Excuse me! Excuse me!" The mob, with Mr. Cain still in the middle, made its way into a second conference room where Mr. Cain delivered a short statement that borrowed lines from his stump speech.
We've all heard it — the "excuse me?!" with an elongated, higher pitched "me" at the end of what is not quite a question.
"John is a more moderate member of the Republican team, and I think he fits in more with Newt's — excuse me, with Mitt's — view of the world," Mr. Santorum said.
Most protesters left peacefully and began their interruptions with "excuse me" or "with all due respect". Others screamed at the top of their lungs, waved homemade signs and thrashed when police officers escorted them out.
One equipped with the take-it-or-leave-it — no, excuse me, with the take-it-like-I-make-it — title "Like Flies on Sherbert".
Moving on with etiquette, stop immediately (uh oh, a dreaded adverb) using the phrase "excuse me" with the smart aleck inflection.
Excuse me -- with one exception.
Teresa sailed by imperiously, a full pot of coffee in her, non-acknowledging Janet's "Excuse me" with an aggressive "whap" of her hip against the table causing Janet's antidepressants to roll off onto the floor.
For this latest trip, I wanted to do better, and so I downloaded all thirty lessons of Pimsleur German I, which again start off with "Excuse me, do you understand English?" As with the Japanese and the Italian versions, the program taught me to count and to tell time.
"You're using this conspiracy theory as an excuse to avoid sex with me".
