Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 21, 2023

Who’d have thunk that Chicago has rats!

Dorothy must have been doing the counting for Orkin.

And then Dorothy Hoffner died a week later, believe it or not.

George Roby Dempster. The creator of the Dempster-Dumpster and longtime Knoxville, TN politician. He was the co-owner of Dempster Brothers Construction Company and wanted a more efficient way to remove construction debris from job sites.

Since they don’t much like us posting links, Google “brand names that became everyday words”…there are Oodles™.

Dorothy died a few days later, I think.

… and Dorothy died a few days later.

didn’t you see yesterday’s Ripley about a pair of rats having 482 million offspring in 3 years?

Dorothy also landed safely

and that poor woman, Dorothy Hoffner, died the following day

In other news, Houston has been designated the city with the most roaches.

LA is #2, NYC, #3

Dempsy strikes again!!!

I would if they included the local politicians.

Is Dorothy dead?

The Cubs cap is a nice touch.

Dorothy died a week after her jump. Not sure what to make of that. Just saying.

You dirty rat!

I did a tandem jump, and it is pretty scary

Too bad that isn’t the only problem Chicago has.

wait, if “dumpster” is a brand name then what is the generic term? “Rolling trash box?” I know “adhesive bandage” would be the generic term for the “bandaid” brand product but now I can’t imagine what you’d call an off brand dumpster…

big O’s announcement was released Oct. 23, 2023..

> Chicago continues its first-place run in the rat race, topping Orkin’s Top 50 Rattiest Cities List for the ninth year in a row. Los Angeles moved up to the #2 ranking while New York rounds out the top three spots. Jumping up 10 spots this year is Houston to #20, and Greensboro, N.C., moves up 17 spots to take #50

I had assumed New York was #1 for rats, but it lags behind the other two largest U.S. cities.

tHE mAYOR OF nEW yORK cITY DEMANDS A RECOUNT!

I would have bet on New York City.

Didn’t Dorothy pass away not long after her jump? It seems like I read that.

The full name is ‘Dempsey Dumpster’.