They should have just said "I'm sorry, I can't; I don't have the time because I've got piles of schoolwork / I'm fighting space aliens / my parents were kidnapped by literature and I kinda have a phoboa now". It's a bit like when you ask directions from somebody and they just walk right past you. It's just rude!

'Until I started studying Carol Ann Duffy's poems for Literature in school did i realise that I didn't have to make everything rhyme. ' - Same here :) I do write the odd poem myself, but I always feel awful afterwards in regards to their rhythm/the way they read. I always feel they're too disjointed and pointless. I don't think I've ever written a poem that I'm pleased with, to be honest :P

My favourite cookie? Whichever one has the most chocolate in. Are quintuple chocolate chip cookies possible? I hope so. :P If not, I will learn to make them (and burn my kitchen down in the process, no doubt).