YOU SAID:

Did not strike me as humorous therefore did not cause me to chuckle

INTO JAPANESE

私は事情があってお手伝いできませんでした。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Circumstances did not permit me to help you.

INTO JAPANESE

私は事情があってお手伝いできませんでした。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Circumstances did not permit me to help you.