The Excuse Bible

2,063 verses

Book 8 of 16

Late to meet someone

They are already sitting down. Reasons that buy you fifteen minutes without spending a friendship.

691 verses across 23 chapters

A reading

  1. 1 It's fog and I can see about a car length Plausible
  2. 2 Snow came in overnight and nothing has been salted Plausible
  3. 3 It's ice and I've watched two cars go past sideways Plausible
  4. 4 A power line has come down and the road's taped off Unverifiable
  5. 5 The sun is exactly where the road is and I've pulled over Concerning
  6. 6 The hail has done something to the car and I need to look at it Unverifiable
  7. 7 There's a flood warning and I'm inside the warning Unverifiable
  8. 8 The wind has taken a tree down across the lane Plausible
  9. 9 The road out of the village is under water Plausible
  10. 10 There's weather where I am Unverifiable
  11. 11 A ladder is across all four lanes and nobody has stopped Concerning
  12. 12 The ferry didn't run and nobody put that anywhere Unverifiable
  13. 13 The app says two minutes and has said two minutes for nine minutes Unverifiable
  14. 14 I got on going the right way on the wrong line Unverifiable
  15. 15 There's a marathon and the whole area is closed Plausible
  16. 16 Somebody is teaching somebody to reverse in the only exit Unverifiable
  17. 17 I've been sitting in the same place long enough to finish a podcast Unverifiable
  18. 18 A parade has started and I'm inside it Concerning

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