Playing hookie

[squeezymeat]

I don't feel so good today. I called in sick but its not a physical sickness. I've reached a state of exhaustion and I just dont fell like going to work or school today.

Whats the lamest excuse you've used to get out of work or anything?

 

[browneyedgal68]

I have a vision problem. . . I just can't SEE myself coming into work today.

 

[help1]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXlFOxqrOQ

Arnold wasn't scared to play hookie, nor should you be.

 

[Zenithian Legend]

Well this will give you a chance to catch up on playing with yourself.

 

[Maklershed]

I wonder what the etymology of the phrase "playing hookie" is.

 

[ItsTrueItsTrue92]

The worst reason I could come up with? It was Friday.

 

[jpotell]

[quote name='Maklershed']I wonder what the etymology of the phrase "playing hookie" is.[/quote]

It's derived from the idiom "by hook or by crook" (i.e. by any means necessary). That generated the phrase "hooky-crooky" as a colloquialism to mean dishonest. Kids just chopped off the end so instead of acting "hooky-crooky" they played hooky (as it was once spelled).

It also makes me think of Rufio, Rufio Ru-fi-o! "Looky looky, I've got Hooky."

 

[Maklershed]

Wow, cool. Thanks jpotell.

 

[neushane]

Diarrhea is always a fan favorite. Works best because no one will ask you to prove it (unless they are into that kind of stuff, then your ed)

 

[J Hair!]

Tell them you've been on a 3 day meth binge and you just want to take a nap. Nobody wants to deal with the meth junkie that finally wants to sleep.