*I didn't do my history homework because I don't believe in dwelling on the past.

*I didn't want the other kids in the class to look bad.

*A sudden gust of wind blew my homework out of my hand and I never saw it again.

*Another pupil fell in a lake and I jumped in to rescue him. Unfortunately, my homework drowned.

*Our furnace broke and we had to burn my homework to keep ourselves from freezing.

*I'm not at liberty to say why.

*I wanted to frame the detention letter you're about to give me.

*It was destroyed in a freak accident involving a hippo, a toaster, and a bag of frozen peas. You don't want to know the details.

*I have a solar-powered calculator, and it was cloudy.

*I made a paper plane out of it and it got hijacked.

*My mom used it as a dryer sheet.

*My agent won't allow me to publish my homework until the movie deal is finalized.

*It's against my religion to do any homework.

*I was abducted by green-skinned, three-eyed, pig-snouted space aliens, and they incinerated my homework with their death rays.

*I felt it wasn't challenging enough.

*My parents were sick and unable to do my homework last night. Don't worry, they have been suitably punished.

*We had homework?!

*I see your lips moving, but all I am hearing is "blah, blah, blah."

*I didn't want to add to your already heavy workload.

*I spent the night at a rally supporting higher pay for our hard-working teachers.