People have been sharing Classic Dom excuses to rival the Barnard Castle eye test – our 23 favourites

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#ClassicDomExcuses My Family did accept £200,000 in #EU Farm subsidies but only to show that it's open to abuse by unscrupulous Millionaires.

— JudgeMental BsC (@JudgementalBsC) May 26, 2020

14.

I forgot my wifes birthday so I made some shit up about being blind #ClassicDomExcuses

— Mathew Young (@mat_y125) May 26, 2020

15.

I only had sex with your boyfriend to test the strength of your relationship #ClassicDomExcuses

— TyrrhenianSpleen (@TyrrhenianS) May 26, 2020

16.

#ClassicDomExcuses; Yes; I did shoot a Man but only to see if the Gun was loaded. I have no regrets.

— JudgeMental BsC (@JudgementalBsC) May 26, 2020

17.

'It's not my fault I infected those people with Coronavirus, it's their fault for wanting to come anywhere near me.'#ClassicDomExcuses pic.twitter.com/La7QjB2mp0

— Truth Detwister (@isdomsackedyet) May 26, 2020

18.

I was licking lamp posts outside Barnard Castle to test whether I could catch the coronavirus a 2nd time #ClassicDomExcuses

— Røb Łé Røñé (@robertlerone) May 26, 2020

19.

Just drove to Durham to check my privilege #ClassicDomExcuses

— Christina (@wjldflxwr) May 26, 2020

20.

I stabbed a random stranger because I wasn’t sure if my knife was sharp enough to chop vegetables #ClassicDomExcuses

— Aidan forgets why he (@aidno) May 26, 2020

21.

I thought I might have a broken wrist so I drove 30 miles to Barnsley to do the Hokey-Cokey in a care home just to make sure.#ClassicDomExcuses

— John Spiers (@squeezyjohn) May 26, 2020

22.

I had to take my covid positive family to Durham to test out the isolation procedures at the local hospital #ClassicDomExcuses

— KilnmanIain (@KilnmanI) May 26, 2020

23.

I fought against corrupt EU unelected bureaucrats to teach the British the meaning of irony#ClassicDomExcuses

— DaveyB 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@GelertDesign) May 26, 2020

After it emerged that Dominic Cummings had edited his blog in April to include a reference to the coronavirus, while claiming he wrote it last year, the mastermind behind Scarfolk – Richard Littler – posted this.

#ClassicDomExcuses "I wrote about the coronavirus on this papyrus in the 13th century BCE" pic.twitter.com/EWrm3z2kjD

— Richard Littler (@richard_littler) May 26, 2020

Classic Dom.

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