. . . "A type of Room Shuffle whereby a character volunteers some random reason for leaving a room, so that the remaining characters can talk amongst themselves. Usually of the mundane \"Well, I'm off to work,\" \"I think I'll call it a night,\" \"Gotta use the head,\" \"Going to the Store\" type of comment, rarely related to the plot. The British equivalent would be \"I have to see a man about a horse (or dog)\". If the character is The Ditz, a Bad Liar, or simply desperate to get away, they may come up with a less plausible excuse, like \"I think I hear my mother calling me\" or \"I need to take my goldfish to the vet.\" Particularly desperate and / or dimwitted characters might even come up with either something absolutely nonsensical, or might just abandon the whole 'reason' part of the reason (\"I have to go over there, for... some reason.\" or \"I have to go be somewhere else\") When a character wants the remaining characters to know what they are up to, they'll often go with a blatantly transparent \"I have a thing with a guy\" excuse. Sometimes said character needs to convince additional characters to follow them out, suggesting they Talk About That Thing. Go Look At the Distraction is the inverse of this, where the character says something intended to make the hearer leave the room. Can be used to Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone. Not to be confused with My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels, or with Kick the Dog. Contrast with Suspiciously Specific Denial. A string of these becomes a Hurricane of Excuses. Examples of I Need to Go Iron My Dog include:"@en . . "A type of Room Shuffle whereby a character volunteers some random reason for leaving a room, so that the remaining characters can talk amongst themselves. Usually of the mundane \"Well, I'm off to work,\" \"I think I'll call it a night,\" \"Gotta use the head,\" \"Going to the Store\" type of comment, rarely related to the plot. The British equivalent would be \"I have to see a man about a horse (or dog)\". If the character is The Ditz, a Bad Liar, or simply desperate to get away, they may come up with a less plausible excuse, like \"I think I hear my mother calling me\" or \"I need to take my goldfish to the vet.\" Particularly desperate and / or dimwitted characters might even come up with either something absolutely nonsensical, or might just abandon the whole 'reason' part of the reason (\"I have to "@en . . . . . . . . . "I Need to Go Iron My Dog"@en . . . . .