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Worst Ten Excuses for Being Apprehended in an Off-Limits Collecting Spot

Last Updated: 22nd Nov 2007

Worst Ten Excuses for Being Apprehended in an Off-Limits Collecting Spot:

10. "I thought the 'No Trespassing' signs pertained to climbing trees signs were nailed to."

9. Claim foreign diplomatic immunity.

8. "No Tresspassing " signs not written in Braille.

7. I was chased in by Bigfoot.

6. "I have permission from God."

5. "Let's see YOUR writen permission to be here."

4. My invisible spaceship ran out of gas.

3. I was responding to cries of "Help - I've fallen in a pocket of smoky quartz, and can't get up!"

2. "I'm under arrest??!! YOU"RE under arrest!!! This quarry is under arrest!!!"

1. "No sweat! Community service has always been a breeze."





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Comments

My favourite one:

"I'm British!"

Jolyon Ralph
22nd Nov 2007 5:20pm
During a field trip on a short summer course, the teacher said to the guard: "We're an official government expedition" (well, he was just a lecturer in a public univesity and we were second year students). The sentence worked, and we found nice andradites...

David Soler
26th Nov 2007 10:47pm
Of course, you should always carry with you, preferably laminated to credit card size, a Monopoly "Get out of Jail Free" card.



Jolyon Ralph
6th Dec 2007 8:16pm
Haha, number 3 is my favorite. Very funny. Another good one is, "I must have come in from the side that didn't have a sign."

Bryan Davis
10th Dec 2007 4:10pm
Hi Paul
great list - is it possible to use this in our society newsletter?
regards
Ralph

Ralph Bottrill
15th Jan 2008 3:11am
Sure.

Paul Gilmore
27th Feb 2008 10:18pm

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