No childcare/babysittercancelledSickchild orrelativeDeathorFuneralDiarrhea/vomit/foodpoisoningGot lost orcouldn'tfind itLost your# so Icouldn'tcall inOversleptRide didn'tshow orcarpoolissueGasmoneyCartrouble/caraccidentCan't passa drugscreen/BGIn the ER(self orspouse)Nobodythere tolet me inArrestedor in jailPhone diedso alarmdidn't go offFamilyEmergencyNo2nd ID[create your own!]__________________Court or anappt I forgotto tell youaboutOut oftownemergencyWill loseunemp. orwelfareGotanotherjobCasemanagerdidn'trelease meHave totalk tospousefirstNo childcare/babysittercancelledSickchild orrelativeDeathorFuneralDiarrhea/vomit/foodpoisoningGot lost orcouldn'tfind itLost your# so Icouldn'tcall inOversleptRide didn'tshow orcarpoolissueGasmoneyCartrouble/caraccidentCan't passa drugscreen/BGIn the ER(self orspouse)Nobodythere tolet me inArrestedor in jailPhone diedso alarmdidn't go offFamilyEmergencyNo2nd ID[create your own!]__________________Court or anappt I forgotto tell youaboutOut oftownemergencyWill loseunemp. orwelfareGotanotherjobCasemanagerdidn'trelease meHave totalk tospousefirst

Lame Excuse Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. No child care/babysitter cancelled
  2. Sick child or relative
  3. Death or Funeral
  4. Diarrhea/ vomit/food poisoning
  5. Got lost or couldn't find it
  6. Lost your # so I couldn't call in
  7. Overslept
  8. Ride didn't show or carpool issue
  9. Gas money
  10. Car trouble/car accident
  11. Can't pass a drug screen/BG
  12. In the ER (self or spouse)
  13. Nobody there to let me in
  14. Arrested or in jail
  15. Phone died so alarm didn't go off
  16. Family Emergency
  17. No 2nd ID
  18. [create your own!] __________________
  19. Court or an appt I forgot to tell you about
  20. Out of town emergency
  21. Will lose unemp. or welfare
  22. Got another job
  23. Case manager didn't release me
  24. Have to talk to spouse first