OT: An Australian approach

[wire chief]

Sometimes things get more dicey than, "My dog ate my homework."

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pwghabw4N80?rel=0

 

[Zorro]

They have prolly all split their britches with this, but as a former laborer in the groves of academe, I say God Bless 'Em, fair dinkum. I am sure they had just cause, if not the best judgement.

 

[Icebear]

Only in their dreams.

http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/palisades.asp

 

[RadyLady]

Still - many folks live in a world of "it cannot happen to me" and "it is always someone else's fault", where
taking ownership of a problem would be tantamount to admitting that they are less than perfect - which of course they are(n't).

I wish this were real.

 

[meyers7]

Sounds good to me.