The Excuse Bible

2,063 verses

Band 2 of 5

Unverifiable

Ordinary enough to accept, private enough that no one can confirm them. The largest band in the book, and the one to reach for first.

684 verses across 39 chapters

A reading

  1. 1 My identity's been used somewhere and I'm at the bank unwinding it
  2. 2 A relative has arrived unannounced and is now in my kitchen
  3. 3 Somebody has scheduled over my lunch for the fourth day running
  4. 4 I fainted this morning and I've been advised to sit down
  5. 5 I've said I'd bring a thing and the thing has not gone well
  6. 6 Somebody has to be here when they take the wasp nest out
  7. 7 I'm in a waiting room and they've stopped calling names
  8. 8 The trash hasn't been collected and there's a situation
  9. 9 My bike has a flat and the pump is also empty
  10. 10 The apartment above has a leak that's coming into my ceiling
  11. 11 The heating engineer has found something and gone to get a part
  12. 12 I'm hosting tonight and the day has been eaten by that
  13. 13 They've made the wrong thing and remaking it is another ten minutes
  14. 14 The chain came off and my hands are now unacceptable
  15. 15 The washer has flooded and it's gone under the floorboards
  16. 16 I've got a splinter in a place that has made this a whole morning
  17. 17 I've got somebody coming to measure and measuring is apparently a morning
  18. 18 Somebody is coming to pick up a thing I said I'd sell

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