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Tom Hanks has 'the blahs' as he and Rita Wilson recover from Coronavirus
The Guardian ^ | 03/18/2020

Posted on 03/18/2020 8:12:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Tom Hanks says he feels the “blahs” but has no fever as he and wife Rita Wilson remain in isolation in an Australian residence, after being discharged from a hospital following their coronavirus diagnosis.

A representative for the Oscar winner confirmed on Tuesday that the pair were no longer hospitalised. Hanks himself said he was doing chores and getting beaten at cards by his wife as they remain self-quarantined.

“Hey folks. Good news: One week after testing positive, in self-isolation, the symptoms are much the same. No fever but the blahs. Folding the laundry and doing the dishes leads to a nap on the couch. Bad news: my wife has won six straight hands of gin rummy and now leads by 201 points,” he posted on social media on Tuesday evening.

Instead of a photo of himself or his wife, the post showed an old Corona typewriter that he travelled with “that I used to love”. The actor is pursuing a side career as a writer, publishing his debut short-story collection in 2017. “We are all in this together. Flatten the curve,” he added.

Hanks also referred to social media flurry that greeted a picture of toast spread with Vegemite that he posted a few days earlier. After fellow users pointed out he may have used too much, he wrote: “I have learned not to spread my Vegemite so thick.”

The couple arrived in Australia in late January on the Gold Coast, where an Elvis Presley biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann was to be shot. Hanks plays Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The film, slated for release in October 2021, has suspended production, Warner Bros said. Wilson, a singer-songwriter, has performed in Brisbane and Sydney during the couple’s stay in Australia.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; ritawilson; tomhanks
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1 posted on 03/18/2020 8:12:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 03/18/2020 8:13:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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Give him an Academy Award...oh...wait.


3 posted on 03/18/2020 8:14:08 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Any amount of Vegemite is too much.

That stuff is repulsive.

4 posted on 03/18/2020 8:16:21 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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Who gives a .... !


5 posted on 03/18/2020 8:16:25 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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Saving Capt. Miller


6 posted on 03/18/2020 8:17:06 AM PDT by windsorknot
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Hanks said “No fever but the blahs... “ which is EXACTLY how I felt after wasting $7 bucks on JOE AND THE VOLCANO way back when.


7 posted on 03/18/2020 8:18:02 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Cooped up at home all day, Tom is finally free to be his true self.


8 posted on 03/18/2020 8:19:17 AM PDT by x
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So?


9 posted on 03/18/2020 8:23:41 AM PDT by madison10
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Looks to me like he’s playing his “part” in all this....wonder who the Producer is...


10 posted on 03/18/2020 8:27:25 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Trump is as good a dictator as he is a racist.....)
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The “blahs”

Well if that’s NOT a reason to shut down and destroy our economy and spread fear and terror everywhere, i don’t know what is.

What a joke of a virus.

If EVERY person that has had this thing was in the denominator, the mortality rate would be less than the flu.

Let’s destroy the country because of a bad cold.


11 posted on 03/18/2020 8:27:35 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
I actually googled it because I didn't think there was such a thing. I honestly believed it was a joke term from the old I Love Lucy show.
12 posted on 03/18/2020 8:28:10 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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Why does anyone...or should anyone...care?


13 posted on 03/18/2020 8:32:53 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (There is not a climate bedwetter who is not a total hypocrite.)
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That’s the only thing I thought he was consistently funny in! Probably due to the writing.


14 posted on 03/18/2020 8:36:26 AM PDT by Reily
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I honestly believed it was a joke term from the old I Love Lucy show.

You never heard the hit song from Men at Work in the 80s -- over and over and over again?

"I said do you speak my language?
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwhich"

15 posted on 03/18/2020 8:38:28 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

can’t we put ‘em in a fishbowl for observation like in Slaughter House 5?


16 posted on 03/18/2020 8:42:41 AM PDT by griffin
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Looking at this pic gives me an idea! In 2024, Trump runs again as...


17 posted on 03/18/2020 8:42:53 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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I honestly believed it was a joke term from the old I Love Lucy show.

Vitameatavegamin

18 posted on 03/18/2020 8:43:21 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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I actually googled it because I didn't think there was such a thing. I honestly believed it was a joke term from the old I Love Lucy show.

Never listened to "Men at Work"? They told me about vegemite back in the 80's.

He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich

19 posted on 03/18/2020 8:43:57 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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Its a bit silly, but its also important for public moral

Tom Hanks is extremely well-known, and liked

The process of showing he got a mild flu, and is recovering easily, will help to remove a lot of fear from people.


20 posted on 03/18/2020 8:44:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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