Excuses, excuses...

[yozhevich.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if there was a possible equivalent in Russian for this...

So, imagine a guy asks a girl out on a date. The girl is not interested, but the guy is persistent, so she has to come up with an excuse. In English, the excuse is almost always "I have to wash my hair." I doubt this happens in real life (poor guy), but it's kind of a joke, or a stereotypical situation...

Is there an equivalent phrase in Russian? Just wondering :) Thanks!

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[rqrmarine.livejournal.com]

as I've understood, it's a kind of "I build a nestling box" :) (строю скворечник), quite a popular expression
there's a joke (maybe my translation is poor, but I'll try)
- Hey, what are you doing tonight?
- A nestling box.
- And I was about to invite you somewhere...
- So go on, invite.
- Hey, could we go somewhere tonight?
- I can't.
- Why?
- I have my nestling box unfinished...

[yozhevich.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, that excuse is even worse than washing your hair... :)

Thank you so much! Could you possibly post the original joke in Russian?

[rqrmarine.livejournal.com]

hehe, here's variant of the joke from the internet (I guess, it's a bit more funny as mine :) )
- Девушка, что вы делаете сегодня вечером?
- Скворечник.
- Какой скворечник?
- Как какой? Деревянный.
- Жаль, а я хотел пригласить вас в кино.
- Так пригласите.
- Девушка, а давайте сегодня вечером в кино сходим.
- Не могу.
- А почему?
- У меня скворечник недоделанный.

[yozhevich.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's pretty good :)