I may be out.
The conversation should have gone like this: Me: So, I'll pop in some time next weekend. Him: Phone first because I may be out. Me: Ok. Bye. The conversation actually went like this: Me: So, I'll pop in some time next weekend. Him: Phone first because I may be out. Me: Ok. Bye. Him: I might have to go to the shops. Me: Ok. Him: Or, you know, have the car serviced. Or pick up some cash from the cash machine. You know. I might be out. Shopping, you know. For food. Or clothes. Or something else. Like washing up liquid. I might go to the supermarket, but the bread is better in the local shops. Me: Ah. Him: If it is raining I'll take the car and go to the supermarket, even though it is further. I might be out for any number of reasons. Pick up the kids. Take Bobby to karate. Or Sophia to dance. You know. Then I have to get my bike checked, something wrong with the gears. I might be out doing that. Or I might go out for