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| #6794 |   | Why I Can't Go Out With You:
  I'd LOVE to, but ... 	-- I have to floss my cat. 	-- I've dedicated my life to linguini. 	-- I need to spend more time with my blender. 	-- it wouldn't be fair to the other Beautiful People. 	-- it's my night to pet the dog/ferret/goldfish. 	-- I'm going downtown to try on some gloves. 	-- I have to check the freshness dates on my dairy products. 	-- I'm going down to the bakery to watch the buns rise. 	-- I have an appointment with a cuticle specialist. 	-- I have some really hard words to look up. 	-- I've got a Friends of the Lowly Rutabaga meeting. 	-- I promised to help a friend fold road maps.
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| #6795 |   | Why I Can't Go Out With You:
  I'd LOVE to, but... 	-- I have to answer all of my "occupant" letters. 	-- None of my socks match. 	-- I'm having all my plants neutered. 	-- I changed the lock on my door and now I can't get out. 	-- My yucca plant is feeling yucky. 	-- I'm touring China with a wok band. 	-- My chocolate-appreciation class meets that night. 	-- I'm running off to Yugoslavia with a foreign-exchange student 		named Basil Metabolism. 	-- There are important world issues that need worrying about. 	-- I'm going to count the bristles in my toothbrush. 	-- I prefer to remain an enigma. 	-- I think you want the OTHER Peggy/Cathy/Mike/whomever. 	-- I feel a song coming on.
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| #6796 |   | Why I Can't Go Out With You:
  I'd LOVE to, but... 	-- I have to draw "Cubby" for an art scholarship. 	-- I have to sit up with a sick ant. 	-- I'm trying to be less popular. 	-- My bathroom tiles need grouting. 	-- I'm waiting to see if I'm already a winner. 	-- My subconscious says no. 	-- I just picked up a book called "Glue in Many Lands" and I 		can't seem to put it down. 	-- My favorite commercial is on TV. 	-- I have to study for my blood test. 	-- I've been traded to Cincinnati. 	-- I'm having my baby shoes bronzed. 	-- I have to go to court for kitty littering.
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| #6797 |   | Why I Can't Go Out With You:
  I'd LOVE to, but... 	-- I'm trying to see how long I can go without saying yes. 	-- I'm attending the opening of my garage door. 	-- The monsters haven't turned blue yet, and I have to eat more dots. 	-- I'm converting my calendar watch from Julian to Gregorian. 	-- I have to fulfill my potential. 	-- I don't want to leave my comfort zone. 	-- It's too close to the turn of the century. 	-- I have to bleach my hare. 	-- I'm worried about my vertical hold knob. 	-- I left my body in my other clothes.
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| #6798 |   | 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'm staying home to work on my cottage cheese sculpture. 	-- It's my parakeet's bowling night. 	-- I'm building a plant from a kit. 	-- There's a disturbance in the Force. 	-- I'm doing door-to-door collecting for static cling. 	-- I'm teaching my ferret to yodel. 	-- My crayons all melted together.
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| #6799 |   | "Why must you tell me all your secrets when it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing?" 		-- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
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| #6800 |   | Without love intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence love is not enough. 		-- Ashley Montagu
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| #6801 |   | Wouldn't this be a great world if being insecure and desperate were a turn-on? 		-- "Broadcast News"
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| #6802 |   | Yeah, there are more important things in life than money, but they won't go out with you if you don't have any.
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| #6803 |   | You shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh. 		-- Pat Benatar, "Hell is for Children"
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