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What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? #7171856 02/14/12 08:34 PM
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Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7171920 02/14/12 08:48 PM
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SnakeEyes TFF Team Angler S Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,500 Denison	because i like and respect my ability to check TFF at work i am refusing to answer this. �Harassment of a law-abiding fisherman is a crime punishable by fine and/or imprisonment,� ~Boyd Kennedy TPWD legal counsel

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7171934 02/14/12 08:52 PM
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 439 Fort Worth, TX Darren Heavner Angler
Darren Heavner Angler Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 439 Fort Worth, TX	I named my boat "Sales Calls". That way when the boss asks where I am I can tell him I'm out on "Sales Calls" therfore, whether I'm working or fishing, I'm not lying! Last edited by buckeyebass; 02/14/12 08:53 PM. @darren_heavner www.13fishing.com www.xcitebaits.com www.advocare.com/140211155

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: Darren Heavner] #7171944 02/14/12 08:54 PM
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chugbugkid Green Horn C Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 9 aledo, texas	anal glocoma= i cant see my [censored] coming to work today.

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7171953 02/14/12 08:57 PM
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Bassinamped Pro Angler B Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 756 Kaufman	These are both hilarious!

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7171958 02/14/12 09:00 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,415 San Antonio Tx C Cloud Dancer Extreme Angler
Cloud Dancer Extreme Angler C Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,415 San Antonio Tx	You mean my wife? I said, honey we're going to have a fishFRY, but first we gotta go catch some....... Need to improve my LMB fishing, running out of time.

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: Bassinamped] #7172152 02/14/12 09:55 PM
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knozzleman Pro Angler K Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 724 Scurry	Originally Posted By: Bassinamped These are both hilarious! thats all you got, how weak Keith Morgan Forney Bass Club Triton TR 22, Merc 225 EFI Firefighter, City Of Garland

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7172187 02/14/12 10:03 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,398 Conroe Brandon Dickenson TFF Team Angler
Brandon Dickenson TFF Team Angler Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,398 Conroe	it sure is nice that I don't have to.... It just so happens to be part of the job!!

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: Brandon Dickenson] #7172274 02/14/12 10:23 PM
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Chet Extreme Angler Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,710 Ft Worth	Hot water heater broke and flooded the utility room. Unfortunatly I used it twice.

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7172282 02/14/12 10:26 PM
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texasbass1 TFF Celebrity T Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,673 The Colony, TX	Hey the sun is shining, I'm going fishing. Gotta love my job. Pat Leach USAF MSgt Retired 92 Procraft 180 Pro 24 Mercury 150 Pro XS 4 Stroke Minn Kota Ulterra 80

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7179488 02/16/12 04:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,372 fort worth.Tx, USA 2 200Hawk21 Extreme Angler
200Hawk21 Extreme Angler 2 Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,372 fort worth.Tx, USA	My boss is a fisherman also. We just have to make sure one of is is there when the weather is nice and cover for each other.

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: 200Hawk21] #7179531 02/16/12 04:24 PM
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Texan Til I Die TFF Guru T Joined: May 2009 Posts: 10,375 Deep in the Heart of Texas	I don't have to make excuses. My boss loves to fish and he's always walking into my office and saying "You're fired. Let's go fishing." "If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7179536 02/16/12 04:25 PM
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Bassplastic Angler Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 257	I told him I needed some CE credits for work and would be in a class all day...which worked...until I ran into him at the ramp @ Pope's on Fork. Apparently he had the same idea.

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7179544 02/16/12 04:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 840 R rowlettfisherman Pro Angler
rowlettfisherman Pro Angler R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 840	i told my wife(boss)i would not ask for some alone time with her for a couple days if she wouldnt not complain when i get back from fishing@!

Re: What is the best excuse that you told your boss so you could take off that day to go fishing??? [Re: hookset13] #7179641 02/16/12 04:48 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 205 Azle,Texas C Crabtree Outdoorsman
Crabtree Outdoorsman C Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 205 Azle,Texas	cant come to work today i feel a little crappie. Next time you think your perfect step out of your boat and try walking to shore. gregg.crabtree@moritzmail.com

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