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The perfect excuse

Many moons ago, I had a sales organization and we sold motivational books on records including a portable player. It was fun and profitable.

Luther T. was a below-average salesman and had an excuse for everything he did or did not do. People would attend our meetings just to hear his latest excuse. His excuses were complex, creative and well crafted. He was a master of excuse presentation.

Here are several of my favorites:

“You all know my beloved spouse, Ima Jean. Well, she thought she had pneumonia, but the intern doctor gave her a subscription and it turned out to be a runny nose.”  You must admit this is an unusual excuse for being late.

“Luther Jr. would have made a touchdown, but nearly had a compounding fragment of his kicking leg when he dropped that ball, because it was tossed flappity by that skinny kid whom is of short height.”  That is one complicated convoluted excuse for being late.

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