What's the best excuse you've ever used for being late to work?

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Im never late but the best excuse I used to call in sick was when I called and told them I had hiccups. I had them for about three days and my chest felt like an elephant was standing on it. Every hiccup was torture. The doctor prescribed Thorazine to get rid of them. I slept through an entire day but it ultimately stopped my hiccups. Boy, was I relieved. The doctor told me of one case he knew about a man who’d had hiccups for over forty years. Hearing that scaredthe crap out of me.

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