I'm trying to figure out the most politically appropriate way to respond to a faculty member who's asked about a database I've procrastinated on investigating. I want to say "After reading an email from the colleague you also contacted about this purchase, I felt like punching said colleague, so I decided not to pursue it." Since that makes me look like a sullen, spoiled, reckless teenager (even more so than I do in general, that is), I guess I have to say something like, "I forgot about it," which just makes me seem like an incompetent teenager instead.