def addSkip(self, test, reason):
        """Catch skipped tests in Python 2.7 and above.

        Though ``addSkip()`` is deprecated in the nose plugin API, it is very
        much not deprecated as a Python 2.7 ``TestResult`` method. In Python
        2.7, this will get called instead of ``addError()`` for skips.

        :arg reason: Text describing why the test was skipped

        """
        self._recordAndPrintHeadline(test, SkipTest, reason)
        # Python 2.7 users get a little bonus: the reason the test was skipped.
        if isinstance(reason, Exception):
            reason = getattr(reason, 'message', None) or getattr(
                reason, 'args')[0]
        if reason and self._options.show_advisories:
            with self.bar.dodging():
                self.stream.writeln(reason)