Why I was late"On the way to the station, I got hit by a bat, it almost took my head clean off. Then the machine would not accept my ticket and the guy at the gate didn't think I looked like the photo on my travel card. So I had to go home and get my passport.
Then the train was 45 minutes late to the station because of the dangerous badger threat at Carpenters Park.
When I was on the train it took and hour and a half to get past the biscuit factory because the driver was really fat.
Then there was a delay stopping at the station because the train in front had heard we were coming and decided to play a practical joke with a rubber shoe on the track.
That is why I couldn't get here on time today."
What's your best excuse?
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chthonic, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 10:36)
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Uni applicationsApplied for a variety of unis on my UCAS form, and sat back awaiting the results. They all came in, and everywhere offered me a place straight off - except Bristol, who wanted an interview. Fair enough, thinks I, and start working out transport.
It turns out, that to fly there and get a train back is the cheapest, easiest and fastest option (as I live up north), so we get everything booked and sorted out. On the day, I get up at some obscenely early hour, and get to the airport on time. Plane delayed. Cock. Should still be just about to make it. Plane arrives - still just enough time. Get on, whack MP3 player out, and go to sleep.
The wheels bump on the tarmac, so I turn off my MP3 player, and listen to the pilot. "Welcome to Newquay airport, sorry about the diversion. We'll have buses to get you to your destination". Newquey. Not Bristol. Fuck.
Possibly the first time a first time the university has ever heard the excuse "Sorry, went to Newquay" as an excuse for skivving an interview. Not that it mattered, as they gave me a place anyway.
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