Admit it, you’ve done it before - giving a bogus excuse to your boss just to get out of work. Well, this might come as a shock to you, but you’re not alone. A recent CareerBuilder.com survey has shown that more and more people are calling in sick, giving illegitimate reasons when in fact they are feeling fine.

The most popular motivator for missing work was the need to relax, according to nearly half (48 percent) of workers. Twenty-four percent of workers pointed to the desire to catch up on sleep while 20 percent cited personal errands. Other top reasons included doctors appointments (17 percent), plans with family and friends (16 percent) and housework (16 percent).

But here’s the fun part. Employers all over the country have given examples of the whackiest reasons their employees had given:

1. Employee was poisoned by his mother-in-law.
2. A buffalo escaped from the game reserve and kept charging the employee every time she tried to go to her car from her house.
3. Employee was feeling all the symptoms of his expecting wife.
4. Employee called from his cell phone, said he was accidentally locked in a restroom stall and no one was around to let him out.
5. Employee broke his leg snowboarding off his roof while drunk.
6. Employee’s wife said he couldn’t come into work because he had a lot of chores to do around the house.
7. One of the walls in the employee’s home fell off the night before.
   Employee’s mother was in jail.
8. A skunk got into the employee’s house and sprayed all of his uniforms.
   Employee had bad hiccups.
9. Employee blew his nose so hard, his back went out.
10. Employee’s horses got loose and were running down the highway.
11. Employee was hit by a bus while walking.
12. Employee’s dog swallowed her bus pass.
13. Employee was sad.

If you were going to attempt one of the above, well, forget it, because chances are they’ve heard it.