# What is the most creative excuse that you have come up with for being late....
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-creative-excuse-that-you-have-come-up-with-for-being-late/295976
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 24, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-creative-excuse-that-you-have-come-up-with-for-being-late/295976 "2005-03-24T00:47:01Z")
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### Author:  [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-creative-excuse-that-you-have-come-up-with-for-being-late/295976/21 "2005-03-24T21:04:15Z")
A few weeks ago, I opened my garage door to discover that a car had been abandoned in front of it, blocking exit and entry completely. The car’s wheels had been removed.
Certainly the oddest excuse I ever had for being late!
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### Author:  [@BelZarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BelZarak)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-creative-excuse-that-you-have-come-up-with-for-being-late/295976/22 "2005-03-24T21:20:13Z")
The best one I have heard was a friend calling in “sick” from my house. Since he was calling on my speakerphone (it makes you sound stuffy and sick no matter what), I got to hear both sides of the conversation.
Friend: “I can’t make it in today.”
Boss: “Why not?”
Friend: “I’m blind.”
Boss: “You’re blind?”
Friend: “Yeah. I just can’t see driving in to work.”
After laughing for several minutes, his boss told him to get some rest and be in the next day.
-Belz
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-creative-excuse-that-you-have-come-up-with-for-being-late/295976/23 "2005-03-25T22:50:54Z")
Since this is basically a poll, I’ll move it to [**In My Humble Opinion**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=12) for you.
**Cajun Man**
for the SDMB
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### Author:  [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-creative-excuse-that-you-have-come-up-with-for-being-late/295976/24 "2005-03-26T01:07:50Z")
DON’T PAY THE RANSOM! I escaped!
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### Author:  [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-creative-excuse-that-you-have-come-up-with-for-being-late/295976/25 "2005-03-26T01:18:34Z")
“I’m sorry I’ll be late this morning, you see, my son’s only wearing one shoe and they won’t let him in to school.”
Sure enough we’d gotton nearly all they way to school when my 6 yo son cries out, “Wait mom, I’ve only got one shoe on.” Somehow he didn’t notice, walking out to the car, in the rain, that he was only wearing one shoe. Well, I guess that’s a 6 yo for you!
He goes to our parish school downtown and it’s about 20 mins from our house. So we drive all the way home, get the lone, fogotton shoe, and drive all the way back. He’s late for school, so I walk him into the office to sign the late slip. The office lady asks the reason for the tardy. I tell her and she says through the laughter, “Well, we’ll just check ‘other’ and leave it at that.”
Fortunately my boss thought it was rather humorous as well.
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