A real blow out.

What's the weirdest (and true) excuse you've ever had for being late for work? The weirdest one I've ever had has been that I was late as I was blowing up balloons for a charity coffee morning. That is precisely what happened to me this morning.

I just happened to wander into the surgery on my way to work, as I do every morning, when one of the staff collared me and asked me if they could "borrow my lungs", so to speak. I wouldn't have minded so much were it not for the fact that the balloons must've been made out of some extra strong rubber. I had to stretch them about ten times before I could successfully blow into them and it took me another two minutes to tie the ends. By the time I'd finished, I was almost gasping for breath.

Of course, I didn't tell them that was the reason for my lateness. One thing's for sure, if ever I'm asked again to blow balloons up for anybody, I'm going to make sure there's a pump handy!