Excuses You Made Up

[xWildfirEx]

Yes. School is very backward isn't it? The people who know the answers ask the questons, and the people who don't answer them.

[silver_dreams]

exactly

[ScarletTears]

Instead of "My dog ate my homework" you could use, "My friend ate my homework." No one ever uses that excuse.

The only assignment I every got away with was this big English paper. I had typed the whole paper and then my teacher made me start over and I realized how badly written it was. So then later I got one of the best grades in the class because I got twice as long to revise and write my paper. ^_^

[Angie-chan]

I think it's generally easier for people in regular school to make excuses since there are so many students. I used to be able to just not pass up my homework and no one really cared unless it was something important. Now I'm in home schooling, so when I see my teacher, she notices when I don't get something done. I usually just cut a lot of corners when I do my work, so it's like I didn't dew a few assignments worth of work. I don't think she notices tho, since I got all A's last semester, heh.

One time, tho I didn't do a chapter of math, so I "accidentally" left my assignment sheet at home and when she asked where the chapter was, I played dumb and said I didn't know I had two chapters to do even though she had it in her computer that I did. I felt bad afterward 'cause she just said we probably changed it and she forgot to type it up and that she trusted me. Why do I have to have a concience, dammit!?

[Remko]

I have catagories....oO;


Homework excuses:

"I left it at home."
"I had it right here!" (They believe it all the time. THANK YOU, THEATRE ARTS!)
"I had to leave early, remember?" (My teachers have horrible memories.)
"I did it when I was babysitting last night and the kids stole my binder." (this one works all the time. Extra sympathy points and all for having to babysit on weekdays.)
"My printer isn't working lately."
"My computer was screwing up."
"I had to work/babysit." (works like the before babysitting one.)
In algebra, I usually just act as if I have it, though, since we don't even really take a grade on it unless it was a worksheet. oO;

Being Late:

"My mom wouldn't stop baggering me with the third degree." (true 58% of time)
"I don't have a watch."
"I got lost." (Veeeeerry believeable for me. Not derectional at all.)
"My car stalled." (with my POS neon from the early ninties, it's easily beleavable.)
"I had to stop for gas."
"I couldn't find my shoes." (long story as to why this is so belevable for my friends.)
"I overslept." (only works with people who don't know me well.)

Not Doing Something:

"You never told me to do it!" (I'm the only one of my friends with a meomory.)
"I was too busy yesterday."
"Something came up."
"I did! I promise!"
"I couldn't find [whatever materials needed]."

Not Calling/Talking to Someone (usually true):

"I lost his/her/your number."
"I couldn't find him/her/you!"
"He/She wasn't here today." (obviously only works when the 'someone' isn't who I'm talking to.)
"I called, he/she/you wasn't/weren't home."
"I didn't see/hear him/her/you!"
"I was running late."
"I did tell to him/her/you!" (Like I said, only one with a memory.)

Getting Off of the Phone:

"My mom's giving me a dirty look."
"It's running late."
"My mom's home/will be home soon."
"I gotta do my chores." (Usually true)
"I gotta do my homework."
"I have to feed the dog."
"Oh Sh*t! Gotta go." (Being vauge is god. XD If you swear, they'll think it's big and leave you alone.)
"We're going out to eat." (True 50% of the time)
"Someone's at the door."
"My parents have company." (Usually true)

Not Doing Chores (by the time mom gets home):

"I was just about to do them!"
"Damnit. I knew I was forgetting something." (Only works if I skipped one chore.)
"My bus was late. I just got home."
"I really don't feel well. I had to take a nap."
"I'm doing my homework."

Staying Up Too Late:

"I last track of time."
"This clock says I still have twenty minutes!" (If caught in act)
"I [i]did[/i] go to bed at [designated time]." (If NOT caught in act.)
"The show I was watching was an hour and I thought it was only thiry minutes." (I usually use the TV as a clock, so...)
"The computer's screwing up! Look!" (Then I hit a few buttons at once very subtly so it looks like it's messed up. Then dad says he'll take care of it in the morning. Once he wakes up again, he's forgotten completely."
"I'm working! I have to finish this!" (Usually true)

[Angie-chan]

Ooh, friend excuses! I have lots of those.

Why I didn't pick up:

"I was sleeping" I have such an erratic sleeping schedual, it doesn't matter what time they called.
"I had the volume turned up on my radio/t.v. so I didn't hear the phone."
"I was doing the dishes."
"I was wayching a movie/show."
"My parents were fighting, so I didn't want to go in the living room." (That one makes them feel guilty too, neh heh heh.)
The usual:
"I didn't feel like picking up."
"Go away."
"WHo are you??"

Why I didn't call back:
A lot of the above get re-used
"I went to bed early." (Again, I can use this at any time of the day.)
"My dad was talking to his boyfriend." (my friends would understand that one.)
"I forgot." (I have the memory-span of a stump.)
"I have a lot of homework to do, and I see my teacher tomorrow."

Man, I'm always avoiding my friends, heh.

[Remko]

Oh yeah, not picking up or calling back. I knew I was forgetting some...Thanks Angie-chan! XD


Not Picking Up:

"I was watching Fight Club/Moulin Rouge/BLU/Interview with a Vampire/Rocky Horror" (No one disturbs me during those movies. They are known by my friends as 'My Comatose Movies', because if I'm watching them, I'm dead to the rest of the world.)
"I was listening to headphones I didn't hear the phone ring."
"I was out."
"The caller ID said it was a blocked call."
"I was on the phone with [someone else] and I didn't hear the beep."
"I couldn't get to the phone soon enough."
"You hung up before I could reach!"
"I was at church." (Only works if they called on sunday mornings. Usually true.)
"I was dead." (...that's how I say 'asleep'. I don't like sleep. It's like death, so I call it death. *shrug*)
"I was watching I Love the 80's/70's." (It's not that I don't mind talking to them, but they hate to talk to me while I'm watching that show. I'll randomly say, "I HAD ONE OF THOSE!" Or *sigh* "I wish I lived during the eighties/seventies..." And they get all angry XD)
"I was watching South Park." (Same deal. Except I don't say "I had one of those" It's just that I giggle at random times or quote something and then when they ask what it was for, I say, "Nothing, South Park." They HATE South Park...It's kinda funny to see their reactions when I do it to thier face...It's sorta like a mix between :huh: and and <_< and . They hate to admit it, but some of it they think is funny, too...)

Not Calling Back:

"My mom was on the phone."
"Someone else called."
"The phone was possessed again." (My friends would get this...)
"You didn't pick up."
I use lot of the ones for not picking up, too...a few rewordings and such....
"My homework was uber hard." (I use uber, yes.)
"I had to go to work."

[Celtic_Guardian_Gurl]

>.> I think my best excuse would have to be the bus running my backpack over. My binder was squashed flat, and a report I had to do was ripped up. My homework for my GT class hadn't been finished the night before, so I said it was completely thrashed and had to be thrown away. XD Teachers are so gullible. But my backpack had been run over, in all honesty. Stupid driver claims it was in the middle of the road T.T I swear, I went through nine backpacks that one year...