y.'
• I'd love to go out with you, but the last time I went out, I never came back.