Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 10, 2024

Florida Man Games? That could require all the awars be presented posthumously.

My brother-in-law and his wife have gone to Florida for 6 weeks… I said you gotta be crazy to go there…. They responded they weren’t, but if they were, they’d be indistinguishable from the locals..

A Florida man…A Florida woman… LOL

Tony Orlando was probably the first to book one of those free flights.

As a Floridian, It’s nice to get the attention.

I wonder if one needs to be born a male to compete in the man games?

Well, first off, let me say I have compassion for Ms. Katherine Gaydos and her misfortune. Then let me say that an entry on RBION illustrating the stupidity of people is easy to Believe!

Having visted the Largo/Clearwater area and two short stays in Pensacola while in the Navy, I consider it a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there. My wife agrees. It might somewhat “cold” where I live right now but wouldn’t trade it for the world. We also visited Hawaii about two years ago. It was nice but then again I wouldn’t want to live there also. BTW, I’ve been way up north past the Arctic Circle in the Barent Sea and have been to steamy Djakarta, Indonesia as well as Hot as Heck Bahrain so I’ve experienced many different climates.

“Orlando Bloom? Bloomin’ Orlando!”

Will he leave Dawn behind?

RBION could have an entire strip just dedicated to Florida. The problem is it’s ALL believable!

Floriduh.

When you lose the Florida Man Game, it’s usually an arm or a leg.

For those of you dying to know, the events are:

Weaponized Pool Noodle Mud Duel – “Test your strength inside the Florida Man Games Colosseum (Massive Above Ground Pool).”

Evading Arrest Obstacle Course – “Jump over fences, through backyards, and away from actual police officers to earn your freedom!”

Category 5 Cash Grab – “Subject yourself to category 5 winds as you scramble to catch as much real cash as you can.”

A Catalytic Converter, 2 Bikes and a Handful of Copper Pipes: Race Against Time – “Compete head to head in a race that lets you live a day in the life of a Florida man headline.”

Beer Belly Florida Sumo – “Dive into the beer belly of the beast as you try to blast your opponent out of the ring.

If there was a line of sex toys shaped like each of the states I bet Florida would be a best seller. Michigan too.

Question: is Florida the “Ohio of the South”, or is Ohio the “Florida of the North”?

I cannot resist recommending the song “Florida Man” by Blue Oyster Cult. I will resist putting in a link to it on youtube, but it’s easy to find there. It’s a beautifully performed song (sung by the Don Roeser, who did Don’t Fear the Reaper and Burning for You) with whimsical lyrics about the legendary Florida Man. Actually one of the verses is based on a real event in the news. The song is controversial in Florida, but its lyrics were reprinted in newspapers. I know so much about it—and here’s another thing I can’t resist—because I wrote the lyrics for it.

Most victims of the nail glue episode don’t have the patience to realize that teardrops will eventually dissolve the glue.

Netflix is currently offering the tragi-comic film “Florida Hotel” featuring Willem DaFoe! DaFoe plays the manager of a welfare hotel near Dizzyland.

Kudos to Katherine Gaydos’ health care provider who decided to let time remove the fingernail glue from her eyelid. Go mucking around in someone’s eye with strong solvents and sharp instruments and you’re likely to blind them.

they’re so desperate to get people to fly to orlando that they give seats away free… ☺

Frontier Airlines sucks. Kansas City International is a major hub. You can only fly to 3 airports directly from KC. Anywhere else requires a layover/connecting flight.