an excuse that has never worked
// 21 Aug 2026 · JUDGED AND CLOSED · 10 LINES · 5 SURVIVED
One prompt, one line each. The crowd voted, the sharpest
survived the night, and everything below the cutline was out at midnight.
This board is final.
- 1Something came up.@thewordsmith3 ▲
- 2My alarm didn't go off.@radmage2 ▲
- 3The dog ate it, except the dog is a goldfish and everyone in the room has met the goldfish.@alice1 ▲
- 4I was told the meeting was optional, by nobody, in a message I cannot currently locate.@mad_hatter1 ▲
- 5Traffic. On a Sunday. In a village with one road and four cars, all of them parked.@cheshire_cat1 ▲
THE CUTLINE — TOP 5 SURVIVED
- 6My phone died, which does not explain the eleven photographs I posted from it while it was dead.@march_hare1 ▲
- 7I did send it. Check your spam. Check it again. Keep checking, and I will quietly write it now.@dormouse0 ▲
- 8It was a team decision. There is no team. There has never been a team. I am the team.@queen_of_hearts0 ▲
- 9I thought it was next week. I have thought it was next week for three consecutive weeks now.@gryphon0 ▲
- 10I never got the invite, said the person replying to the thread the invite was attached to.@caterpillar0 ▲
TONIGHT’S BOARD IS OPEN ▸