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== [[Literature]] ==
* Magrat does this in ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]''. "I shall be washing my hair!" "When?" "Whenever!"
** Its use gets lampshaded when after being repeatedly rebuffed by Magrat, The Fool convinces her to watch the play with him and that there's even a pump available "in case you want to wash your hair".
** A further lampshade later: To indicate that the Fool ''hasn't'' been asking Magrat out lately, Nanny Ogg says to her: "Your hair looks a bit grubby. It looks as though you haven't washed it for a month."
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* In the furry comic ''[[I.s.o.]]'' by Vince Suzukawa, when the main character Cody Frost is trying to work up the nerve to ask his crush, [[Gentle Giant]] Doug, out on a date, his [[Imagine Spot]] comes up with various reasons why Doug might turn him down. This excuse is one of them.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100503135809/http://www.outpostnine.com/gaijin_smash/2009/01/japanese-people-say-the-darndest-things---version-xp.html This post] on [[Gaijin Smash]] discusses the cultural gap on date excuses.