Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 22, 2012
Transcript:
Laura and Alex Cressman had a bomb disposal robot serve as ring bearer at their wedding! Look out! After he was competing in a bicycle race through a wildlife park in South Africa on Oct. 9, 2011, Evan Van Der Spuy was struck by a charging antelope and knocked unconscious! Bikaner, India, holds an annual camel festival complete with camel races, camel dancing and competitions for the best camel haircut!
htownkev about 12 years ago
Either way, he was out for the count.
Tog about 12 years ago
The Prof is correct. We get adverts in the UK where the grammar used is very poor. There’s one for trading in your mobile phone that begins, “If you’re tired of your mobile”.
roscoedog55 about 12 years ago
I read it over and “after he was competing” did not make sense.But I think they are trying to say he was hit after the race. Not sure tho.
roscoedog55 about 12 years ago
How about when people ask for your Social Security number.They ask..What’s your Social. Or some even say…What’s your Soc.
PoorPig about 12 years ago
The race was over. He was on his way home.
Stagger Lee about 12 years ago
See today’s Herman for another robot delivery.
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gsimanton about 12 years ago
I believe they should have used the passive pluperfect-indicative tense “done is he been a-competin’ and all”
Lazydoggs3 about 12 years ago
& finaly for prettiest cameltoe
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
The festival was held at a ‘camel lot’.
aerilim about 12 years ago
Number one, who races in a wildlife park? He was lucky it wasn’t a Cheeta or a Lion. Second , Did they finished the Camel festival smoking camels and eating the fattest camel at the end?
el8 about 12 years ago
A Captain in the foreign legion was transferred to a desert outpost. On his orientation tour he noticed a very old, seedy looking camel tied out back of the enlisted men’s barracks. He asked the Sergeant leading the tour, “What’s the camel for?”
The Sergeant replied, “Well sir it’s a long way from anywhere, and the men have natural sexual urges, so when they do, uh, we have the camel.”
The captain said, “Well if it’s good for morale, then I guess it’s all right with me.”
After he had been at the fort for about 6 months the captain could not stand it any more so he told his Sergeant, “BRING IN THE CAMEL!!!”
The sarge shrugged his shoulders and led the camel into the captain’s quarters. The captain got a footstool and proceeded to have vigorous sex with the camel. As he stepped, satisfied, down from the stool, and was buttoning his pants he asked the Sergeant, “Is that how the enlisted men do it?”
The Sergeant replied, “Well sir, they usually just use it to ride to town and pick up women…”