import random, requests

def get_excuse():
    excuses = requests.get(
        'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AndrewBrinker/6763cdd5d79d6e3eaa3f/raw/624b946ebcca71ac76b74afa5ea41280540c1b97/excuses.txt'
    ).text.split("\n")
    return random.choice(excuses)