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Top Ten Reasons to NOT Volunteer

So you're still on the couch watching Scooby Doo in your pajamas instead of getting involved with YN's Volunteer-a-Thon? Well, what's your story?

10. I have split ends in my hair

9. I'm waiting for Spaceman Spinkeedoo to return from planet Zumar with the bag of cheese puffs he stole from me.

8. I'm counting the dust specks in the ray of light from my bedroom window.

7. I'm practicing the Ancient Art of Alphabet Burping.

	confettikiss06says, ""You're never too young to start (volunteering).""

6. I'm labeling my collection of discarded painted toenails.

5. I have to watch 36 hours of primetime TV.

4. I'm trying to beat the world record of ketchup consumption and I have 143 bottles to go.

3. I forgot the secret to Aunt Mildred's meatloaf recipe. (Ahem, it's grape jelly.)

2. I've got sixty three hours of PS2 to think about.

1. I don't know where to begin.

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My hero| BraveSirRyan

Congradulations for keeping us do gooders honest, I not only admire you for posting excuses for would be do gooders who are too lazy to actually let their lives speak their values, but also on a site dedicated to youth ACTION.
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How rude!!!| americankohaku

I have 63 hours of GameCube and Gameboy time to think about... So there. Oh, and 36 of InuYasha, not primetime. That's just junk.
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Your Comment is RIDICULOUS!| elphabelle21

That is one of the most immature, unkind, and rude things I've ever heard! What is more important- helping people, animals, and the environment, or watching Inuyasha and playing video games? If that's all you care about, you're going to have a rough future, and you'll also be ruining others' futures while wasting precious time. If you're just going to mess it up for the people who ARE trying to help the needy world, you should be ashamed. You need to reconsider your priorities! Watch T.V. . . or help living, hurting, dying people that not only don't have a t.v, but don't even have food, water or a home! The whole concept of you even THINKING that your entertainment is more important than people is RIDICULOUS! I hope and pray that you reconsider!
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BTW| elphabelle21

BTW, the above comment is referring to americankohaku's immature comment on this clever article.
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joke?| mizujada

uh... i really think they were just kidding... i mean, they didn't really sound serious.
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