And the cat’s in the cradle


an expression used as a respond when someone p-sses the millionth raincheck for a get together or date.
derives from the harry chapin song “cat’s in the cradle”, telling the story of a father who never has time for his son and when the son grows up, he never has time for his father.
– so, how about that movie night we’ve been trying to have for six months now?
– dude, i can’t. not now, i’ve got a lot on my schedule. another time?
– “and the cat’s in the cradle”. fine, another time then…

– brad, dude, we’ve got this awesome party coming up this friday. why don’t you join us? you’ve been away for months with your job.
– i can’t, i have another deadline on friday. i’m sorry. how about next sat-rday?
– “and the cat’s in the cradle”. screw you brad, you never have time for us anymore.

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