“He called in “sick” to work and left a message on their answering machine saying he couldn’t come in because he wasn’t feeling well. Half an hour later he thought up a “better” excuse and then proceeded to call back and tell the woman that answered that he couldn’t come in because his car had broken down.

She (perhaps unsurprisingly to the rest of us) responded with “I thought you were sick?” Hearing him try to come up with a story in which he was sick AND also had a broken down car was simply hilarious.” – Mrs_Enid_Kapelsen