I can imagine the phone call into work:
[Keith]: cough cough Sorry boss, can't come into work today
[Boss]: Yeah Keith you sound pretty crook
[Keith]: sniff cough sniff Yeah feel awful, and I can't get up from the lounge
[Boss]: Well then take it easy and don't get yourself too excited or work too hard. Bye
"click"
[Keith]: He he! in a clearer less croaky and more energetic voice GO MARCOS YOU GOOD THING! WOO HOO!
That was it Keith wasn't it. Talladega was on, and you just couldn't drag yourself away from the action.