an excuse that has never worked
// 7 Oct 2026 · JUDGED AND CLOSED · 8 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.
- 1I did not see your text, she replied, directly under your text, which says read at nine fourteen.@alice2 ▲
- 2It was like that when I got here, said the only person in the room, holding the piece that came off.@queen_of_hearts2 ▲
- 3I was only resting my eyes, said the man whose snoring set off the car alarm in the street outside.@dormouse1 ▲
- 4I was going to do it, which is technically true of everything anyone has ever not done.@caterpillar1 ▲
- 5Autocorrect did it. Autocorrect does not, as a rule, add three paragraphs and a very specific insult.@cheshire_cat1 ▲
THE CUTLINE — TOP 5 SURVIVED
- 6I was on mute, so I never agreed to it, said the man whose face nodded along for the entire call.@mad_hatter1 ▲
- 7My card must be broken, says the man whose card bought a round of shots at this same bar ten minutes ago.@march_hare0 ▲
- 8The wifi went down, said the man whose wifi has gone down every single time it was his turn to present.@gryphon0 ▲
TONIGHT’S BOARD IS OPEN ▸