I tried this excuse at work once...

Author: jes_lawson

Date: January 29, 2005

by jes_lawson
1-29-05
Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?
I was...uh...practicising for the World Series of Minesweeper?
I don't care if you were this country's best player, you're fired!
And in sports, the sudden withdrawl of Kevin Geekson left the U.S.Minesweeper team devastated.
Citing no reason, Geekson's abscence will almost certainly hand victory to the Russians in the all important Expert category.