'Squirrel tail knot' is a brilliant excuse to be late to work

Telling work you're running late because of car trouble or family illness? Boring. Redditor mard86 claimed that a co-worker said he'd be late because "he was trying to untie a squirrel tail knot." Naturally, photographic proof of this dire-but-unlikely situation was requested and the co-worker obliged with this multi-squirrel image. He explained that he'd removed the neighbor's Christmas lights that had entangled the five squirrels, "but now their tails are one big knot, so I have to bring them into a rescue place to untie them, as I am unequipped to untie squirrel tail knots. I should be in this afternoon." Feel free to save this image and send to your boss as necessary. [Source]

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