I’ve had this little inflamation (like a bad zit) behind my right year just below the earlobe for the past few days. It was kind of sore.
Absently picking at it this morning it burst. I didn’t realize it until I looked down on my crisp white shirt and saw blood drips all over my chest. Damn. Now I’ve got to walk around the office all day with blood all over my shirt and having to explain to people the reason for this.
I’ve probably got a blood streak down my neck and jaw as well. I’d better venture out of my office and wash up in the bathroom.
Perhaps I can tell people that I’ve been working so hard on a problem so serious that my brain has started to leak out my ears.
Any suggestions for excuses better than… well, I was picking at my zit and…
Tell them you were shot at while fighting off (insert a James Bond plot of your choosing) and that they should be thanking you for all you’ve done to save the world and preserve their freedom and you were luck that the bullet only grazed you.
Tell them it’s a mindya.
Ok, the eaily offended shouldn’t read this last one:
Tell them it’s your time of the month.
…you were attacked out in the parking lot at lunch, and you fended off the attackers but they hid a secret toothpick, and masterfully lunged while you were fazed by the surprise attack, hence, they got in a good prick, but luckily you escaped and made it back to work!
or… if you’re looking for a reason to get out of work,
you ARE bleeding from your ear, and you feel slightly dizzy, and you have these headaches, … what… oh, the blood is on my shirt?.. oh no, maybe it’s worse then i thought… i need to go home…
Well, I’m assuming you have left work already, but you could’ve run out at lunch and bought one of those fake arrow-through-the-skull things to wear on your head.
I figured it was like that, but I thought it was one of those things where the question figures into the comeback, like “It’s a henweigh” or “It’s a dickfour”.