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June 17, 2025 16 mins
Battle dives into the wild world of workplace excuses. You won’t believe the ridiculous reasons people have given to skip work. Plus, listeners call in to share the dumbest excuses they've heard… or maybe even used themselves. 


One Stupid Question at 6:40a for Holiday World
Win FIFA Club World Cup tickets at 8:10am
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Nothing like the Eagles to kick things off on a Tuesday. Right,
It's twe oh five nine in the Rock, Nashville's classic
Rockets Battle in the morning. Good morning, Nashville. How are
you doing this morning? I'm glad that you're here with us.
Don't forget coming up here later this hour six forty.
We have a pair of Holiday World tickets for you
up for grabs when we play one stupid question. You

(00:21):
answer the stupid question right, you go in to a
Holiday World. You get it wrong, all people are gonna
call you stupid, and we have to give those tickets
away to somebody else. Although I don't think I won't
call you stupid, your friends might if they recognize your voice,
but will play one stupid question coming up here at
six forty. Real quick, let's take a look at what
is trending this morning. The doctor Salvador Palencia, one of

(00:44):
the physicians involved in the Matthew Perry case, has decided
to plead guilty four counts of distributing drugs to Matthew Perry.
The move brings him closer to it potential prison sentence.
They're saying fifteen to twenty one months is what he
is looking at Uh yeah, so the doctor charge of
Matthew Perry's case agreed deplete guilty in that situation. Also,

(01:09):
after a three decade hiatus, fans of the Naked Gun
franchise is now getting treated to a new film. We've
talked about this in previous past.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Liam Neeson is gonna be taken over Leslie Nilsen's part
as Lieutenant Frank Drebin Junior. He's gonna be following in
his father's comedic footsteps. Uh So, we'll see how that
plays out. The trailer looks it looks okay. I'm not
gonna lie h but I'll definitely go see it in theaters.
And if you want to see the trailers posted up

(01:40):
one O five nine The Rock dot com. That is
a look at what's trending this morning. We'll play one
stupid question for holiday World tickets. Next we'll want to
join the show.

Speaker 3 (01:49):
Talk to us by calling six seven the Rock.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
So do you ever get halfway through the day and
then realize you just suddenly hate everyone?

Speaker 4 (02:01):
It's one O five nine.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
In the Right Nationalist Classic Rockets Battle in the Morning,
Newpole looked at the top interactions that could zap our
social energy and make us not want to deal with
people the rest of the day. They include being interrupted
too much, small talk, dealing with customer service, office gossip also.

Speaker 4 (02:18):
On the list.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Yeah, I think that I could go with some of
these on the list that makes you want to hate people.
They also said that around eleven fifty four am is
when the average person starts filling drained for the day. Luckily,
around eleven fifty four am for me, I'm on my
way home because I'm way out of this building for sure.
But sorry, if you have to deal with people during

(02:42):
your workday, I know that it's it's difficult to deal
with certain people on the job. Your chance to win
Holiday World tickets right now? Six one five seven three seven,
one oh five nine is the number. Let's get somebody
on the phone. We'll play one stupid question next, it's
one oh five nine in the rock with three doors down.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Since your iHeartRadio at preset to one o five nine
in the rock, and wah, you're one click away from
your favorite bands.

Speaker 4 (03:07):
Freaking magic man. Here we go. Let's test somebody's.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Knowledge, bright and early on a Tuesday morning. Let's go
to the phones and see who we have playing one
stupid question with us.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
Let's see, it's one oh five nine in the rock. Hih,
who's this your thankful sir?

Speaker 3 (03:28):
How are you?

Speaker 4 (03:29):
My man? What is going on? Brother? How are you?
I'm latter, I'm out at the hospital.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Man, Michael, glad to hear from your brother. Hope, hope,
everything is better now for your.

Speaker 4 (03:40):
Rights, everything's good now.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Well, I'm glad that everything is good and everything is
is great for you.

Speaker 4 (03:46):
Are you ready to play one stupid question? Absolutely? All right,
here we go.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
I'm gonna ask you one stupid question. You get it right,
You're going to Holiday World. You get it wrong, somebody
else is gonna be able to steal these tickets away
from you.

Speaker 4 (03:57):
Here is your one stupid question.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
What weapon do Jedi Knights use in Star Wars? Right? Me?

Speaker 4 (04:08):
Michael Douglas answered the State reflection of the day.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
You You had no hesitation, Michael on that one. I
don't even have to ask if that's your final You
were going to pick me up. I was your first
caller you phoned. Well, Michael, I gotta tell you, man, congratulations,
you got it right. The correct answer is a lightsaber.
You're going to Holiday World? Michael tell us what station's
hooking you up, ma'am?

Speaker 5 (04:33):
Why ride nine the Rock rock with Battle in the Morning.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
Michael, I'm gonna put you on a brief O. We're
gonna come back to you and grab your information. Brother,
appreciate you playing one's too big question this morning.

Speaker 4 (04:43):
We'll do it again this time tomorrow for another pair
of holiday World tickets.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
Were asking you wants to be questions?

Speaker 4 (04:50):
Answer, I want to join the show.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
Hit the red talkback Mike on the Free. Iheartradioized and
let your voice be heard. Bro, what if Night the Rock?

Speaker 1 (05:02):
You know we've all had those mornings where the alarm
goes off, your bed suddenly feels like a luxury hotel,
and your brain starts racing like how can I get
out of work today without sounding like a total lunatic? Right,
it's what five not the right Nashville's classic rockets Battle
in the Morning. Now. I've heard some wild excuses over
the year. There was one time a girl that worked
in our building said that they were emotionally distraught because

(05:25):
their psyche told them mercury was in retrograde.

Speaker 4 (05:28):
Whatever the hell that is.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
Whatever, Anyways, I'm not innocent either with these dumb excuses.
Because true story. I once called in when I was
working at the skate center and Rivergate. I said that
I couldn't come into work because my sister's farroent got.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
Loose in my car.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
I mean, I panicked, and I couldn't just say hey,
I overslept because this was during the summertime when we'd
have like daycares come in and do like skating from
like eleven to three or something like that. So I'm
sitting there in my driveway and uh, yeah, I told
my boss, you won't believe this, but there's a ferret
hiding somewhere in my car and I'm afraid to start

(06:07):
the engine. Uh.

Speaker 4 (06:08):
And you know what, my boss spot it now.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
He listens to the show, so he's probably gonna ask
me about that. Uh. He even told me to take
care of the situation and be safe, like I was
on some kind of like animal Planet rescue mission or something.

Speaker 4 (06:21):
But I have a question for you.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
What is the dumbest excuse you've used for getting out
of work? Six one five, seven, three seven, one oh
five nine is the number I'd love to hear from
you this morning. Phone lines are I ope him again?
Six one five seven three seven one oh five nine
is the.

Speaker 4 (06:36):
Number dumb excuses for getting out of work? What did
you use?

Speaker 1 (06:40):
Let's take your phone calls next, I want to.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
Join the show.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
Text rock and your message to six four eight.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
The Rock Hour.

Speaker 2 (06:49):
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to Las Vegas September nineteenth and twentieth.

Speaker 3 (06:57):
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Speaker 5 (07:37):
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Speaker 2 (07:42):
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Speaker 4 (07:47):
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Speaker 1 (07:50):
It's like somehow we open the floodgates with this, this topic,
this morning.

Speaker 4 (07:54):
It's Battle of the Morning. It's one of Fibe nine
the Right, Nashville's.

Speaker 1 (07:57):
Classic crack dom Excuses for getting out of work six
one five, seven three seven, one oh five nine is
the number if you want to get in on the
show Jack and Mount Juliet. What's an excuse that you've gotten? Uh?
I work with the guy he said he overdosed on
niquill and broke his elbow. I have so many questions
the whole overdosing on nikeel and broke his elbow.

Speaker 4 (08:21):
Yeah, but is that the craziest thing you ever heard?

Speaker 3 (08:23):
How do you overdose on iquill and fall out of bed?

Speaker 4 (08:25):
Yeah? I exactly.

Speaker 1 (08:27):
I'm still trying to wrap my head around that that
situation as well. How do you overdose on niquil then
fall out of bed?

Speaker 3 (08:34):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (08:34):
Six one five seven, three seven, one oh five nine
is the number if you want to get in dumb
excuses for getting out of work. It is a two
for Tuesday, giving you a double dose of the scorp
six one oh five bed Rock Nashville's Classic.

Speaker 4 (08:47):
Rockets Battle in the Morning.

Speaker 1 (08:52):
Dumb excuses for getting out of work, That's what we're
talking about this morning. Six one five, seventh three seven,
one oh five nine is the number. It's one oh
five nine. The Rock Nashville is Classic Rockets Battle in
the Morning. Kyle and Whitehouse, you got a dumb excuse
that somebody you work with used.

Speaker 4 (09:06):
I have to share this one.

Speaker 5 (09:08):
I worked with a buddy of mine who was late
every day, But the best excuse he ever had was
my mom did not set my alarm bucket.

Speaker 1 (09:15):
Really, that's the best excuse, although it could be believable
if the guy still lived with his mom. Six five seven,
three seven, one oh five nine is the number if
you want to get in dumb excuses for getting out
of work.

Speaker 4 (09:28):
Phone lines are wide open.

Speaker 1 (09:29):
We'll take your phone calls after a two for from Aerosmith.

Speaker 4 (09:33):
It is a two for Tuesday.

Speaker 1 (09:35):
Give me a double shot of Aerosmith right there, it's
what O five nine the right Nationals Classic Rockets battle
in the morning talking about dumb excuses for getting out
of work. Phone lines open if you want to be
a part of the show. Six one five seven, three
seven one five nine is the number. Kevin in Goodlottsville,
you got an excuse for us, ma'am.

Speaker 2 (09:53):
Hey, I just want to let you guys know what.

Speaker 4 (09:55):
For me, it was for a story that my wife
had told me, Uh, she had a coworker in one
day that you guys stay home because her daughter had
a cold. Yeah, Okay, you can understand that her daughter's
forty one years old. Hey, you know what, No, here's
the thing. If the daughter still lived with her, then
I guess.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
That's a, you know, a good excuse to use. Hey,
my daughter's got a cold. Yeah, but your daughter's forty
one and lives in the basement. She still got a cold.
I gotta take care of her. You want to get
in on the show, Dumb excuses for getting out of work?
Six one seven three seven, one oh five nine.

Speaker 4 (10:32):
Is the number.

Speaker 2 (10:33):
You want to join the show, talk to us by
calling six seven three seven.

Speaker 1 (10:39):
Nine The Rock. I think we can squeeze in one
more phone call, Dumb excuses for getting out of work.
It's one oh five nine the right Nashville's classic rock.
It's Battle in the morning. Let's see Randy hanging out
with us in Clarksville.

Speaker 4 (10:54):
What do you got man?

Speaker 1 (10:55):
Yeah. I had a guy call in.

Speaker 4 (10:56):
And said he had to pick his brother all up
at her port from.

Speaker 3 (11:00):
They had coming up a family wedding. Yeah, and his
wife called earlier. No, we're trying to get a hold
of him. And she said that Lion so and so
that wedding was last week.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
Now he's definitely gonna be in trouble not only by
his boss, but also to his wife because she's gonna
be like, where the hell were you?

Speaker 4 (11:18):
Yikes?

Speaker 1 (11:19):
Uh six seven, one oh five nine is the number
if you want to be a part of the show.
Just after eight o'clock, around eight ten, I got a
pair of tickets for you to go check out the
FIFA Club World Cup soccer.

Speaker 4 (11:30):
Matchup coming up here in a couple of days. You
want to go, I'll have those tickets for you coming
up at eight ten.

Speaker 1 (11:35):
It is a two for Tuesday, giving you two from
ac DC.

Speaker 4 (11:38):
Right now, it's one o five nine The Rock.

Speaker 1 (11:40):
You know, as we're gearing up for the fourth of July,
that's when Americans across the country will show their patriotism
by blowing stuff up, maybe losing a finger, and letting
their American flags fly. Right, it's one oh five nine
The Rock National's Classic Rockets Battle.

Speaker 4 (11:54):
In the Morning.

Speaker 1 (11:55):
There's a new study out there that ranks the most
patriotic states in America by looking at several different factors
like voting raids, how many veterans and active members of
the military. There are things like that, right, The number
one most patriotic states in America Virginia, Yeah, and uh,

(12:16):
the least patriotic.

Speaker 4 (12:18):
State in America Arkansas.

Speaker 1 (12:20):
Now what bothers me is the fact that Tennessee is
not in the top ten, nor is it in the
bottom ten.

Speaker 4 (12:25):
We're kind of right to in the middle of the pack.

Speaker 1 (12:27):
I mean, if they drove through my neighborhood in Gallatin,
every other house has an American flag, that is the
most patriotic thing ever. And you're not gonna say Tennessee
is not a top ten of patriotic states in America.

Speaker 4 (12:39):
What's wrong with that? I think we need to recount
on this vote.

Speaker 1 (12:43):
Oh boy, seven three seven, one oh five nine is
the number if you want these FIFA Club World Cup tickets.
I gotta pair with your name on I got to
is be the fifth caller through six one five seventh,
three seven, one oh five nine is the number hooking
somebody up with FIFA Club World Cup tickets. We will
roll commercial free for an entire hour next and we
kick it off with a two for from Journey.

Speaker 4 (13:04):
I want to join the show.

Speaker 3 (13:05):
Hit the red talkback mic on the free iHeartRadio app.

Speaker 2 (13:08):
Let your voice be her brother the rock or iHeartRadio
Music Festival presented by Capitol One, is coming back to
Las Vegas September nineteenth and twentieth.

Speaker 3 (13:21):
Streaming live on the and Hulu, and you can be there.

Speaker 6 (13:23):
For a weekend full of superstar performances playing live Sammy Hagar,
Brian Adams, John Forty, The Offspring, You've Got It, Game Break,

(13:52):
and more.

Speaker 2 (13:53):
Fifteen artists, two nights, one stage, never seen before, collaboration,
same once in a lifetime artist moment you'll have to
see to believe.

Speaker 5 (14:01):
Take It's our On sale now at axcess dot com.
Get your tickets today at axcess dot com and.

Speaker 2 (14:07):
We'll see you at our twenty twenty five iHeartRadio Music Festival.

Speaker 3 (14:11):
Presented my Capital One.

Speaker 5 (14:14):
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Speaker 3 (14:38):
No Heart, We're on.

Speaker 4 (14:43):
Your phone, but we are not tracking you.

Speaker 3 (14:46):
One O five nine The Rock Everywhere you are on
the free iHeartRadio.

Speaker 1 (14:50):
App alrighty, let's go to the phones and try to
give something away. How about FIFA Club World Cup tickets.
Let's see, we're looking for car number five.

Speaker 4 (15:00):
It's one oh five nine of the rock Hi. Who's this?

Speaker 3 (15:02):
This is Kelly Kelly.

Speaker 4 (15:04):
What's going on? How are you this morning?

Speaker 1 (15:06):
I'm good?

Speaker 4 (15:06):
How are you doing?

Speaker 1 (15:07):
I am doing pretty good. You trying to win these
FIFA Club World Cup tickets? Yes, sir. If I was
to say you're caller number five, how are you gonna react, I'm.

Speaker 5 (15:16):
Gonna be very excited for my grandson.

Speaker 1 (15:19):
Ooh, so you know what, that makes it even better
for me. So I need to hear this reaction.

Speaker 4 (15:22):
Kelly, you're caller number five.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
Thank you, That's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 4 (15:28):
Congratulations, Kelly.

Speaker 1 (15:29):
You've got yourself a pair of tickets for the FIFA
Club World Cup matchup coming up.

Speaker 4 (15:33):
Here in a couple of days. Tell us what station
sooking you up?

Speaker 1 (15:36):
Five point nine two five nine The Right Nashville's Classic
Rockets Battle in the Morning. Thanks for hanging out here
with us on your two for Tuesday. I don't know
why I say it like that. I could just be
like it's a two for Tuesday and just let it
be that. I feel like I have to add some
emphasis behind it, right, No, I guess not.

Speaker 4 (15:54):
Hey.

Speaker 1 (15:55):
By the way, if you are a fan of professional
wrestling outside of this daily radio show that I do,
I do a weekly pro wrestling podcast where we sit
down with some of your favorite superstars from WWEAW even
talk to legends of the past from the NWA and
the WWF days.

Speaker 4 (16:12):
Although I might get in trouble for saying that.

Speaker 1 (16:14):
If you want to check that out, it's on the
iHeartRadio app. It's called Battleground Podcast. If you like wrestling.
If you don't, maybe you know somebody news does share
that with them.

Speaker 4 (16:23):
It is a two for Tuesday. I'm just gonna say
it like that.

Speaker 1 (16:25):
A two for Tuesday with Bad Company on Now, it's
Battle in the Morning.

Speaker 4 (16:29):
It's What to O. Five nine The Rock Nashville's classic
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