I love a good, comedic excuse. When appropriate, I like to use one or two at work just to keep the work environment light and fun. A classic one is Priscilla Presley’s line from Naked Gun.

Recently, I was re-watching the Blue Brothers and was reminded of this fantastic list of excuses Jake Blues rattled off to the girl he left at the altar. I just had to reproduce that here:

  • I ran out of gas
  • I had a flat tire
  • I didn’t have enough money for cab fare
  • My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners
  • An old friend came in from out of town
  • Someone stole my car
  • There was an earthquake
  • There was a terrible flood
  • locusts!