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The most believable (or unbelievable) excuses for not handing in work

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Anyone used any particularly fool proof ones? Or ridiculous ones...? How gullible are your teachers/tutors?

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Reply 1

HereWithMe89

"My dog ate it" :p:

"I took it to breakfast to finish off some last bits n some idiot spilt milk on it, so I had to throw it away!" :rolleyes:

"I already gave it to u, remember?" (thats my favourite, I always use that one. haha) :biggrin:

Reply 2

moodring01

Usually it's just I need a lil' bit more time to make it even better than it already is. Works a charm and they will never know the thought of doing it hadn't even crossed my mind until I remembered we had homework when I get to school!

Reply 3

IzzTheGreat

I actually had my dog chew up my homework once...my teacher didn't believe me until I showed her the mangled exercise book with dog pawprints and teethmarks, and then couldn't stop laughing for the rest of the class.

"Stolen by dragons."

something related to a technical difficulty like 'my usb stick only has the first draft on it' or ' can i print it off after the lesson and give it to you later ' ahem... works for me anyway!

Reply 6

Hedda.Gabler

oooh and handing in the wrong essay 'by accident'

Reply 7

eDDeboo

I've turned over a new leaf in life and no longer believe in pens, paper and computers. They are the new sins of our time.

Reply 8

naz_loves_footy

foolproof method from my school days :biggrin:

i had a usb flash disk that somehow messed up, o everytime i hadn't done my work i used to take it to school and then pretend the disk had just messed up, so they couldn't see the work...the brilliant thing with this is i managed to pull it off with the same teacher abt 5/6 times within one year without her realsing what was going on

Reply 9

M'Lady

I used "My mum hasn't printed it off for me"

At school i was a goody goody and could have got away with saying anything really

Reply 10

lixr

Printer died/internet died.

I also recall hearing someone say to the teacher that as they were cycling to college they hit deer resulting in their file dropping on the road where a car ran over it. It worked as well. :biggrin:

Reply 11

ash_moo

"OMG - you lost my homework?!" :eek:

Disclaimer - usually only works when you are past the deadline.

Reply 12

ZoeH

ash_moo

"OMG - you lost my homework?!" :eek:

Disclaimer - usually only works when you are past the deadline.

Ooh, that's a good one - might use it sometime! :smile:

Reply 13

AmySian

My dog once ate my homework diary, he took a chunk out the cover!

I once told my teacher "I did my homework in my head, I didn't realise we were supposed to write it down.' and got sent out for being cheeky. Thing was, I was being serious! I honestly didn't realise she wanted us to write down a sentence!

Reply 14

cactusboi

HereWithMe89

"My dog ate it" :p:

"I took it to breakfast to finish off some last bits n some idiot spilt milk on it, so I had to throw it away!" :rolleyes:

"I already gave it to u, remember?" (thats my favourite, I always use that one. haha) :biggrin:

lol yeah I like the 'already gave it to u' one.
-ones that I tend to use are: (not necessarily believable or good ones)

-"Really?"
-"Wait a sec, It's in my locker... *runs out room. Screeches off in car. Soars off in aeroplane*
-"Oh god yeah the work... yea haven't done it."
-"That's really annoying, I put it in my bag... someone must've stolen it!" (as they do)
-"Omg.. I just realised how sunny it is" *changes subject*
-"We had work for today? YOU LIER!!"

Reply 15

Barry Scott

"I've got coursework to do (i do) and I only need a D...I've realised what my priorities are."

Reply 16

This Is Not A Username

"I already gave it to u, remember?" (thats my favourite, I always use that one. haha)

I used that one this morning about Maths coursework, the thing is I had actually given it in about a month ago and my teacher appears to have lost it.

Reply 17

katkatkat

We once made a powerpoint presentation on the tudors with each slide full of wingdings text with the odd picture of henry viii, and told our hugely computer-illiterate old history teacher that the file must have corrupted... did this 2 lessons in a row, never had to do the presentation

Reply 18

Speedbird2008

HereWithMe89

"I already gave it to u, remember?" (thats my favourite, I always use that one. haha) :biggrin:

The new classic is: "Oh, sorry - I was un-able to print it off as it was Word 2007." Haha. :biggrin:

Reply 19

AmySian

I also used to bring 'work' in on floppy discs to print out in the lesson knowing full well that none of the computers in the school have floppy disc drives!