Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 25, 2024

Glima is practiced in many local taverns especially on early Saturday mornings about 1:45 AM. Often mistaken for “Barphighting”, a similar Slavic form of wrestling.

Those DANG mosquitoes!!!

After several unpleasant experiences, one night, in total darkness, Gramps opened the cabin door and said, “You see, children? Pesky mosquitoes are attracted to light! Now, we’re safe.”

BUT soon as they entered the cabin and the door was shut, Jason noticed a handful of tiny blinking lights (fireflies).

The mosquito was finally released and he only bit drunk people after that.

So dangnabbits mosquito is enjoying dreenking since 1986 eh.

Northern Ireland has nothing on Macon, GA. The city of Macon has bought an unused 16 story hotel and plans to implode it to welcome in 2025.

It’s odd that I hardly see any mosquitoes here in the Midlands of the UK. I mean it’s wet enough. But I’m thankful for it.

Give it time. Iceland will get it’s share of mosquitoes.

If it weren’t that I can’y take cold weather anymore, I’d be packing my bags to move to Iceland, instead of sitting here reading the comics.

My wife and I went to Iceland once, many years ago. It is a fascinating country … truly a land of fire and ice. Well worth a 2- or 3-day visit. The water, however, has a weird smell.

The sales of OFF in Iceland are very low.

In Canada the national sport is lacrosse, but I’ve never known anyone who plays it or watches it. Hockey was named as our national winter sport in the 90’s while lacrosse is the summer sport, so we have two national sports.

No mosquitos here in St George, Utah—just snakes, scorpions, and heat that’s straight out of H**l.

Kinda surprised there was a mosquito in Greenland.

Looks like the mosquito is enjoying itself, having drank half the alcohol.

Mescal with an agave worm or Icelandic vodka with a mosquito?

Funeral pyre?

Believe it or Not? I choose not. A simple Google search reveals:

Handball is often called the national sport and the national team has often been considered as one of the best in the world especially after taking the silver in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Several searches through several different sources bounce back and forth between Handball being “the national sport” and Glima being a “traditional sport” of Iceland. I guess it all depends on which source you want to ‘believe’….

Well,there goes the malaria epidemic….

We here in AZ have mosquitoes, flies, scorpions, rattlers, coyotes, Bobcats and an occasional Jaguar among many that can kill you

A story about a guy in jeans:

A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a guy who’s dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans.Saint Peter addresses this guy, “Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?”

The guy replies, “I’m Joe Cohen, taxi driver, of Noo Yawk City.”

St. Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the taxi driver, “Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

The taxi driver goes into Heaven with his robe and staff, and it’s the minister’s turn. He stands erect and booms out, “I am Joseph Snow, pastor of Calvary for the last forty-three years.”

St Peter consults his list. He says to the minister, “Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“Just a minute,” says the minister. “That man was a taxi driver, and he gets a silken robe and golden staff. How can this be?!”

“Up here, we work by results,” says Saint Peter. “While you preached, people slept; while he drove, people prayed.”