Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 20, 2018

If that soldier was using that 50 cal sniper rife and was in a firefight then, yes, he really did have a problem.

if I were that kind of photographer, I’d let my subjects say “geese”

ϟ I heard you say “Ton of a pitch.” If this is correct, please press 1." ϟ

I think there is a typo in the photographer quote. Before “Say Cheese!” became the norm for getting people to smile, photographers would use the phrase, “Say Prunes!”

What I’m getting at is the photographers wouldn’t tell people “say, say prunes!” the photographers would tell the people to “say prunes!” Now I’m confused. I think you know what I mean.

Well that explains why in a lot of those early photographs the people look like shi….

When you say cheese you have to smile prunes however, only make you smile when they work

Copy machines are tools of the devil.

Yes, many of them look like they’re saying prunes.

Considering the range of the Barrett, and it being one of the finest long range sniper weapons ever made, the operator on over watch was probably a good 3/4s mile away from the primary action, but still if the weapon is malfunctioning it bodes poorly for mission outcome.

For those wanting more info on that customer service call: https://www.businessinsider.com/marines-m107-sniper-rifle-failed-during-firefight-so-he-called-customer-service-2017-4

Prunes eh’ so that’s where the duckface began.

We had a .50 cal. machine gun that would fire one round and quit. Finally remembered they can feed from either side, but some internal parts have to be adjusted. We were feeding the wrong way. Duh.

“Fuzzy Pickle!”

“No, you point the barrel at the enemy…”

Has anyone ever mentioned that the Ripley’s logo looks like John Lennon in a space helmet?

What better time to call for support. “Oh. And send a gunship while your at it”.

And now you know why all them people in old tintypes look like prune faces.

the word “prune” makes your mouth pucker, if you were trying to look like you were ready to kiss somebody that’s fine but it’s not a very natural facial expression.

I operated a Xerox 914 when they were first introduced. The copy paper would pick up the powder image from an electrostatically charged drum then pass over a heating element that fused the powder to the paper. Yes, I did use the extinguisher on several occasions. Even with this problem, the 914 was a large leap in copying development and was a great copier.

Should also add that I was a fool not to invest in Xerox stock at that time as I recognized how it would revolutionize the industry but my GS-3 pay grade was only $3250.00 per year.