• "They told me at the blood bank this might happen."

• "This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in the last time management course you sent me to."

• "Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper"

• "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!"

• "This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people !"

• "I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance"

• "Actually doing a "Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan" (SLEEP) we learned at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend.

• "I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory towards people who practice Yoga?"

• "Darn! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem."

• The coffee machine is broke...."

• "Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot."

• "Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!"

• "Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!"

• "Wasn't sleeping. Was trying to pick up contact lens without hands."

• "Amen"