… really wishes she could but, I have to floss my cat.
… really wishes she could but, I want to spend more time with my blender.
… really wishes she could but, I’m teaching my ferret to yodel.
… really wishes she could but, I swallowed my gold crown this morning, and I have to wait here until it comes out the other end.
… really wishes she could but, I have to stay home and wash my tongue.
… really wishes she could but, I have to check the freshness dates on my dairy products.
… really wishes she could but, I’m getting my overalls overhauled.
… really wishes she could but, My patent is pending.
… really wishes she could but, I’m worried about my vertical hold.
… really wishes she could but, I have to fulfill my potential.
… really wishes she could but, I have some real hard words to look up in the dictionary.
… really wishes she could but, I’m giving nuisance lessons at a convenience store.
… really wishes she could but, I’ve got a Friends of Rutabaga meeting.
… really wishes she could but, I have to answer all of my “occupant” letters.
… really wishes she could but, I changed the lock on my door and now I can’t get out.
… really wishes she could but, I’m attending a perfume convention as guest sniffer.
… really wishes she could but, My yucca plant is feeling yucky.
… really wishes she could but, I just picked up a book called Glue in Many Lands and I can’t put it down.
… really wishes she could but, I promised to help a friend fold road maps.
… really wishes she could but, I have to rotate my crops.