Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 08, 2019

The “and” symbol & is called an ampersand. (When did the Salemites start accusing cats to be witches?)

I assume all types of animals in Salem were thought to be familiars.

Black dogs in England were considered harbingers of death.

It’s amazing how many have held onto these superstitions. When I got Sooty the cat from the rescue centre she had been there a long time. Apparently people wouldn’t have an all black cat. Luck me because I bought her and a more affectionate cat I’ve never known. She certainly never brought me any irrational superstitious troubles.

Dogs? And I thought cats were associated with witches!

and woe is the submarine that gets too close to that icy finger wave gone bad.

It freezes everything it touches; is this in any remote way unbelievable?

Yeah, they went quite mad back then. It’s still around in a slightly different iteration, but the same madness.

Contrary to popular belief, cats do NOT suck the breath from babies. They are interested in the REMNANTS of the baby’s last meal. They like the smell and try to lick it. They would do the same to adults. Also cats and dogs do NOT get jealous of the baby and hate it. That is pure hogwash. Families get rid of dogs and cats when a baby comes because they do not want to take the time to include the animal. The animal becomes ignored and bored and does things to get attention. Taking away the only home a dog has ever know just because you are lazy is never justified. BTW, pit-bulls are NOT dangerous. They are born lovable and kind. They have to be TAUGHT to be viscious…by vicious owners. As Cesar Milan says “The are no bad dogs, only bad owners”.

Lemniscate just sounds like a verb, not a noun.

Here’s more info on the ice finger of death (aka the brinicle)

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/underwater-brinicles.htm

Dem bitches be witches…

I had to look up a video of the ice finger of death thing, it’s pretty amazing

Pretty sure my neighbor’s dog is a witch. She once turned me into a newt!

Thank good for cats! Without them we would be over run by mice, rats, etc.

But, unfortunately, cats are also decimating the song bird population.

KHMO radio (Hannibal, Mo.) once had a black cat contest – with several cat-a-gories such as the blackest, ugliest, etc

The very impressive “Finger of Death”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bJ9QeQXnjc

I just remembered when Glinda asked whether Toto was the witch who dropped the house.

My cat’s been practicing witchcraft for years.

It must be true, my dogs have bewitched me from the moment I saw them; I’m still under their spell…

lemniscate comes from the Greek word for ribbons

I understand in Japan black cats are considered lucky and highly sought after; my black stray was named “Princess Zouzou” after a Josephine Baker film character. :^D

My son got an all black kitten, named him Binks after the black cat from the movie Hocus Pocus. He is grown now, my wife calls him Lucifer. He is basically my wife’s cat now.