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#1 2006-10-08 02:34:01

Devantè
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The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Top ten excuses for not doing homework:

# I accidentally divided by zero and my paper burst into flames.
# Isaac Newton's birthday.
# I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook. I couldn't actually reach it.
# I have the proof, but there isn't room to write it in this margin.
# I was watching the World Series and got tied up trying to prove that it converged.
# I have a solar powered calculator and it was cloudy.
# I locked the paper in my trunk but a four-dimensional dog got in and ate it.
# I couldn't figure out whether i am the square of negative one or i is the square root of negative one.
# I took time out to snack on a doughnut and a cup of coffee.
# I spent the rest of the night trying to figure which one to dunk.
# I could have sworn I put the homework inside a Klein bottle, but this morning I couldn't find it.

EDIT: Wait a minute, that's 11 excuses, not 10.

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#2 2006-10-17 05:24:17

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

I'll try one of them sometime NOT!


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#3 2006-10-17 09:57:36

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Excuse 9 and 10 are part of the same excuse. Do you know why?


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#4 2006-10-17 18:45:37

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Ah yes, because it revolves around dunking doughnuts. smile

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#5 2006-10-17 22:34:27

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Devanté wrote:

# I took time out to snack on a doughnut and a cup of coffee.
# I spent the rest of the night trying to figure which one to dunk.

Rod is correct, this should in fact be one excuse. Since they are, topological, the same you wouldn't know which one to dunk into which.


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#6 2006-10-18 03:04:37

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

My mistake; Point taken. hmm

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#7 2006-10-18 03:12:30

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

hmmmmm do they work> ? smile


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#8 2006-10-18 03:19:36

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Erm...yes, they do work. Why don't you try one? You're bound to find yourself getting away with no homework. Try doing it several times. big_smile

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#9 2006-10-18 03:21:14

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

haha they're all great, especially like the first one

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#10 2006-10-18 03:23:54

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

oh reallllllllllllly have u tryed them smile


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#11 2006-10-18 03:25:04

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Yes. I guarantee that you won't get detention or anything.

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#12 2006-10-18 03:26:20

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

ahaaaaaaaaan okok


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#13 2006-10-18 03:48:42

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Promise?
Because if I get detention I'm going to blame it on you!what


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#14 2006-10-18 03:51:05

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

You didn't actually believe me, did you?

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#15 2006-11-24 04:14:03

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Of course not! only an idiot would try one of those exuses.


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#16 2006-11-24 06:02:02

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Smart would know not to use them, and well, the rest probably wouldn't know them in the first place. That means that they are applicable to nobody.

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#17 2006-11-24 07:48:35

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

They're applicable to all who want to escape detention easily.

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#18 2006-11-24 09:12:41

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

No they aren't, look at what Toast wrote and Toast has actually used his common sense too.

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#19 2006-11-24 20:25:03

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Yes, but that's turning the fictional joke into a real-life situation. It's not like anyone would follow my advice.

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#20 2019-02-25 19:02:24

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Re: The Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Any Homework

Devantè wrote:

# I couldn't figure out whether i am the square of negative one or i is the square root of negative one.

Isn't the square of negative one one?


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