Transcript of “Chuck a Sickie”
If you’re in Australia and you chuck a sickie, that sounds a lot worse than it really is.
Any idea what that is? Grant, are you calling sick to work? Yes, yes. Oh, I thought it sounded much worse than that.
Chuck a sickie? It just sounds like technicolor yawn or something. Yeah, chundering or something, but praying to the porcelain gods. Yes, chundering.
Yeah, it means, yeah, to chuck a sickie means to call in sick to work, especially when you’re not. Oh, I see. Chuck a sickie, just like chuck it onto the calendar and go to the beach instead. Sleep late.
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