Giving very odd excuses
The General went out to find that none of his G.I.s were there. One
finally ran up, panting heavily.
“Sorry, sir! I can explain, you see I had a date and it ran a little
late. I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke
down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles,
and now I’m here.”
The General was very skeptical about this explanation but at least he
was here so he let the G.I. go. Moments later, eight more G.I.s came
up to the general panting, he asked them why they were late.
“Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus
but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought
a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I’m here.”
The General eyed them, feeling very skeptical but since he let the
first guy go, he let them go, too. A ninth G.I. jogged up to the
General, panting heavily.
“Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus
but missed it, I hailed a cab but…”
“Let me guess,” the General interrupted, “it broke down.”
“No,” said the G.I., “there were so many dead horses in the road, it
took forever to get around them.”