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These 21 Students Gave Ridiculous Excuses… That Were Actually True

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My partner was a teacher and, this was pre cell phone, had a student come in about 15 minutes late. Her excuse was that there was a house in the middle of the road and traffic was backed up trying to get around it. My partner didn’t believe her at first but it turned out to be true. One of those giant trucks they can jack up an entire house onto had skidded and lost its load. There were pictures in the paper the next day.

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Not a teacher but my friend once walked in the middle of a class, sat down and said ‘sorry I’m late, I had to fight off a drug addict who wanted to steal my bike’. The teacher pulled a face of disbelief, my friend held up his bloodied knuckles and the lesson simply continued.

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If we were late, we had to sign in with a reason why we were late. The boy in front of me had written a reason- ‘pig had prolapsed womb and I was holding it in.’ School secretary looked unimpressed. Turns out his Dad’s a farmer.

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His helicopter stalled so he couldn’t get back from golfing over the weekend. Super rich kid, it turned out to be true.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.