You all know the drill....

"the dog ate my homework"
"my aunt died"
"my child is sick"

etc., etc.

My friend Derek and I were talking about why people (me included) feel the need to give an excuse when they have to bow out of a scheduled, planned get-together. Why can't they just say that they aren't in the mood or they've changed their mind or go to hell!

But no, we all have to come up with an excuse, which oftentimes, is pretty lame!

Derek's bridge night is going to be one short because his friend "just bought a computer and has 15 days to decide whether or not he is going to keep it so he needs tonight's hours to evaluate it." Yeah, right....

Perhaps Derek's friend Cory was the recipient of the best lame excuse I've heard. When inviting a girl that he was interested in out for dinner, she declined saying "that she had leftover lasagna in her 'fridge and if she didn't eat it that very evening, it would go bad."

You've just got to love it!!!