Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 04, 2015
June 03, 2015
June 05, 2015
Transcript:
A group of 12 or more cows is called a flink. Victorian London fashionistas imitated Princess Alexandria's limp, and stores even sold shoes with uneven heels! At birth, octopuses are about the size of a flea!
More From Ripley's Believe It or Not
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
So what’s a group of 11 cows or less called?
charliefarmrhere over 9 years ago
I always heard it was a herd (including less than 12)—never knew it was a flink, & I was raised on a dairy farm.
Loijen over 9 years ago
Steak Dinner on the Hoof.
tlfiii over 9 years ago
Octopi is plural
comixbomix over 9 years ago
“Got Flink”?
Charlie Fogwhistle over 9 years ago
According to word-detective.com, flink is a mountweazel invented in 2002, a mountweazel being a made-up word created to trap plagiarists. http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/flink/ The question appeared on word-detective after someone found the flink being 12 or more cows as Real Fact #752 under a Snapple cap and requested more information.
Dean over 9 years ago
My online dictionary thinks flink is only a video game, but in german it translates as speedily.
boldyuma over 9 years ago
Flink?..meh..I’m just gonna mosey on to the next comic strip.. Shoe
spaced man spliff over 9 years ago
If an octopus loses a tentacle, is it now called a heptapus?
Angry Indeed Premium Member over 9 years ago
That’s udderly ridiculous!
KZ71 over 9 years ago
The plural of octopus is not octopuses. And it’s not octopi!It’s OCTOPODES. Just so ya know :)
tuslog64 over 9 years ago
This is udderly the first time I’ve “herd” of a group of moo-cows being called a flink.I think we’ve milked this enough!