What were your favorite door excuses?

[Brinton]

I was remembering the mish the other day and all the wacky excuses we got at the door while tracking.  What were your favorites?

My personal faves were:
1-We're not home
2-The door is locked
3-The dog is allergic to you
4-The silent, yet revealing peep hole dodge.

My other personal favorite door conversation was:

BG: We're Pravoslav
Us: So you believe in Christ, right?
BG: NEY!  We are atheiests!
Us: Oh, that's interesting.

[Richard Davies]

Hehe, this is a great topic for discussion!

My personal favorite was #2 on your list, "nyamen klooch". That made absolutely no sense to me. I don't recall ever getting #1, although that one's just as good, if not better than #2.

I wonder how many of those guys are still locked in their homes without a key... 

[Blindspot]

Actually, it is easy to lock someone in.  The deadbolts don't have a convenient knob on the inside and so you need a key to open it from the inside!  Stupid design perhaps, and a serious fire hazard not to have one.  But it is possible that the person with the key has left and locked the door.

I used to keep a book with all the crazy brush-offs I got.  Stuff like "I'm pregnant" and "I need to catch a bus" (Then shouldn't you be out catching it instead of watching TV?)  If I ever find it, I'll hook you up with my semi-definitive list.

[joelconte]

Az sum gola!

Ne se zanimavam s takiva raboti.

koi "Nie sme misoneri" koi? "MI-SI-O-NER-I!" koi?

and Solter's favorite... Remember the contest to see who could impersonate the best Tuzhen Pomen face without laughing?  Then  a stara babichka opens the door to 2 crazy foreign kids in suits about to bust out laughing.

[Brinton]

Joel...

I'd totally forgotten "Az sum gola"

And the tuzhen pomen face thing....that's hilarious!  We used to do the tracking dance when they would peep hold dodge...

Thanks for the good laugh!