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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Sometimes you're not missedNot so much late as not there at all.
One year during my PhD I took a couple of weeks off around Easter time, as I had quite generous holidays, what with being a student and all. The day I went back to the university, which happened to be Easter Monday, I went up to see my supervisor about something. I caught him leaving his room with his coat on, having just popped in to get something.
Anyway, matter discussed, he then said to me, "You should get yourself off home - it's Easter Monday."
"But I've just had two weeks off", I replied.
"Oh, have you?"
He hadn't even noticed. Bah. And to think I always made up good excuses if I ever was going to be off for any other reason. What a waste of imagination.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 14:57,
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