keep your / hand on the rail / if / all / else fails

<< Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 - 8:25 am >>
i kept saying this in my head all night

he says he can't afford a cat because a) he is far too busy to take care of it; b) not because he is cold-hearted, as i accused him of being; c) and besides when he leaves, he'll have to take it with him.

he can't afford a cat. oh, he can't afford a cat! because when he leaves, he'll have to take it with him.

do i stand a chance at all?