* “Please excuse Joey Friday. He had loose vowels.”
* "Please excuse Joyce from jim today".
* “Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. He fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.”
* “Please excuse Sarah from being absent yesterday. She was sick and I had her shot.”
* "Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn’t the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night."