i don't want to drive back to memphis tomorow; i really want to spend an extra day with my friends from home...any suggestions on excuses to get out of work?
ive thought about my car breaking down...

sounds good.
that or food posioning

deaths in the family usually work. just don't use the same relative with the same employer twice.

call and tell them you got the Shits...

trust me...THEY will NOT question it.

that got me out of a ticket once.

can't go wrong w/ food poisoning. tell them you had some taited salad dressing.

or you ate too much of the shrimp at the buffet.

tell them you fell into a nasty thorn bush and that you almost lost an eye...it works....

(Edited by ray davies at 12:48 pm on Dec. 1, 2002)

You can never go wrong with a church activity, they have to let you off from work for those things.

one time my friend called in sick and said she had fallen down in the shower. i was like, "that's the oldest excuse in the book"

btw, i told them my car boke down and it worked just fine

speaking of too much shrimp at the buffet, has anyone ever seen drop dead gorgeous? funny movie, but that scene is SICK.

That movie is freakin' awesome! Will Sasso should've won an Oscar for that one!

Back to the topic... If you're a girl (and SOS is) and you have a male boss with any sense of politeness, you could just tell him you're having some sort of "female problem." Guys don't know anything about that stuff, and usually we won't ask about it.

Drop Dead Gorgeous features the song, "Number One" by Nashville's own LIFEBOY. I saw it when it first came out and was not impressed. I saw it a couple of months ago and actually thought it was pretty funny.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 4:30 am on Dec. 2, 2002)

Fallen in the shower that's hilarious.

Glad everything worked out for ya.

i drove home from memphis this weekend and my car DID break down. in bucksnort tn!!!!! talk about a small podunk town. there's a BP station and a porno shop and thats it!

OMG! That's so awful, I believe I'd just about freak if my car broke down some where. Thankfully that has never happened.

I drove to Memphis back in August that shit takes forever, it seems like it will never end.

its actually not that bad -0 i have to do it everytime i see the features. but they're worth it.

anyway, here's a real horror story for ya: i went to see GBV in nashville in april and when i got out of the show 3 hours later my car was gone - it had been towed. yes, it sucked beyond belief.

at least you had something to entertain you while you waited for your car to get towed/fixed

I love that movie, too. TF and I watched it together...funny stuff. I had seen it before and remembered it being funny, but I didn't remember it making me laugh that much.
And, yes, the shrimp buffet scene is pretty nasty.

I've passed that movie up so many times in the video store, It's only a buck I'll have to pick it up and rent it some time.

MY car has broken down before there too! Amazing, like its a bermuda triangle for cars.

(Edited by Ceeze at 5:45 pm on Dec. 2, 2002)

I thought Tina Turner was from Nutbush, TN. Is that near Bucksnort?

Not really. I must have been given incorrect information. Sorry to all.

yes for the record Tina is from Nutbush lol

I think I have a good candidate for "sounds like an excuse but it's really the honest truth" : i almost didn't make it into work because a tree fell on my car. I wanted my landlord take a look at the situation before I left for work, but I was still able to make it in on time (thank god it just scratched/dented the hood a little--no major damage). BUT, due to the "act of god" nature of the event, I was still responsible for getting it fixed.

...bastards.

my old boss would have tried to kick my ass for talking too long, she would have been like are you on the clock?

My driver's seat in my 68 Mustang broke once... the back of the bucket seat broke off, so when you hit the gas pedal, there was no support and you just slid back. That got me out of class. I mean, I sort of could still drive it, but I just told the teacher I couldn't.. and it's not like a driver's seat for a 68 Mustang is easy to come by. That's such an odd excuse it's like it's got to be real. But it only works if you have an old car.. Or a really crappy car.

YESSSSSS!!

i remember the good ol' days when my friends were 18, and i was not. we'd drive 30 miles to the adult bookstore. i'd sit out in the car, waiting for the arrival of porn at

bucksnort tn.

i didn't think anyone else knew about it.
what a shitty place to break down.

i must say that on my last trip to nashville (friday) when we were driving through bucksnort we had an incredibly long conversation about the town. i don't really think there lies much beyond the exit. but we're gonna stop by in their only gas station and get a tee shirt. the next time i drive to nashville. which will be the next show. which might be coldplay.