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Apprentice Lee calls in sick
11:04am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
APPRENTICE winner Lee McQueen has called in sick for his first day of work.
The Princes Risborough businessman was due to start his new £100,000 a year job working for Alan Sugar yesterday, but phoned to say that he was suffering from a "flu-like virus".
Mr McQueen reportedly fell ill while travelling in Spain with his girlfriend last week.
The 30-year-old milk man's son won The Apprentice reality TV show despite having lied and made spelling mistakes on his CV.
Mr McQueen also made a come back from an embarrassing incident in which he performed his "reverse pterodactyl" routine in an interview situation.
The technique, which Mr McQueen uses to lighten the mood in an office, involved him spinning his arms and squawking in front of his bemused interviewer.
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Ivor, says...
12:10pm Wed 2 Jul 08
Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Blogs.
SBJones, Wycombe says...
1:51pm Wed 2 Jul 08
kazza, high wycombe says...
4:12pm Wed 2 Jul 08
erm, ermsville says...
4:33pm Wed 2 Jul 08
George - Wycombe, says...
10:50pm Wed 2 Jul 08
Journalistic standards have certainly reached an all time low.
Trefor, Out standing in my field says...
7:47am Thu 3 Jul 08
paulc, Amersham says...
9:51am Thu 3 Jul 08
Most people would cut off a limb for a £100k job.
I think that might impair their ability to do the job somewhat... (Unless they are one of those amputee stunt doubles in movies who have a fake arm blown off...)
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