[Ads-l] call out sick

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/13/2014 12:20 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>In the days of Sue, the T. Rex, we used to say, "call in sick."
>
>But CNN reports that Angelina Jolie is down with the chickenpox (i.e.,
>she's incapacitated with it rather than thinks its cool) and she's "called
>out sick."

Did she publicly tweet it?  How loudly?  (Thinking about a contrast 
with telephone calls.)

Joel

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