{"id":13562,"date":"2023-11-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giftideas.ca\/the-ultimate-excuse-generator\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:24:06","slug":"the-ultimate-excuse-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giftideas.ca\/the-ultimate-excuse-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Excuse Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why we like this gift<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you know someone who is always coming up with excuses this is a funny, quirky gift to give them! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Ultimate Excuse Generator<\/strong> book by <em><strong>Mike Barfield<\/strong> <\/em>is a vibrant and fun flipbook with over <strong>60 million<\/strong> excellent excuses for all occasions. The recipient can have so much fun flipping through coming up with hilarious and wacky excuses just for fun or even to use in real life when needed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novelty, fun gifts like this are always a winner and guaranteed to bring a laugh and a smile to your friends, family or even work colleagues! When someone says &#8216;Give me one excuse&#8217;, now they can give them millions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gift idea description<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Author: Mike Barfield<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Publisher: Laurence King Publishing<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ISBN\u00a0\u00a09781786275240<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Format: Hardcover<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Size:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0238 x 62mm<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">80\u00a0pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li>60 million excuses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why we like this gift If you know someone who is always coming up with excuses this is a funny, 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