Joe, the neighborhood chronic borrower approached his neighbor, «Ray, may I borrow your axe?»
«Not today,» Ray replied, «I have to make soup.»
«What kind of excuse it that?!» demanded Joe.
«Well,» confessed Ray, «I admit its a lousy excuse. But, if I don’t want to loan you my axe, one excuse is as good as another.»
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