1. I'M GOING FISHING: "I'm going to drink myself dangerously
stupid, and sit in a boat with a stick in my hand, while the fish
swim by in complete safety."
2. IT'S A GUY THING: "There is no rational thought pattern
connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it
logical."
3. CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?: "Why isn't it already on the
table?"
4. UH HUH, SURE, HONEY, or alternately, YES, DEAR:
Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response.
5. IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN: "I have no idea
how it works."
6. I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE
THINGS ON MY MIND: "I was wondering if that red-head over
there is wearing a bra."
7. TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD: "I
can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."
8. THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR: "Are you still talking?"
9. YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS: "I remember the
theme song to 'F Troop,' the address of the first girl I ever kissed,
and the vehicle identification Numbers of every car I've ever
owned, but I forgot your birthday."
10. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND GOT YOU
THESE ROSES: "The girl selling them on the corner was a real
babe."
11. OH, DON'T FUSS. I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT'S NO BIG
DEAL: "I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death
before I admit that I'm hurt."
12. HEY, I'VE GOT MY REASONS FOR WHAT I'M DOING: "And
I sure hope I think of some pretty soon."
13. I CAN'T FIND IT: "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so
I'm completely clueless."
14. WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?: "What did you catch me at?"
15. I HEARD YOU: "I haven't the foggiest clue what you just
said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough
so that you don't spend the next 3 days yelling at me."
16. YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE: "I am
used to the way you yell at me and realize it could be worse."
17. YOU LOOK TERRIFIC: "Oh, God, please don't try on one
more outfit, I'm starving."
18. I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE: "No
one will ever see us alive again."