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London-bound Sky news sports presenter James Bracey has just had a rather interesting morning.

Some saw his totally innocuous cough gesture as something a little cheekier. Bracey refutes that suggestion, as does his regular Sportsline guest Jim Wilson. We’re highly inclined to agree. The two have a great on-air rapport, and it’s unlikely the young presenter would take the piss in that way.

Anyway, it got us thinking about embarrassing stuff that happens at work. Some time in your career, we’re all of us going to look a little silly. Hopefully it won’t happen on national telly as it did with James or this unfortunate booger-loving soccer coach. But what about you? Ever turn up to work on your day off? Get sprung sucking up to the boss? Tell, tell. No one’s listening except hundreds of thousands of Punchers.

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- Mark says:
  
  03:30pm | 07/05/12
  
  Other potential excuses:
  
  -Practising the air Trombone.
  
  -Flossing with a luffa.
  
  -Observing the third dimension, in action.
  
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- PsychoHyena says:
  
  03:41pm | 07/05/12
  
  The guy has a cheek to claim he was coughing (normally you don’t smack your hand into your face when coughing, your head goes forward into your hand).
  
  Sorry Bracey but you made a bad choice, you got caught and now you’re trying to hide it with a lie. you must never be allowed to procreate.
  
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Ashlee says:

02:28pm | 08/05/12

The hand moving instead of his head is what makes me think he’s lying about coughing. Perhaps he is just a weird cougher but I have never seen anyone move their hand like that while coughing. It’s kinda funny though.

The most embarrassing thing I’ve had happen? The time I was sitting on my chair, and reached over for something, and let out a fart was pretty embarrassing… but I’m not sure that anyone heard it.
- dancan says:
  
  04:40pm | 07/05/12
  
  Brushing his teeth with an invisible toothbrush!
  
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- Yawnnn says:
  
  05:07pm | 07/05/12
  
  So is that what oral sex looks like? Had no idea, seems a lot of you guys must participate to know this?
  
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iansand says:

05:39pm | 07/05/12

But this is the first mention of oral sex.
- Dan Webster says:
  
  05:09pm | 07/05/12
  
  Lol.
  He may now have to do that to his boss to keep his job.
  
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- gobsmack says:
  
  08:00am | 08/05/12
  
  So sad.
  
  http://www.theage.com.au/environment/animals/famed-fat-cat-meow-dies-of-obesity-20120508-1y9l9.html
  
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- Smrmoheb says:
  
  10:51am | 09/07/12
  
  ADF is also the largest ocaiactuonpl trainer in Australia Yes, just like days of yore when unions in govt. workshopd used to insist that training be provided so trade skills could be maintained. Of course free marketeers such as yourself found this to be terribly inefficient, privatisation was the answer. So what about opening up the ADF to some competition and lets start with bands, plenty of musos short of quid, work for peanuts and live in a cardboard box. And then we can set about having a look at those highly protected types down at Campbell barracks. I reckon I could get a platoon of high (perhaps chemically) motivated, steroidal nightclub bouncers to do pretty much the same job for half the price. What about it OBR, are you in?
  
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