Good excuses thread

Yellow Ledbelly
Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
So, I work at a newspaper and this dude is wanting to take me out to lunch because I helped him out but I don't want to go. We've all been in these situations so what are some of the most inventive excuses you have used to weasel out of engagements you want no part of?

My old stand-by is always that I've got a case of the trots
That won't work today though because the guy will show up at my work and see that I am fine
All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Haha! I've actually won an award at work for the best excuse for being late...

    "My eyebrow pencil melted"

    I kid you not... it worked AND I got a bottle of champagne out of it :p:D
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    So, I work at a newspaper and this dude is wanting to take me out to lunch because I helped him out but I don't want to go. We've all been in these situations so what are some of the most inventive excuses you have used to weasel out of engagements you want no part of?

    My old stand-by is always that I've got a case of the trots
    That won't work today though because the guy will show up at my work and see that I am fine

    I'm very blunt...........

    I just use the word NO............
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Why do you wanna learn to be a better lyin' weasel?
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    "I've got an Overeaters Anonymous meeting to go to", or "I just wet myself".
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Tell him you have menstrual cramps :D
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    So that i'm not labelled as a 'lyin' weasel', I would like it to be known that my eyebrow pencil did indeed melt and it was back in the day when I had no eyebrows and experienced a panic attack at the mere thought of leaving the house minus make up... so I kinda had to be late for work, I had to wait for it to solidify in the fridge :o
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    comebackgirl wrote:
    Tell him you have menstrual cramps :D
    But...I'm a dude.
    Sometimes being a lying weasel is just easier than the truth, I do need to maintain a professional relationship with the guy, but he damn sure ain't good company for lunch. And sometimes the person involved is the Kramer type that just won't take no for an answer.
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    So now I am totally confused. What do we have against lying weasels again?
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  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    But...I'm a dude.
    Sometimes being a lying weasel is just easier than the truth, I do need to maintain a professional relationship with the guy, but he damn sure ain't good company for lunch. And sometimes the person involved is the Kramer type that just won't take no for an answer.
    even better - priceless for the quizzical look he'll give you when you tell him why you can't go :)
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    eyedclaar wrote:
    So now I am totally confused. What do we have against lying weasels again?
    Well, that's what I thought.....I wave my weasel flag with pride! As long as those to whom my weaseling is directed don't know it
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Well, that's what I thought.....I wave my weasel flag with pride! As long as those to whom my weaseling is directed don't know it


    Exactly. When weaseling is done properly, nobody suspects a thing.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Well, that's what I thought.....I wave my weasel flag with pride! As long as those to whom my weaseling is directed don't know it
    Have you considered becoming a politician? :P

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