Then I had to try to be creative in spite of the guilt as well as (EXCUSE Alert Ahead) "squeeze writing a blog into my already busy schedule."
The thought came to me: why not come up with creative excuses for not doing things and post this on Saturday when we don't usually have a blog -- like a bonus blog. (Oh, that could be an excuse -- I wanted to put a turn it into something special!)
Of course, there are the classic ones: "The dog ate my homework" and "I was abducted by aliens." Those have been so overused that no one believes them any more, so you can't even use them when they are true!
I also like this one: "Officer, I didn't see the fire truck..." (even though its lights were flashing and the airhorns rattle your fillings from six blocks away).
Here are some others:
- (Why I was late to work) "I felt it was better to sleep at home than at work" or "I wasn't late ... I was just early for tomorrow." (Check out
Here's one for missing school: "Please excuse my daughter today as she lost her voice in her pigsty of a room." Or for not doing homework: "I made a paper plane out of it and it was hijacked." More school and homework excuses at
Also becoming classics are the excuses that a close family member died and you had to attend the funeral. Some exceptionally creative (or is it stupid) excuses claim that "I died and had to go to my funeral."
There's even a book titled, "Creative Excuses for Every Occasion" if you really want to do research!
So this is my "creative" bonus blog. What are your favorite excuses? Or what creative excuses have you used? You get bonus brownie points if they are true and sound like they couldn't possibly be.
(P.S. As penance, I won't even change the date of this late blog, even though I think I finally know how! And my humble apologies for missing my day and confusing Elisabeth even more. Sounds like you've had more than enough trauma already, Eli, over your computer!)
5 comments:
My best excuse is this one...
I can't do (insert thing you don't want to do here) because I have a bone in my leg.
This works great for me because it throws the person off trying to figure out what the heck I just said to them. While they're figuring it out, I run in the opposite direction!
Don't worry about missing your blog day Genene. Life is busy and the blog is not the most important thing in the world. ;)
Oh a bonus blog! Thanks Genene! I'm deep in grading purgatory today and I needed this.
Student excuses I've loved this week:
"I didn't know how to email you."
"I figured X day would be okay too."
"I didn't know you had a mailbox."
"I was fighting with my boyfriend."
"I was hungover."
Actually, I like the last one because it's honest. I've also given my own fair share of excuses recently too.
"I'm pregnant . . . " is WAY overused around my house lately, but it works, so I keep it up, alternating with, "I'm tired & I don't feel well & I'm depressed." I feel bad about overusing pregnancy/depression/blood sugar excuses, but unfortunately, lately they're pretty damn legitimate.
When I was younger, my mother gave me a gift: she said I could always blame my parents if I didn't want to go along with something my peers did. So I probably overused the "I'm not allowed & my mom would KILL me excuses."
Oh, honest "excuses" really are the best. And, Piper, the more I thought about the bone in the leg, the more I laughed. What a hoot!
ROFL Becky!
I don't know where to begin with my excuses. I have trillions of them. I think an oldie but goodie is "I'm tired." Or, "I'm too worn out from work." Or, "I just can't focus on anything."
I'm going to have to try the bone in my leg line. What a riot. Ha!
I was supposed to call someone and didn't when I was supposed to, so I used the death in the family excuse. It wasn't really a lie since my sister-in-laws father passed away days before...
Other excuses: I spaced it. I didn't have a sitter. I put it on my day planner, but forgot to transfer it to my other calendar. I didn't have a sitter. My dog is sick. My son is sick. My daughter is sick. My husband is sick. I don't feel well. I've used all these excuses, but they were all the truth. Still, an excuse is an excuse, I guess.
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