Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 15, 2015
February 14, 2015
February 16, 2015
Transcript:
The Orange Skycap mobile Laundry is a charity that travels around Brisbane, Australia, washing the clothes of homeless people street by street. The Cyclomer launched in Paris in 1932, was an amphibious a bicycle with hollow wheels and floats. The piano played by the character Sam in the movie Casablanca (1942) was sold at an auction in New York for $3.4 million in November 2014.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
One word concerning that Australian laundromat-mobile for homeless: genius.
Cloudchaser almost 10 years ago
Mythbusters tried making an amphibious bike for the episode first broadcast 2/7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2015_season)#Aqua_Bike
francisrossi almost 10 years ago
How it work? Make the homeless stand in the altogether whilst their clothes wash? Put the homeless in the washer whilst still dressed?
Laynegg almost 10 years ago
I had that same thought. Perhaps they have a “one size fits most” robe and a warm spot in the van with coffee and a sandwich. In any case, it is a brilliant service.
maldo almost 10 years ago
Technically, Sam didn’t play anything. Dooley Wilson didn’t play piano, he was a drummer. The playing was dubbed.
comixbomix almost 10 years ago
A mobile shower wouldn’t be a bad thing, either…
Stephen Gilberg almost 10 years ago
Wow, no exclamation points. Is John Graziano unimpressed with his own collection?
Eugeno almost 10 years ago
Last year, group in San Francisco started going around to the homeless with a ‘shower bus’ – an RV set up to provide showers, also making connections with mobile food vendors – haven’t heard anything about it lately.
AtomicForce91 Premium Member almost 10 years ago
They also accept donations.http://www.orangeskylaundry.com.au/#!paypal/c1um5