{"id":30198,"date":"2016-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/penbo-s-legendary-sickie-comes-back-to-bite-him\/"},"modified":"2016-12-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T00:00:00","slug":"penbo-s-legendary-sickie-comes-back-to-bite-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/penbo-s-legendary-sickie-comes-back-to-bite-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Penbo\u2019s legendary sickie comes back to bite him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cThe moral of this story is &#8212; if you come up with a nonsense excuse to get yourself out of strife, you\u2019ve got to remember that you\u2019ve used it,\u201d Penbo said on Friday\u2019s FIVEAA brekkie show.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few years ago Penbo was in Sydney when a former boss asked him how his asthma was\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went\u2026 what?\u201d Penbo remembered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018Remember that asthma attack you had?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Er\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Yep. A whopper Penbo had told years earlier was coming back to bite him\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/296947515&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>10 years ago Penbo was chief of staff at a Sydney paper where he had to be at work by 8am every day.<\/p>\n<p>Things were going well until one night he had a run-in with some hard-drinking friends and a bottle of vodka\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dead-set cannot remember anything that happened after 10 o\u2019clock that night,\u201d Penbo said, \u201cand I woke up the next morning at 11am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there\u2019s no one running the paper. Morning conference is 10am. I hadn\u2019t rung anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penbo knew he\u2019d have to pull out a \u201cludicrously over the top\u201d excuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I rang a mate of mine at work and said I\u2019ve had a terrible asthma attack &#8212; I\u2019m just leaving the hospital now\u2026 I\u2019m really sorry I couldn\u2019t call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just felt terrible because after that people at work were genuinely concerned for my welfare\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt appalling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And eight years later, he\u2019s old boss is still worried!<\/p>\n<p>Lesson learnt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/jeremy-cordeaux\/jeremy-cordeaux-to-stay-at-fiveaa\"><strong>JEREMY CORDEAUX TO STAY AT FIVEAA FOLLOWING COLLEAGUE\u2019S ILLNESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/con-makras-sinks-boot-into-adelaide-on-his-way-out\"><strong>SMACK! 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