import random, requests

def get_excuse():
    url = ("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AndrewBrinker/6763cdd5d79d6e" \
          "3eaa3f/raw/624b946ebcca71ac76b74afa5ea41280540c1b97/excuses.txt")
    return random.choice(requests.get(url).text.split("\n"))