Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 23, 2015
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Transcript:
Sweet! Densuke watermelons, prized for their extra sweet taste, have black rinds! Atlanta, GA, was originally named Terminus. Paula Sunshine built an extension to her house in Suffolk, England, from human hair mixed with plaster!
Plaster is not strong enough to build with. The main support had to be a more sturdy frame. Hair is common to use with plaster as horse hair has been used for many years now. Plaster was applied over spaced wood lathe wall construction.
A long time ago, in a cartoon called “That’s Jake”, Jake was stuck in traffic with a woman and baby. He said something like, “Anyone who likes urban expansion was never stuck in traffic in Atlanta, in mid-August, with a broken air conditioner, a mad woman and a crying baby.”
Atlanta was originally built at the interior end of a railroad running to the Savannah and coast, thus, “Terminus”. The original new name was the rather ambitious “Atlantica-Pacifica”, which soon became “Atlanta”.
As to hair and plaster, it’s as ordinary as log cabins.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
So why didn’t Terminus didn’t catch on?
JohnoTeacher over 9 years ago
Re Paula Sunshine . . .
Errr . . . did she do anything to suggest she was in fact sane? :)
therese_callahan2002 over 9 years ago
Remind me never to visit Ms. Sunshine’s house.
therese_callahan2002 over 9 years ago
Given her name, she should have built that addition with solar panels.
Brown Leghorn over 9 years ago
Plaster is not strong enough to build with. The main support had to be a more sturdy frame. Hair is common to use with plaster as horse hair has been used for many years now. Plaster was applied over spaced wood lathe wall construction.
ZorkArg over 9 years ago
She must have been a barber, also…
goweeder over 9 years ago
“That’s nothing, Gov. Moonbeam built the entire state of California out of recycled Densuke watermelon rinds.”~~~~~~~~~~~Musta’ missed that episode.
Old Texan75 over 9 years ago
A long time ago, in a cartoon called “That’s Jake”, Jake was stuck in traffic with a woman and baby. He said something like, “Anyone who likes urban expansion was never stuck in traffic in Atlanta, in mid-August, with a broken air conditioner, a mad woman and a crying baby.”
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 9 years ago
Atlanta was originally built at the interior end of a railroad running to the Savannah and coast, thus, “Terminus”. The original new name was the rather ambitious “Atlantica-Pacifica”, which soon became “Atlanta”.
As to hair and plaster, it’s as ordinary as log cabins.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 9 years ago
Just wanted to assure you all…no relation!
koredbr over 9 years ago
No Walking Dead fans? Terminus was full of crazy people.