# I'm playing hooky today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126 "2016-08-08T11:27:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/1 "2016-08-08T11:27:59Z")
Fuck it. I’m Ferris Bueller. I’m going to make chili, watch the Olympics, drink beer and nap. To hell with society! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/2 "2016-08-08T11:33:14Z")
I wanna say, “Good for you! You go!” But it’d be a lot easier if I knew what you blew off to play hooky? Just another day at the office, ho hum? Leaving a coworker to do twice the work? Cause someone else to get hauled into work to cover for you? Will it piss off the boss? Or barely be noticed? I want to rejoice with you, truly. But I gotta at least know you didn’t cause someone’s surgery to be rescheduled!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/3 "2016-08-08T11:45:52Z")
Na. No one will suffer. I just watched [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-AH0CVhHQ) and laughed my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/4 "2016-08-08T13:25:12Z")
I’m with you! I’m exhausted so I took the day off. Nobody’s even in today, the people who are in are wrapped up in an audit I have nothing to do with, and it doesn’t matter which days I work this week because I have nothing due. The plan is to read books, critique fiction and work on my own book, and maybe cook something. And probably sleep a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/5 "2016-08-08T13:33:28Z")
That’s old school. Is that Rick Moranis? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/6 "2016-08-08T21:06:38Z")
Yes. Rick Moranis on SCTV. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/7 "2016-08-09T06:50:19Z")
Today here was a beautiful day, and I wished I had played hookey. It was perfect for golf. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-playing-hooky-today/762126/8 "2016-08-09T11:58:03Z")
The one truly shitty thing about owning your own business is that there’s no such thing as playing hooky. ☹ You also can’t throw a hissy fit, scream “fuck this place”, and walk out. Without looking like a fool.