What our pets do at home while we’re at work is a mystery we will probably never fully solve. But for a minority of our four-legged friends, their secrets are revealed when their owners come home early from work. Being caught unawares, it seems, can be somewhat embarrassing for them — but from our point of view it can often be utterly hilarious.

Here are 18 of the craziest examples we’ve found.

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I was just, uhm, making sure your beer was cool enough for when you came home…

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The temperature is juuust right today.

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You saw nothing!

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…I was cold, and you left the heating off.

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I didn’t take any money, I swear!

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I’m just choosing your outfit for tonight, don’t mind me!

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…We were just playing.

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Oh, so NOW you tell me this isn’t the bath tub!

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We were just playing, honest.

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Lipstick? Nope, I haven’t seen it anywhere…

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Oh my…I didn’t hear you come in…

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I have to feed my family somehow…

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I fetched your mail for you!

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It was like this when I got here.

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The cleaning lady will pick it up. Problem solved!

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I was only feeding them!

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I was just testing it in time for dinner!

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Before you find out what’s happened upstairs, I just want you to remember that I love you!