Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 03, 2021

Tonight’s offering:

A secret agent parachutes into the Irish countryside near a small village to make contact with a spy in that village. All he knew about the spy was his name, O’Brien, and the code phrase “The crows fly at midnight.” After disposing of his parachute, he stealthily enters the town. Seeing an establishment called Mick’s Pub, he decides his first stop should be orientation and refreshment, not necessarily in that order. So he goes in and orders a beer. As he sits down, a constable who happened to be in the pub says, “Hello, stranger. May I help you in any way?”

The agent figures, why not? So he says, “Yes, Constable. I’m looking for a man named O’Brien.”

“Well,” the constable starts, “There are several O’Briens in this town. See those two drunk twins at the bar? Their names are O’Brien. That beat-up man in the corner? He’s an O’Brien, as well. There’s a shopkeeper O’Brien, a farrier O’Brien…in fact, me own name is O’Brien!”

“It is?”

“Sure’n truth, it is.”

What do I have to lose? the agent thinks to himself. So he clears his throat, and says to the constable, “The crows fly at midnight.”

The constable breaks into a knowing grin. “Oh, ‘tis O’Brien the spy you’d be wantin’!”

What kind of automobiles do the bees drive?

That “smallest known Ichthyosaurus” is actually two meters (6 ft) long.

what day of the week was it when George Herman Ruth, Jr. hit his iconic 714th homer?

Apparently McDonald’s has too much time on their hands.

Tragicly, the bees eating at McHive eventually died far too early of many preventable diseases (obesity, colon cancer, heart disease, etc.) and pollination stopped, starving the many creatures, and humans, dependent on them.

I have a feeling that McDonald’s is always Beezy.

And Babe Ruth hit his 699th home run on a Tuesday, the 10th! BELIEVE IT, OR DON’T!

Unless the ball fractured the skull of a fan in the outfield bleachers, I see no connection between the 700 home run mark and Friday the 13th

Know what the order-taker at the McDonald’s for Bees says? “You want honey with that?!?”

It was bad luck for the other team!

I’ll bet LOTS and LOTS of homeruns have been hit on Friday the 13th.

1 out of the 3 is believable to Ray Kroc; 2 out of 3 are believable to Gregorians and it is obvious to people who are Fossil watch men which of the 3 is NOT believable.

“George Herman you get your self in here right this minute.. my lands, look at you, all dirty and bruised up. And put that silly glove and bat down!”

Take care, may Mobile, Alabama borscht boiler Yolanda Dieselord be with you, and gesundheit.

You know why Babe Ruth was called ‘Babe’? Because when he was born, he was a baby.

the one about Babe Ruth is the most lame submission ever.

And how many bees use the drive-thru???

…“Yeah, I’d like to order a 10,000 piece Chicken Nugget please”.

the ‘bad luck’ connection comes from tradition saying Jesus was crucified on Friday the 13th

A BEE-M-W.

Now if McDonalds were to open a tiny restaurant for yellowjackets, they wouldn’t need to change their menu at all!