TOP TEN TIMES WHEN THE "I DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH" EXCUSE IS APPROPRIATE

10)  When your neighbor asks you if he can borrow your lawn mower and you don't feel like taking it out of the shed 'cause, like, you'd probably have to move a couple things.

  9)  Any and every time you're stopped by a Jehovah's Witness.

  8)  When someone asks for a fat rubber band and you don't have any.

  7)  When you're hangin' with a two-year-old and they keep asking you questions about stuff you haven't a clue about.

  6)  When you can't seem to pull up the local college radio station.

  5)  When you declare this is finally the year when you do your own taxes and realize, yeah, that's not gonna happen.

  4)  When you drop your only computer device onto the floor and it smashes into smithereens.

  3)  When you're lookin' through your emergency first aid kit for a Band-Aid and can't find one that'll cover a really wide cut.

  2)  When you've been dieting successfully and you're asked to join a chubby musical group.

And the number one time when the "I don't have the bandwidth" excuse is appropriate:

  1)  When you're writing this top ten list and realize you're cool with there only being nine.