Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 20, 2019

… However, they kept losing to teams that ate before or after the race.

A 1907 Ahab did his best to get that whale.

Izzy and the cab driver became good friends.

Wow — 100+ year old whale! I wonder if the blubber was still good, and if they found any ambergris?

“Who’s Izzy izzy? Izzy yours, or izzy mine?…

The Tomatan was created to feed tomatoes to runners in the marathon, not sprints. Sprinters don’t have time to eat.

Notice that Izzy was drawn to look like Kojak.

Ok, I’ll take the bait. WHY is there a robot that feeds tomatoes, of all things, to runners?

Feeding tomatoes during SPRINTS? Search me, during a sprint one concentrates to move his legs as fast as one can, not holding a robot ?

That’s ridiculous. All that weight of the robot would slow em down.

Eskimo in year 2006: I told you not to use your grandad’s old a$$ harpoon; now look he’s getting away.

Isidor “Izzy” Einstein (1880–1938) and Moe W. Smith (1887–1960) were United States federal police officers, agents of the U.S. Prohibition Unit, who achieved the most arrests and convictions during the first years of the alcohol prohibition era (1920–1925). They were known nationally for successfully exploding illegal speakeasies and for using disguises in their work.

They made 4,932 arrests. In late 1925, Izzy and Moe were laid off in a reorganization of the bureau of enforcement. A report in Time magazine suggested they had attracted more publicity than wanted by the new political appointee heading the bureau, although the press and public loved the team. By 1930 both men were working as insurance salesmen. From Wikipedia and “Yowza, Yowza, Yowza”. An informal history of the USA during the 1920s by Kenneth R Bruce.

“Discovered” = we finally got him.

That harpoon fragment was like a splinter to that whale.

I’m glad the Japanese have solved the conundrum of feeding runners during sprints! I never thought the problem would be ever solved!

Or a twenty-year-old whale was struck by a hunter using his great-grandfather’s weapon.

And that is why in every bar in every town they serve Harpoon Whale on tap!

Did Izzy use his talents to make arrests or to satisfy his personal needs, and who the hell eats tomatoes while sprinting. Maybe a long distance event, but never a sprint.

A sprint is a short, fast run. Who has time to eat a tomato? Doesn’t the weight of a robot on your back negate any benefit from tomato consumption? Do tomatoes make you run fast? I have so many questions. Japan, are you just screwing with us now?

Super Dave’s granddad?

Anybody got any insight as to why you would eat a tomato while sprinting?

“Izzy Einstein”? No way, he doesn’t even look like him…

Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith were two of the greatest Prohibition agents ever. And they deserve to be better remembered than they are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcl_HrmtgIk

And they were played by Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in a TV movie.

Maybe someone more recently just used an old harpoon.

They taste like chicken…