1) The woman at the blood bank told me this might happen.

2) This is just a 15 minute power nap like they raved about in that time management course you sent me to.

3) I was working smarter - not harder.

4) I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!

5) This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!

6) I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance.

7) I'm in the management training program.

8) I'm actually doing a Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan (SLEEP). I learned at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend.

9) This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work!

10) I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work related stress. Do you discriminate against people who practice Yoga?

11) Damn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem.

12) The coffee machine is broken....

13) Someone must have put decaf in the wrong pot.

14) Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off.

15) Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!

16) I wasn't sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lens without my hands.

17) The mail courier flipped out and pulled a gun so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot.

18) Heck! I thought everyone was on home visits today.