Worst TV Licence Excuses

8th Feb 2010 22:44pm

I decided to have a look around on the internet to find the worst (and some funny) TV Licence excuses when people who haven't got an up-to-date TV Licence get caught.

• My dog watches it while I'm at work to keep him company - not me.

• The subtitles on my TV are set to French so I'm not paying a UK tax for something I can't read.

• My wife has her hair done twice a week, so we find it difficult to pay.

• I haven't renewed my licence because my wife flushed it down the toilet, along with my wallet.

• My husband has just spent 3,000 pounds on this massive flatscreen digital TV so we can't possibly afford a licence.

• I couldn't make my last payment as my baby was sick on my shoulder and I didn't want to go to the shop smelling of sick because the guy I fancy works there.

• I have not been making payments because a baby magpie flew in to my house and I have had to stay in to feed it.

• I [he] forgot to pay as my [his] girlfriend had hit me [him] over the head with a hammer.

• I'm not paying for a politically partisan media controller when I don't watch anything it produces.

• I want the license abolished cos I really think a media completely controlled by right-wing plutocrats will provide me with better programming and accurate news.

• I was stuck to the sofa thanks to Derren Brown's show on Friday night.

• Because my [her] cat had got sick down the back of the set and blew it up.

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