J.K. Rowling Just Shared the Hilarious, Random Reason 1 of Her Book Edits Was Late

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We all have those "my dog ate my homework. . . no really, it did" stories. Mine? Just a swan casually on the train tracks so I couldn't make it to work, but J.K. Rowling's latest excuse takes the cake. After Quite Interesting, the fact-finding team for BBC show QI, tweeted out on Thursday, "In April 2016, the Large Hadron Collider was shut down after a weasel fell into it," the author replied, recalling a particularly hilarious and incredibly random reason she couldn't hand in an edit for The Casual Vacancy one time. "I couldn't email my editor final changes on The Casual Vacancy from South Africa, because an aardvark had chewed through a power line. Nobody ever believes this. I think he struggled, too (the editor, not the aardvark)."

I couldn't email my editor final changes on The Casual Vacancy from South Africa, because an aardvark had chewed through a power line. Nobody ever believes this. I think he struggled, too (the editor, not the aardvark). https://t.co/baKw9uJ6gj

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) March 22, 2018

Of course, Twitter fans couldn't help but get in on the fun and share their equally random "dog ate my homework" stories.

I had trouble working from home because Meepers wouldn't get off my laptop. Animals and work man. pic.twitter.com/0uQNe3hgSb

— Jess (@dochaseve) March 22, 2018

Squirrels ate ALL the wires to my Christmas light display this Winter! I believe you! pic.twitter.com/TuVlRaJ3n2

— BabyBlueEyes (@BlueCatInTheSky) March 22, 2018

@qikipedia I once wrote to my daughter's teacher explaining that she HAD done her homework, but I accidentally set fire to it

— Denise Bowes (@denisebowes) March 22, 2018

My train was once delayed because of a badger in the junction box at Purley

— Geoffrey (@Gil21christ) March 22, 2018

I once had to ring my daughter's school and explain that my dog actually did eat her homework. pic.twitter.com/sBQC0rQbvl

— 🌞 Rowan Coleman 🌞 (@rowancoleman) March 23, 2018

Both the weasel and aardvark now have super powers.

— David Ludwig (@DLudwigMusic) March 22, 2018

Never change, J.K. Rowling.