Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 10, 2021

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    eromlig  over 3 years ago

    Tonight’s offering is absolutely true, and my “signature” story:

    When I was in the 4th grade, the class bully, Tom Gould, used to target me. Since I was half his size, I didn’t have much of a chance on the playground, but in the classroom I had a little better footing…until he came up with the perfect rejoinder — at least perfect for the fourth grade — of “Not quite, Eromlig!” Anything I would call him, he came back with the same comment.“Gould, you hippo-butt!”

    “Not quite, Eromlig!”

    “Gould, you banana brain!”

    “Not quite, Eromlig!”

    No matter what I called him, he came back with the same response. But finally one day, I figured out how to cope with it. I said, “Gould, you homo sapien!”

    Note: the teacher was writing on the blackboard at the time. I know she heard the exchange, because, although she didn’t turn around, she stopped writing and her shoulders shook for a good two minutes. It was a glorious day.

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    Gent  over 3 years ago

    If it gots no plank and no parrots, it no pirate ship. Arrrrr.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    that is one fortunate fowl

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    flashdrive1988  over 3 years ago

    Nine plant species … I naively guessed rice, potatoes, beans, and cabbage to start with, but it turns out that those aren’t “species” names.

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    SWCarter  over 3 years ago

    In case you’re curious, the nine plants are: sugarcane, maize, rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beets and cassava.

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    A Common 'tator  over 3 years ago

    I’m just curious… If they knew the speed of the vehicle and how long they’d been travelling after they hit the bird, they must’ve been aware when they hit the poor bird… Why didn’t they stop and release it, then?

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    MosheWaisberg  over 3 years ago

    Can the Pirate RV fit under bridges?

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    ForrestOverin  over 3 years ago

    We can only conclude that the Rigoni’s are morons.

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    zerotvus  over 3 years ago

    ever see the bald eagle stuck in a grill in Florida?

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    Totalloser Premium Member over 3 years ago

    So what are the Ninie?

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    SkipTorsion  over 3 years ago

    No McDonald’s drive-thru for the Rigoni’s.

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    Nala the Great  over 3 years ago

    Kelly and Bill must fold or take down the masts to get under bridges. I wonder how they do it!

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    That’s more like it.

    Take care, may Port Arthur pirate Arrggh McStumplegord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    DawnQuinn1  over 3 years ago

    Where is Jason when we need him?

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    joeatwork212  over 3 years ago

    What are the nine plants? I’d say wheat, rice, soy beans, potatoes, and corn are 5 of them.

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    poppacapsmokeblower  over 3 years ago

    HEADLINE: Overpass sinks today’s pirate ship on first voyage.

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    TheBigPickle  over 3 years ago

    The Rigoni’s don’t go through a lot of fast food drive-throughs.. .

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    Nine: Let’s see: 1 corn 2 rice 3 wheat 4 apples 5 peanuts 6 soybean 7 bananas 8 potato 9 grapes. How’d I do?

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    Just sayin’ anyone who posts an essay is wasting your time – ain’t nobody reading it.

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    Dkram  over 3 years ago

    I wouldn’t want to drive under an overpass with that thing.

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    ekke  over 3 years ago

    Hmm, wonder what kind of mileage that pirate ship gets. I mean, RV to begin with, and this only makes it worse. Mileage probably expressed in gallons per mile.

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    Craig Westlake  over 3 years ago

    I’ll bet they have a fun time going under overpass bridges…

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    Tossle Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Well if the Cockatoo was flying at 50 mph in the same direction as the car then it was only hit at 10 mph. You could assume the Cockatoo was flying across the road in front of the car, then veered in same direction as car just before impact.

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    CharlesBrickner1  over 3 years ago

    I’m picturing that pirate RV on an interstate highway going under the overpasses.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Dear RBION … there seems to be many people overly obsessed with overpasses. Can you do a RBION on overpasses? How about …

    https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/339177415679058341/

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 3 years ago

    How’s that for self advertisement? The RV “article” was submitted by Bill Rigoni. They are trying to get in Guinness book of world records with the RV. More advertisement for them …

    https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/kelly-rigoni

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    gozar  over 3 years ago

    So it was an ARRRRRRR-vee, right?

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    RandomLantern445  over 3 years ago

    A third of every bite you eat is thanks to bees. If bees weren’t on earth there would be a lot less food. Just a little fact there.

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    donut reply  over 3 years ago

    Not far from Port Clinton is this rocket car from a defunct local amusement park. I have rode in this before.

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