AND THE ANSWER IS?

NO!  Not just no, but hell no!

I'm coming up with a standard answer these days.  Just say no.  Here are a few.

No, I don't want to go to dinner at an expensive restaurant.  No, I don't want a new car.  No, I don't want to go to your church.  No, I don't want to take a cruise . . . anywhere.  No, I will not respond to your text message.  No, I don't want a drink of anything with alcohol in it.  No, I will not loan you my pickup truck.  No, I will not loan you money (unless you're a kid or grandkid).  No, I will not enter your contest.  No, my tools are not for loan.  No, I will not buy your foreign raised anything (like Walmart fish).  No, I will not wait for hours if my appointment was at 10:00 o'clock.  No, I will not stand in line to see a movie.  No, I will not attend a concert with you (Unless it's James Taylor or some other entertainer I admire).  No, I will not donate to any national fundraiser.  No, you can't have one of my cats.  No, I do not want to be a Mormon or Jehovah's Witness.  No, I won't write a poem for you.  No, I won't play guitar and sing for you.  No, I won't go Black Friday shopping with you.  No, I won't go tubing down the Guadalupe with you.  No, I will not play golf with you.  No, I won't watch Duck Dynasty or any other redneck show with you.  No, you can't have free copies of my books (unless I owe you).  No, you can't sell my collected stuff on ebay (until I'm dead).  No, I will never euthanize an animal out of convenience.  No, I will not go hunting with you.  No, I will not go on vacation with you (unless you're my wife).  And no, you don't have to read this idiotic blog if you don't want to (I should've said that first, right?)