Reasons to go AFK.

/AFK Yard exploded

It was actually at my dad's place, but what happened was the underground power lines were old, and had sort of melted together. This was causing massive power shorts directly into the ground with an accompanying BOOM! Thankfully, the power company got out there before any thing actually exploded outward, but the second boom was enough to shake the apartment complex.

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/afk water broke?

[/ QUOTE ]I did have one teammate who apparently refused to go afk when entering labor O.o

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/afk water broke?

[/ QUOTE ]I did have one teammate who apparently refused to go afk when entering labor O.o

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It's not like labor is quick. Most first time moms are in labor for 8+ hours.

The OP stole my best one:

/afk Python got loose

It is actually a Ball Python, only about 2.5 feet long and completely harmless. But when people hear "python" they tend to freak out.

I once used "afk wife aggro", which was true. Well, my wife saw me type that and asked, "What did you just tell them about me?!?!" I explained to her, performed my "honeydo" task and went back to the game.

When I got back I typed, "Oh man, my wife saw the 'afk wife aggro' I typed earlier, and asked me what it meant. I was afraid she'd get mad if I told her what it meant, so thinking fast I just told her it means she's fat. Whew, dodged a bullet on that one!"

There was much LOLing in team chat.

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FORNICATION?

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I don't see this as a reason to go AFK though.

It's all about multitasking.

While at home: "AFK dog ripping up linoleum floor..." I really tried to like that dog.

While working out of town: "AFK, camper might be getting blown over..." gotta love remote construction sites

/afk My real friends need me (this was while teamed with people I know RL, so wasn't quite as rude as it sounds)
/afk for pants
/afk while I pick up someone from the police station
/afk for Mormons
/afk I'm at work, and they expect me to work once in while

/afk Phone, might be a bit
/afk Update: Girlfriend, won't be long

/afk Wife aggro... someone else's, not mine

/afk Little brother appears to be dead... no worry, this happens a lot

/afk Naked person in my back yard. BRB.

I've gone afk for all sorts of various reasons, as a married guy with 4 kids and a handful on animals in the house...

However, the one that takes the cake is the time my youngest child (then 2-years-old) had taken out a carton of eggs and was dropping them 1 by 1 down the (tile) hallway. I didn't notice until he dropped one at my feet in my bedroom.
He had apparently started his adventure by dropping a few right in front of the fridge. It was quite the clean up effort.

/afk nosebleed. I wasn't on a team when this happened to me, though.

/afk Beej

/afk calling 911 - the dumpster in my parking lot is on fire

(That was an interesting night.)

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[Team] Me: Did they add new sound effects for NPCs? Those screaming civilians are awesome.
[Team] Teammate: Huh?
[Team] Me: oh wait

/afk whoops, that wasn't a sound effect

Related to the series of sex-themed /afks in this thread, I once had someone go afk on me with the following quote. It's been a few years, and I didn't keep chat logs back then, but this should be fairly accurate:

"Guys, I gotta go afk for like ten or fifteen minutes. My girl's in the shower and she needs me. "

I was playing CoH when the hospital called and said a liver had been found for my daughter, who had been on the transplant list for six months or so at that point. I had to /afk for a few weeks for that one, but that was the BEST reason I've ever suddenly left the game, and everything's turned out to be just fine.

The funniest /afk I've personally seen was when someone on a Hess TF said, "I've got to get to the Safeway before they stop selling soup."

I guess they just really needed some soup...

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I was playing CoH when the hospital called and said a liver had been found for my daughter, who had been on the transplant list for six months or so at that point. I had to /afk for a few weeks for that one, but that was the BEST reason I've ever suddenly left the game, and everything's turned out to be just fine.

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I'm glad for you. And glad to here she's doing ok.

Congratz

(kind of weak for the situation i guess, but it's fitting in a way... heh)

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The funniest /afk I've personally seen was when someone on a Hess TF said, "I've got to get to the Safeway before they stop selling soup."

I guess they just really needed some soup...

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Haaa! I remember hearing about that one! XD


My best has been "AFK, people want to dress me up"

Considering how often this happens, I'm surprised I've only used it once.

/afk communists

Neighbor's unleashed jerkface dog attacked the other neighbor's kid. Keep in mind that I love animals, but after calling the police and ambulance, the dog kept circling around the kid and his father (who was trying to stay between the dog and his son). Was REALLY close to going out and shooting the dog (grabbed a baseball bat instead of the gun). Basically, these neighbors would let their not-so-friendly dog roam the neighborhood and it frequently wandered into MY yard growling and barking at me.

(Police arrested the neighbor and took the dog due to this incident. Neighbors moved not too long after and I'm glad that mutt is gone.)

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afk Gotta mow the lawn

/afk tornado siren
/afk lightning
/afk hail
/afk microbursts
gotta go computer overheating
/afk foster son arrested (man was that a mess to straighten out)
/afk someone fell in the bathtub
/afk dog 'went' on carpet
/afk dinner
/afk breakfast
/afk someone wants 'massage'
/afk scientologists are here (where's my pepper spray?)
/afk cute neighbor wants to borrow something

Strangest reason I've ever heard:

'afk for a second, my ferret is having a sneezing fit.'

Oddest true one I've used:

afk house flooding

Here are some I saw

/afk mouse died need to get batteries( at the store)
/afk need to pick my husband up from work.
/afk wife wants food

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