Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 08, 2011
December 07, 2011
December 09, 2011
Transcript:
White Rumped vultures of southern Asia once numbered in the tens of millions, but during the past 10 years, their population has dropped by about 99.9%! Stick to his stomach! In June 2011, doctors operated on Ove Sohkberg of Lycksele, Sweden, and removed a sharp wooden stick that had been lodged in his abdomen causing stomach pain for 25 years! Drip... Drip... Drip... The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA, has an international Hall of Fame dedicated to water drainage!
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FatTonyBalducci almost 13 years ago
Hey! I have a white rump too!….[blush]
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Ove is not too ‘sharp’! He should eat something that will ‘stick’ to his ribs, not his stomach!
moe_the_cat almost 13 years ago
I thought the stick picture was a compass and surmised the story would be about something magnetic inside the guy. Then I enlarged it and read the thing…not as interesting as my version.
Now those vultures can go around lording it over the other vultures and say “we are the .1 percent”
iced tea almost 13 years ago
Yes, how did the Swedish man get a stick into his stomach. We’ll probably never know.
Tracy King almost 13 years ago
1. somebody better give the male vultures sex lessons.2. just like a man….refusing to go to a dr for 25 years lol3. wow thats just one hall of fame i HAVE to see…not
Loijen almost 13 years ago
I think somebodys eatin the White Rumps.
bobviously almost 13 years ago
Man, that socialized medicine really is slow.
jpozenel almost 13 years ago
He’s lucky that stick he swallowed didn’t kill him.(See Wikipedia article on author Sherwood Anderson.)
YodaNoob almost 13 years ago
it doesn’t say how big the “stick” was, maybe he ate a hors d’oeuvre and forgot to take the toothpick out? or perhaps if it was bigger then that, he didn’t realize that you don’t eat the shish part of a shish kebab? (=
Pygar almost 13 years ago
That’s what you get when your instructor only teaches you how to defend yourself from fruit instead of pointy sticks!