Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 04, 2024

We had a cat we called Gremlin. When she was a kitten she used to go behind the fridge and lay near the motor for warmth. Perhaps the hum reminded her of her mum also.

William Shatner knew about gremlins very early on…

That bird fact is nothing. I know people that function with their whole brain asleep.

Bugs Bunny vs. the Gremlin. Falling Hare – 1943

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During my flying time in the military the term “Gremlins” was alive and well. It, along with a few other more colorful terms, have remained in the lexicon of aviation.

Believe it or don’t believe it. Believe it or not. Grammar Police, where were you when we needed you?

Boeing has been using this as an excuse!

Roald Dahl gave the gremlins their name when he was a pilot for the RAF during WWII. It caught on.

The inclined plane, the higher plane, and the plane tree?

The guy pulling three planes that way—hard to believe. So as for believeit or not…i’m not sure which way to go

And then gremlins became an automobile

i only use half of my brain too

Wake up Half-Brain, some guy’s got a shotgun aimed at us!

I’ll have to research what kinds of planes Matteo Pavone pulled. If, as in the sketch, it was 3 Cessna-types, that’s not too hard. However, I’ve seen a man pull a C-5, so if he was pulling 3 of those, that is, indeed, impressive!

Time going by very slowly, while I’m working has often been attributed to “clock gremlins, keeping the clock hands from turning.”