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Excuses
My garage door wouldn't open. (I really used this. Our power was out and I couldn't get my car out of the garage)
There was an accident on the freeway.
The dog got out and I had to chase her down. (She's a chihuahua, but those little legs can go reallly fast!)
Found some interesting excuses at http://www.bored.com/excuselist/work.htmi can't come to work today, i'm farting blood
Im Sorry I Wont Be In Work Today My House Set On Fire And Everything Got Burnt
I cant come to work because I lost the house keys, I'm locked in.
I cant come into work today because my leg is stuck in the drain outside of my house, and the rescue team haven't arrived yet to get it out.
Dave can't come to work today because, I, his other personality has taken over and I dont work.
It is against my religion to work on Mondays and Wednesdays.
I cant come to work because the aliens are coming tonight and I'm baking cakes to give to them as peace offerings.
I can't come into work today, I have anal glacoma. What? I can't see my butt coming into work!!!
"I just called to say I couldn't make it to work today. My computer has a virus and I have been up all night cleaning up after and tending to it."
"I didn't see the Construction Detour sign so I drove my car straight into four feet of hot asphalt!"
"I couldn't attend the seminar because my friend's cat had kittens."
"I mis-understood because my contact lens was ripped."
"I was abducted by aliens on the way to work."
"I was dreaming and couldn't wake up."
"My internal clock's power went off during the night."
"The dog had puppies in the drivers seat of my car."
"The road in front of my house was closed for repair."
"My cat is suffering from depression and can't be left alone."
"I just wanted to see if you could get along without me, so you would know how valuable I am to you."
"I was just informed that my car has been recalled by the manufacturer and it is unsafe to drive."
"My psychic warned me not to leave the house today."
Okay let's try a new question...Excuses for not getting married...
Aren't in love is a good one.Nobody asked me.
He's a bum...
I am waiting to be introduced to his time-traveling highland warrior friend.
Melanie wrote: "I am waiting to be introduced to his time-traveling highland warrior friend."Now that's a really great excuse!
That's a fun excuse, Melanie. LOL!I've been burned by a past relationship.
OK, time to change the question....Excuses for why you had an accident...
There was a bee in my car and it stung me!
Kim wrote: "The mail truck cut me off."lol my hubby is a mailman...
This really happened to me! The mail lady was driving a car, but still. lol
I was texting. (I never do this.;-))I was talking on my cell phone. (Do this occasionally, but haven't really had an accident from it.;-)
The kid's were distracting me with their arguing. (I've come very close.;-))
When we were young, my mother saved my father from an accident by dousing us arguing kids in the back seat with a full cup of ice water LOL! We were driving up Pike's Peak on a family vacation and the backseat was getting a bit loud and out of control. My mom, who has never liked heights, looked at the cup in her hand and made a decision to quash the commotion and give my dad a chance to concentrate on the drive!
Melanie wrote: "When we were young, my mother saved my father from an accident by dousing us arguing kids in the back seat with a full cup of ice water LOL! We were driving up Pike's Peak on a family vacation and..."lol. I guess desperate times call for desperate measures!
Melanie wrote: "When we were young, my mother saved my father from an accident by dousing us arguing kids in the back seat with a full cup of ice water LOL! We were driving up Pike's Peak on a family vacation and..."LOL, Melanie! Hmmmm, that's very tempting.;-)
Excuses for being a no-show for a date/appointment...I fell asleep and slept for 19 hrs. (hubby used this one)
Excuses to buy more books1. That author is on my auto-buy list.
2. That book is part of a series and I've been dying waiting for it to be published.
3. They were having a sale.
Excuses to buy more books...hmmmmm....1. My tbr still has a little clearance before it hits the ceiling.
2. Toting around those books is good exercise.
3. If it is a "wall-banger" I can feel good about recycling it.
4. I have extra money burning a hole in my pocket and what better way to get rid of it than buying a book.5. The book has such great reviews and I'll be the only one in North America who hasn't read it if I don't get it.
6. I need to reward myself for reading 2 books in my TBR mountain and have 2 slots open for new ones.
7. I have over 200 books in my TBR but can't find anything to read.
8. I have an empty shelf on my bookshelf and it looks uneven. It's driving me crazy. I need balance! I need more books!
UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "8. I have an empty shelf on my bookshelf and it looks uneven. It's driving me crazy. I need balance! I need more books!"lol that is definitely a good reason... OCD... need semmetry...
Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "lol that is definitely a good reason... OCD... need semmetry... "Don't tell anybody, but this happened to me! My kids put together 3 lovely bookshelves and organized my books so beautifully - but the 3rd bookshelf had 3 empty shelves!! I kept looking at those shelves, I'd twitch a little, look some more, twitch some more... finally I made a run to the Friends of the Library store! LOL
lol I can actually understand that. I don't think I am OCD but I do like semmetry and it would probably drive me crazy until I did something.
I feel like Monk! When I planted roses, they had to be symmetrically placed and color coordinated, too. I'm a mess I tell you, A MESS!
Excuses to buy more books:9. The movie is coming out and I want to read the book first. It is always better.
10. They e-mailed me this coupon.
11. I need a couple, just to complete a GoodReads challenge.
12. There is a 50/50 spilt on GRs, and I need to decide for myself whether or not the book is good.
lol great excuses.
13. This book is by a new author and everyone is talking her up. I need to know what all the hoopla is about.
14. I have this gift certificate; I can't help it if I went over a little as I was rounding up.15. I lent my copy to someone, I can't remember who; but I want my series complete.
16. This one will look so pretty on my bookshelf.
17. I'm doing that "chunkster challenge" and I needed one > 450 pages.
18. This one is on my "books to read before I die" list, so I have to get it.
19. It's a classic!
lol. good ones
Excuses to buy more books20. I "Need" this book to complete the series.
21. It's BOM and I am moderating the group so I "HAVE" to buy it.
22. I "Can't" complete my challenge without this book because no other book will fit.
23. I signed up for a BR and I can't back out or they will kick me out of the group.
24. I bought these books at the library sale to support the library.
25. These books were on sale as buy one get one free.
26. While getting the free books for the kindle, I accidentally clicked on some that weren't free.
Robin wrote: "While getting the free books for the kindle, I accidentally clicked on some that weren't free."Yeah, I have those little accidents too, LOL!
lol, great excuses!
Lisa Kay wrote: "Robin wrote: "While getting the free books for the kindle, I accidentally clicked on some that weren't free."Yeah, I have those little accidents too, LOL!"
I call those my accidentally on purpose accidents lol
Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "lol, great excuses!"Thanks. GR has opened up all kinds of great excuses for me to buy more books. Seems like I can just pull them out faster than any other excuse LOL
Robin wrote: "Seems like I can just pull them out faster than any other excuse LOL"Oh, definitely! LOL!
Wow...these are great excuses. Um...may I start a new one? Here we go...Excuses for coming home late.
1. I got held up at the bookstore ☺
2. Traffic. :/ (and living in LA it's the freaking truth!)
Lets see how many different excuses we can come up with. We'll change the question every week.
Why you were late to work? ...