ORDER

The Browns filed this appeal from an order of Chief Judge Lamar Davis of the United States Bankruptcy Court. Appellees have filed a motion to dismiss, which the Court now grants.

Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 8007, the Record on Appeal was docketed with this Court on November 10, 1994, obligating Appellants to file their brief within fifteen days. Bankruptcy Rule 8009(a)(1). Appellants filed their brief on February 3, 1995, more than two months later. They missed the deadline.1 Although the Court readily grants extensions of time if counsel is faced with a family emergency, here (a) Appellants’ counsel never asked the Court for an extension *326in light of his father’s illness,2 and (b) that unfortunate occurrence cannot account for missing the deadline by nine weeks.

Normally the Court would end here, but Appellants’ response to Appellee’s motion to dismiss requires the Court to pursue some necessary clarifications on the subject of inexcusable — as opposed to excusable — delay. FIRST: Blaming the United States Postal Service DOES NOT CREATE EXCUSABLE DELAY. SECOND: Blaming the lack of resources that plagues many sole practitioners DOES NOT CREATE EXCUSABLE DELAY. THIRD: Blaming the flu DOES NOT CREATE EXCUSABLE DELAY. FOURTH:. Blaming the Court for “extended holiday breaks” DOES NOT CREATE EXCUSABLE DELAY.3 FIFTH: Blaming clients for as of yet only paying “a small portion of the fees incurred in prosecuting this action” DOES NOT CREATE EXCUSABLE DELAY.

The Court sincerely hopes that the above enumerations further guide members of the bar along the path of trouble-free litigation. Appellee’s motion to dismiss this appeal is GRANTED.

SO ORDERED.