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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def bofh_excuse(how_many=1):
 """Generate random BOFH themed technical excuses! Args: how_many: Number of excuses to generate. (Default: 1) Returns: A list of BOFH excuses. """


    excuse_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'bofh_excuses.json')
    with open(excuse_path, 'r') as _f:
        excuse_dict = json.load(_f)

    return [generate_random_string(excuse_dict) for _ in range(int(how_many))]