Yahoo News (via the AP) is carrying a story about date "rescue calls". I don't normally comment about stuff like this, but it blows my mind that people would pay a service to make up a lie for them so they could get out of a date. If people can't face up to the interpersonal stress of ending a bad date, then I have no idea how they'll actually be able to survive the difficult times that are inevitable in any intimate relationship. Perhaps these companies will expand their services to invent lies for spouses to tell each other when they wish to avoid painful topics of conversation.