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I’m joining my gal pal Elizabeth in her Truthful Tuesday meme. Her question this week is:
What’s the best excuse you ever used
to get out of an obligation like work, school, or chores…
And did you get away with it?
I don’t have a great story to share about how I played hooky from school. I’ve never called in sick and then hopped on a place to Vegas. I’ve never pretended to be my mom and call myself in sick at school (although, I did know how to forge my mom’s signature pretty darn well!). And anytime I went somewhere fun, like the Oprah show, I made sure to take an official vacation day. Think about it…if I’d lied about being sick that day, I wouldn’t have been able to tell others about what a cool experience it was!
I guess the only ways I’ve gotten out of work or school are the old-fashioned ways: pretending I was more sick than I actually was. We’ve all done it and our mothers all fell for it. And when our time comes, so will we.
There was also senior ditch day, but I was expected to ditch school that day! It’s a rite of passage. We headed down the city that Monday after our senior prom and had a blast. Just don’t ask me about the guy we stuffed in the trunk of a sports car for the entire 45 minute drive (I promise, he did it willingly and didn’t suffer any injuries).
Head on over to Confessions from a Working Mom to take part OR leave your answers here!
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I never have (cough, Cough)…but I would lean towards the sickness excuse!
Shane
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Tamara Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 11:19 am
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Tamara….
I got a ticket to BlissDom!
SOOOO excited! Let’s meet up !
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Tamara Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 11:19 am
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I am SOOO happy for you (can you tell?!) Where there’s a will, there’s a way. If you’re on Twitter, I have started compiling a list of #blissdomnewbies – those of us going for the 1st time to Blissdom. Can’t wait to meet you. You worked hard for that ticket!
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Hey, we never had a senior ditch day! BTW, what’s up with the guy in the trunk???
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Tamara Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Oh, that would be a friend of mine in high school. He wasn’t the, um, brightest.
No room left in the Talon, so we offered to jump into the trunk. Who were we to deny him that fun?
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Your answer reminded me of a time I DID call in sick to work (my very first job in TV) and hopped a plane to Denver to visit my best friend! It wasn’t spur of the moment, though; I’d plotted out my sickness for weeks in advance!
~Elizabeth
Confessions From A Working Mom
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I tend to use the sick excuse to get out of work…I mean, I have the days so why not use them?!?!
~WM
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yeah, my only offenses are playing up the sickness and senior skip day too…both of which i used to go shopping. mmm…shopping.
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Tamara Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
LOL! Shopping….I did 6 hours the other day and I vowed not to shop again for months!
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My mom always says to tell people that you have explosive diarrhea because that will get you out of anything.
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Tamara Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
LOL! Sort of like saying you have “Female Problems.” Most likely, no one will delve into that one for details.
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It was Australia Day here yesterday (tuesday)… apparently HEAPS of Aussies called in “sick” on Monday coz then they get a 4 day weekend!
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