I can't even understand how people can but localized games... Or see dubbed movies for that matter. Like Black&White that was released in ONLY swedish here in sweden.. I went berserk and returned the game and didn't pick it up again until the all languages into english patch was released.
Always original languages for me, even if its mean russian (well not THAT always, but mostly... depends on the game of course).
As for lame excuses I've been through some when dog ate manual, little sister peed on manual, ate the disc and flushed it down the toilet.. or something like that...