5:2 Diet book author and TV presenter, Michael Mosley, missing

[Orang Utan]

Or he just slipped and fell into the sea.

 

[kalidarkone]

Just a thought. Maybe some people don’t like our neo fascist society? Can we not consider stepping out when all our so called culture offers is usuary enslavement for the sole purpose of been born.
I can certainly see why someone would put their passport in their shoes and fuck off.
But no one has any better ideas do they?
Oh noes he disappeared!!
Maybe he fucking wanted to live?

You could be right and the thought occurred to me too that maybe he just wanted to leave. But premature conjecture until there is more information.

 

[Serge Forward]

He was out walking in the afternoon at temperatures over 40°. Heat stroke, disorientation could have sent him off anywhere.

 

[Wilf]

Just a thought. Maybe some people don’t like our neo fascist society? Can we not consider stepping out when all our so called culture offers is usuary enslavement for the sole purpose of been born.
I can certainly see why someone would put their passport in their shoes and fuck off.
But no one has any better ideas do they?
Oh noes he disappeared!!
Maybe he fucking wanted to live?

He writes for the Daily Mail, so.... no.

Not a great fan of people who write diet books - in fact I didn't know he had done till this thread. But still, seems like a decent human being. I'm keeping it in the present tense but that's more in hope than expectation.

 

[8ball]

Just a thought. Maybe some people don’t like our neo fascist society?

Who can blame them?

Original fascists: SS uniforms.
Neo fascists: crocs and onesies.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Or he just slipped and fell into the sea.

10 years ago a family friend in his 70s disappeared on the island of Antipaxos having gone for a walk. he never seen again and a body has never been found. There were rumours about the involvement of an Albanian, but Albanians get the blame for everything. It’s been very distressing for his family, to say the least. 7 years just to get a death certificate.

 

[8ball]

Really hope they find him in some semi-submerged cave subsisting on crab juice or something. Such utter torture for his family at what is meant to be happy time.

 

[UrbaneFox]

I've enjoyed listening to his "Just One Thing" series on R4.

Perhaps because of that, I've also enjoyed the pastiche of those on Dead Ringers.

But having heard this news, it makes me feel sad, as I feel fond towards him for those reasons.

I think the "Boost" sketch exposed him, and after that he was a broken man.

Perhaps he's doing a Reggie Perrin, and will launch a nearly new series of books, podcasts, recipe and dietary tie-ins on surviving in the outback.

 

[kalidarkone]

I think the "Boost" sketch exposed him, and after that he was a broken man.

Perhaps he's doing a Reggie Perrin, and will launch a nearly new series of books, podcasts, recipe and dietary tie-ins on surviving in the outback.

Boost sketch?

 

[UrbaneFox]

Dead Ringers - Series 24 - Episode 5 - BBC Sounds

A special episode this week from the Hay Festival.

www.bbc.co.uk

14 minutes in. I was looking forward boost to more of his tips.

 

[bluescreen]

Dead Ringers - Series 24 - Episode 5 - BBC Sounds

A special episode this week from the Hay Festival.

www.bbc.co.uk

14 minutes in. I was looking forward boost to more of his tips.

This would be why they pulled Dead Ringers from the schedule on Friday?

 

[Louis MacNeice]

This would be why they pulled Dead Ringers from the schedule on Friday?

New series of The News Quiz started didn't it?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[bluescreen]

New series of The News Quiz started didn't it?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

Ah right. I'm not a fan of R4 comedy on the whole. They pulled something from the schedule though - I was misrembering what.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I guess we're down to our last 84 trillion fad diet hack grifters now

 

[felixthecat]

Body found
BBC News - Body found in search for presenter Michael Mosley

Michael Mosley: Body found in search for missing TV presenter

Greek authorities had been looking for TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley for five days.

www.bbc.com

 

[xsunnysuex]

Body found in a cave. How sad!

 

[planetgeli]

In a cave near a bar. What is going on here?

 

[xsunnysuex]

In a cave near a bar. What is going on here?

Maybe he was taken ill due to the extreme heat. And thought it was a good idea to shelter in the cave.
All very strange really. Why would he not just go to the bar.

 

[planetgeli]

Maybe he was taken ill due to the extreme heat. And thought it was a good idea to shelter in the cave.
All very strange really. Why would he not just go to the bar.

Rather than seek help from the nearby bar?

Ah, you edited to say the same as me.

 

[Cid]

Might not have been able to see the bar, might just be some weird heatstroke logic etc. Lot of possibilities really.

 

[Dr. Furface]

RIP

 

[xsunnysuex]

Ne

Might not have been able to see the bar, might just be some weird heatstroke logic etc.

Yes they're saying heat stroke and exhaustion. Very sad. Heat stroke does cause confusion etc.

 

[nottsgirl]

You’d think, being a doctor, that he would have been aware of how dangerous heatstroke can be.

 

[xsunnysuex]

You’d think, being a doctor, that he would have been aware of how dangerous heatstroke can be.

Exactly. He was a very intelligent man.

 

[planetgeli]

"Probably fallen 10 metres from a cliff"

Found next to a fence so maybe not exactly in the cave?

 

[Cid]

The full walk from the beach to Symi town proper is like 35 minutes on google maps. 10-15 minutes from Pedi town. Easy for a 'healthy' person to convince themselves that it's best just to mission it home. Judgement may already have been affected somewhat. People don't routinely think everything is a risk to life, we compartmentalise risk and have to actively remind ourselves that what seems like a normal activity could be far more dangerous.

 

[xsunnysuex]

His poor wife and family.

 

[kalidarkone]

You’d think, being a doctor, that he would have been aware of how dangerous heatstroke can be.

D9nt be daft Dr's are the worst at looking after themselves. Or receiving care.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

Story must have been updated as there is no mention of a cave.

Body would have been visible from the beach.

How very sad for everyone involved.

 

[blossie33]

Very sad RIP