Whoops: Australian icons taking it easy.

We just don´t breed them tough like we used to

After the sudden death of Shane Warne in March this year, the world of cricket was aghast. Yes Warnie was known for eating his meat pies and loving his durries ( Australian for Cigarettes ) and getting on the booze he was pretty fit at the time he suddenlied. For those of you who don´t know who Warnie is, well considering that cricket is gigantic in India and Pakistan, Warnie would have been one of the most well known people on planet earth. He was literally a god in the cricketing world. Ok fair enough, he lived a good life he was in his 50´s. Some 50yr olds die of a wonky ticker.

But in the last few weeks 2 other Australian deities have had to take a step back.

Chris Hemsworth of chiseled jaw fame is taking time off from acting to look after his health due to finding out he has the Alzheimer’s gene.

Let´s analyse the Guardian ( the purporter of trooth ) and have a look what we can gather from it:

The 39-year-old Australian actor learned he had two copies of the gene ApoE4, inherited from both his parents, after undergoing tests as part of his Disney+ documentary series Limitless.

Those tests confirmed his “biggest fear”, Hemsworth told Vanity Fair in an interview, showing he is among just 2-3% of the population who are as much as 10 times more likely to develop the disease than those without both copies of the gene.

OK that sucks. No one wants to find that out. But it is not exactly rare. About 1 in 30 to 50 have these genes. Let´s see if there are things you can do to mitigate the risk

“If you look at Alzheimer’s prevention, the benefit of preventative steps is that it affects the rest of your life,” he said. “It’s all about sleep management, stress management, nutrition, movement, fitness. It’s all kind of the same tools that need to be applied in a consistent way.”

Ok fair enough, you could argue that when you are acting and shooting scenes you are under a lot of stress, but look at the dude. He is carved out of rock. You do not look like that if you are not sleeping and getting in your exercise. He is world famous for his bulging biceps. He is not lacking great nutrition, exercise and sleep.

He will be going home to Byron Bay to spend time with his partner, actor Elsa Pataky, and the couple’s three children. “I’m going to have a good chunk of time off and just simplify. Be with the kids, be with my wife.”

Totally understandable, but going from being the king pin of the planet to taking time off to be with the wife and kids. I think something else is going on here. I think we need to watch this.

In my private life I can absolutely attest to the fact that a number of people I know are having issues with memory. It is actually pretty bad, and some of them admit that “long Covid” has been impossible to shake. Brain fog, short term memory issues etc. My guess is that Chris Hemsworth is “Bruce Willising”. I have no data to back this up. But this is one that we need to watch. The media is absolutely treating him with kid gloves since he made this announcement. Let´s come back to visit this in a year or two. ( assuming the ultra fit Thor doesn´t suddenly on us in the near future ).

The next topic is Ricky Ponting. probably just as globally famous as Aussie Thor. Ponting was our most successful cricket Capitan and is now a TV commentator for cricket matches. He is also still very fit and 47. Last week on air he started to develop chest pains. He was rushed to hospital, and is thankfully doing fine. But isnt this a bit odd. When was the last time so many people had on air issues or collapsed during a neews broadcast? How much of this can be explained by “dehydration”.. yeah climate change is heating up the studios…

So now probably the 2 most famous cricketers in Australia have had sudden issues, one of them death, the other a live on air heart emergency, you would start to think that people would be waking up?? But would you? What if you drank the Kool-Aide along the other 900 people in Jonestown and all of a sudden they started popping off?? You would probably bury your head in the sand. You won´t want to hear the evidence…

I think it is going to take a lot more Whoopsies and coincidences to make people wake up……

Cube Cubis

Something weird is going on, but we don´t kno