Why I was late"On the way to the station, I got hit by a bat, it almost took my head clean off. Then the machine would not accept my ticket and the guy at the gate didn't think I looked like the photo on my travel card. So I had to go home and get my passport.
Then the train was 45 minutes late to the station because of the dangerous badger threat at Carpenters Park.
When I was on the train it took and hour and a half to get past the biscuit factory because the driver was really fat.
Then there was a delay stopping at the station because the train in front had heard we were coming and decided to play a practical joke with a rubber shoe on the track.
That is why I couldn't get here on time today."
What's your best excuse?
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chthonic, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 10:36)
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One of my old university lecturersused to come in late to virtually every lecture with some excuse about why he wasn't on time. Eventually he gave up making excuses and just got on with the lecture when/if he arrived. We used to allow him 15 minutes to turn up then, if he hadn't, we'd leave.
The real reason for his lateness, and we all knew this, was that he was an alcoholic, and used to come in pissed even first thing in the morning. Shame, really. He was a decent bloke and extremely bright.
He's now late in the other sense, having ended his life as a down and out.
Apologies for lack of humour. I was trying to think of ways to make this story funny, but couldn't.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 28 Jun 2007, 16:29,
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