Making excuses

When was the last time you made an excuse about something? What excuse did you use? Did the other person believe you? What are some of the worst/ funniest excuses you’ve ever heard? Who was using them? Why?
Making excuses
- I wish I could, but I had to finish my homework.
- Sorry, I can’t afford the prices in a fancy restaurant like this.
- I missed the bus. Being honest when making excuses
- I couldn’t be bothered.
- I didn’t feel like it.
- I wasn’t in the mood.
- I got bored.
- I wasn’t sure what to do.
- I couldn’t find the right address. Blaming other people
- I thought you were going to do it.
- You said that you’d do it.
- I had to take my grandma to hospital.
- Samuel told me that we didn’t need to do it. Blaming technology
- Sorry, I couldn’t make it. The traffic was so heavy.
- The bus broke down.
- The printer ran out of ink.
- The computer crashed.
- The internet wasn’t working.
- I couldn’t get a connection. Blaming the weather
- It was too cold.
- It was too hot.
- The weather was bad, and it caused road chaos. Blaming time
- I didn’t have the time.
- I was too busy.
- I had too much on.
- I ran out of time.
- I wish I could, but I’m going out of town and it’s already too late. Blaming health
- Please serve yourself. I’m on a diet and I’m not supposed to eat hot dogs.
- I really want to help you out there but my doctor told me not to do any physical work.
- You know I can’t help you I’m on medication.
- I need to get some rest.
- I woke up feeling really bad. Making excuses for someone
- He’s tired.
- She isn’t usually like that.
- She’s just going through a bad patch.
- He’s usually quite nice.
- They had too much to do.

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