The Copper White Lies contest — where we asked you to submit your best lie as to why you wouldn’t be coming in to work today — drew a plethora of responses, from the drab to the ridiculous to the down-right hilarious. Entrants were vying for a ski vacation at Copper Mountain, compliments of our friends ova thea at Copper.

Our panel of esteem judges have picked the winning lie, and without further ado…the winner is Nick Martin for entering this winning lie:

My grandmother died. No, different grandmother. Yes, I realize that this is my 7th grandparent that has died this winter. My family tree is pretty unique.

The contest is now over, but you can keep checking out the lies and submit your own by going to yourwhitelie.com.