Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 16, 2021

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    eromlig  about 3 years ago

    A wife wakes up from a dream yelling, “Run! My husband’s home!” and her husband wakes up and jumps out the window. [NOTE: This has been a warmup joke. Had it been a real joke, you would have kept on reading anyway, right? But on to The Main Event:]

    A man doing market research knocks on a door and is greeted by a youngwoman with three small children running around at her feet.

    He says, “I’m doing some research for Vaseline. Have you ever used the product?”

    She says, ‘Yes. My husband and I use it all the time.’’

    “And if you don’t mind me asking, what do you use it for?”

    “We use it for sex,” she replies frankly.

    The researcher is a little taken back. ‘Usually people lie to me and say that they use it on a child’s bicycle chain or to help with a gate hinge. But, in fact, I know that most people do use it for sex. I admire you for your honesty. Since you’ve been so open and honest, will you please tell me exactly how you use it for sex?”

    The woman answers, “I don’t mind telling you at all…my husband and I put it on the outside door knob so the kids can’t open our door.”

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 3 years ago

    482.8 km/hour of a twister… wow.

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    monkeysky  about 3 years ago

    A lot of Australian ranchers actually herd livestock using small helicopters

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    Caldonia  about 3 years ago

    I could never eat a banana that way, because I’m not a vegan. I’m a carnivorous jerk.

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    pearlsbs  about 3 years ago

    According to Wikipedia the tornado was recorded at 301 ± 20 miles per hour. Meaning the wind speed could have been as low as 281 miles per hour. RBION states the wind speed was more than 300 miles per hour. The wind speed may have been more than 300 miles per hour, but we don’t really know that.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Bridge_Creek%E2%80%93Moore_tornado

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    FrankErnesto  about 3 years ago

    That tornado was in a hurry to leave Oklahoma.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 3 years ago

    Too bad she wasn’t early.

    Take care, may famed Mexican aviator Emelio Erjartord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    dv1093  about 3 years ago

    I’m thinking – HOW do they know how fast a tornado spins?

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    "Doon the Watter" on the Waverley  about 3 years ago

    I love to see the Tough Mudder headband! I did that race a few years ago and it was a blast. Definitely best completed with a team, but everyone out there acted like a team! I decided my short self didn’t need to do the Warped Wall and a bunch of strangers tried to talk me into it with their help! Very sweet, but I still preferred the burpee penalty. I did do the rest of the climbing elements though. And of course I enjoyed the beer they give you at the end!

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    tremaine53  about 3 years ago

    I’m sorry. Peeling and eating a banana without using one’s hands is just too existential of an event to be having world records for. Next, it will be “Joe Schlabotnick drove his new car off the lot, and totaled it just 14.8 seconds later! A new Guinness world record!”

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    Leojim  about 3 years ago

    I would think that point at which the banana was totally eaten would be somewhat subjective. Definitely very hard to time down to 1/1000 of a second!!!

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    J. R. M.   about 3 years ago

    What a waste of time and energy if the person being honoured is not around to appreciate the gesture.

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    mindjob  about 3 years ago

    That banana record is one I won’t attempt to break.

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    Binky  about 3 years ago

    Wow! That’s some tornado!

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    bookworm0812  about 3 years ago

    I remember hearing about those tornadoes in Oklahoma. My ex and I used to watch Storm Stories on the Weather Channel. What was really sad was a couple that lost their baby in one of the tornadoes which hit on May 5th. The didn’t find the baby for three days. That means that while my ex and I were exchanging wedding vows, their baby was being pulled out of the rubble. Or at least sometime that day.

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    JoshHere  about 3 years ago

    The banana guy. People are still wondering why extraterrestrials don’t want to mingle with us.

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    theincrediblebulk  about 3 years ago

    Wait a second. People peel bananas before eating them? Weird!

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    oakie817  about 3 years ago

    one time i passed wind at 301 miles per hour

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    aussie399 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Apart from vegans HAVING to tell people they’re vegans, why say the banana eater was a "vegans speed eater?

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