Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 02, 2013
Transcript:
Going solo! The Solowheel is a self stabilizing electric personal unicycle! Who's great idea was this??!!! In the 1850s, the United States Army imported Arabian camels with the idea of mounting cannons on their humps! President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) owned an amphibious car!
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 11 years ago
The camel driver the US army hired, Haidji Ali, is buried in Quartzsite, Arizona.
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
That unicycle is a modern-day wheel from the “B.C.” comics.
billb181 over 11 years ago
Have to be a bit older to get this one: “I’d shoot a mile with a Camel!”
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 11 years ago
Dkram over 11 years ago
I’d love to own a anphicar, but it’s not likely to happen.I would settle for WDUC called a duc..\\//_
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
elbee used to pick it up by the gills
belldee90 over 11 years ago
When I was a girl, they were called “unicycles.” Yeh, I know these are different, but they sorta look the same, minus the bicycle seat.
Lazydoggs3 over 11 years ago
they have those WW2 DUKW Duck Trucks running tours in San Fransico CA
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
Still better than the failed idea of bats with bombs.
tuslog64 over 11 years ago
The bat bomb worked very well – almost wiped out the military base it was being tested at!(SPCA wouldn’t approve it)
Mister Mean over 11 years ago
seem to recall that LBJ use to use his limo to herd cattle on his range.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member over 11 years ago
Modern amphibious cars cannot get certified to drive on public streets- Air Bags deploy at the first bump.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member over 11 years ago
That camel jockey was buried in Quartzsite. I have seen the place.