Avoiding School Ploy

Black Swan

Was there a time when you were young that you did something absolutely stupid to try to avoid going to school?

I can remember taking a sip of liquid dishwashing soap, which made me sick, but the bubbles gave me away!

xzanti

Oh God.. That brings me back.. I remember me and my friend devised a 'sick bottle' once.. we mixed all sorts of kitchen cupboard food items in a bottle and had planned to drink it to make ourselves sick and be allowed stay home from school... Never thinking that our mothers might find it suspicious that we were both sick on the same day (our mothers worked together).. Didn't work anyway.. just tasted foul :rolleyes::D

star-pants

I recall eating little bits of paper til I felt ill & then would have to go home....

Galadriel

Once I opened the front door pretended to walk out then ran upstairs and hid in the wardrobe!

jester77

Salty water ftw! Simple and effective and it won't leave you ****ed up for the whole day either! Can't imagine washing up liquid being too good.

stovelid

jester77 wrote: »

Salty water ftw! .

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Also had to puke in earshot of your ma while pretending you were trying to hide it from her. Took some skill.

seamus

I had credibility. "Ma, I don't feel well" usually worked. I could also fool myself into thinking I actually was sick. I woke up one morning in second class, didn't want to go to school (teacher was a bitch), so I pretended to be sick. Then I spent the next two days actually feeling sick. Mind over matter.

watna

Apparently, the best method, that I heard from an experienced school skipper (though I never tried it) is to drink mustard powder mixed with a little water.

My particular method was that most of the time I loved school and was worked hard so when I did feel like a day off all I had to do was say I was sick and my mum wouldn't question it.

Dinxminx

Fevers - you'd thrash around til you were all hot and sweaty and when your mom came in with the thermometer you'd pop it in your mouth while she wasn't looking.

Or you could touch the tip of it against the radiator if you REALLY wanted to worry her....

Always worked for me!!

Terry

I just went to a friends' house.
His mother left for work early and he would leave the key outside for anyone who wanted to use it, if he wasn't at home himself.
There was always someone there to play NES with.

Setun

star-pants wrote: »

I recall eating little bits of paper til I felt ill & then would have to go home....

Little rascal.

I had an ability to make myself look pale, and get sent home from school. Ah, nothing like missing Irish and getting to play Goldeneye instead.

Red Hand

Non of my play-acting worked! I was given a human lie detector as a parent.:)