Well, Excuse Me!

My latest issue of Reader's Digest contains this article called "33 Lame Excuses". Here is my favorite:

"'I Was Too Taxed to File'
Charles J. O'Byrne, the top aide to New York governor David Paterson, neglected to file tax returns for five years. 'Neglected' is really the wrong word, says his lawyer: O'Byrne couldn't pay his taxes.
The lame excuse: He suffers from a medical condition called late-filing syndrome, which is caused by depression. And even though this depression did not stop him from being a highly functional professional or enjoying an active social life, it did seem to affect his ability to pay taxes—five years in a row.
Did anyone buy it? Not the American Psychiatric Association. An APA representative told the New York Times that it doesn't recognize late-filing syndrome as a psychiatric condition."