Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 19, 2015
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Transcript:
Swiss watchmaker DeWitt is creating a limited-edition series of $10,000 watches containing hair from the French Emperor Napoleon (1769-1821) eating sausage is made from dog meat is an old tradition in Switzerland, still practiced by a number of people in rural areas! Double duty! In June 2012, Donna Cordingley, from Yorkshire, England, gave birth to her second pair of twins in less than a year: and she already had 3 older children.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Um… hot dog when eating Rover and Fido?
Space_cat almost 10 years ago
Nice job DeWitt! The penultimate excressence of the horologist’s art. At last, a timepiece worthy of the stunted, balding, type-A tool in a an expensive suit and a chip on his shoulder for his physical shortcomings and an axe to grind.
AliCom almost 10 years ago
How about ‘birth-control’?
corpcasselbury almost 10 years ago
I wouldn’t pay $10,000 for a watch regardless of whose hair was in it!
jack fairbanks almost 10 years ago
Can we get Donna a TV?
jack fairbanks almost 10 years ago
Yoww!
sheepdawg almost 10 years ago
Apparently Donna found out she was pregnant with the first set when she went in to be sterilized and she’d been on the pill. From the story, this was a shock. She asked to be sterilized immediately after giving birth and the surgeon said she had to wait due to scar tissue. When she went back for sterilization (again continuing birth control) she was in tears to learn she was pregnant with another set of twins. As soon as they were born, she insisted on sterilization regardless of scar tissue. It sounds like they were trying to take steps for prevention.
It seems to me that she might have been of interest to a research lab doing fertility studies. A lot of people pay huge sums to have just one healthy kid.
NaturLvr almost 10 years ago
Very surprised and dismayed to read of this Swiss “tradition”. Proof, IMO, that some practices are not worthy of perpetuation.
comixbomix almost 10 years ago
That’s the worst preemptive competition for the iWatch I’ve seen so far…
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Napoleon’s hair, hm? prove it
Petemejia77 almost 10 years ago
Geez Mr Cordingley, keep your hands to yourself!
boldyuma almost 10 years ago
Mr Cordingley must have been playing the Hammond organ(that had ‘no’ stops)