"It's okay...I'm still billing the client."

"They told me at the blood bank this might happen."

"This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in the last time-management course you sent me to."

"I was working smarter, not harder."

"Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper"

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

"This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!"

"I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance."

"I'm in the management training program."

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

"This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamt about work!"

"I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory towards people who practice Yoga?"

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

"The coffee machine is broke...."

"Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot."

"Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!"

"It worked well for Reagan, didn't it?"

"I was cross-training for telecommuting."

"Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!"

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

"The mailman flipped out and took out a gun so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot."

"I thought you were gone for the day."