When you invite Batman to the annual Justice League Holiday Party at the Watchtower…
Batman: The nerve of those rookies. Inviting me up there, and on such short notice.
Batman: Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn’t allow it.
Batman: Four o’clock, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize. 6:30, dinner with me. I can’t cancel that again.
Batman: 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing; I’m booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9 I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling, and slip slowly into madness.
Batman: But what would I wear?
Alfred: *rolls his eyes*
Alfred: *leaves to draw Bruce a bath*