Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 17, 2012
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Transcript:
Ronald Watkins of Baltimore, Md., USA, was shot in the chest in 1992 and when he died 19 years later of internal bleeding, his death was ruled a homicide! Belgium went without a government for 541 consecutive days until a coalition was finally formed in the parliament on Dec. 6, 2011! Selenicereus Grandiflorus, a species of cactus native to Central America, blooms only at night to attract the bats that pollinate it!
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muskratdottir over 12 years ago
How lovely that my hometown gets notoriety in this strip, because of some thug who took a bullet. It makes me glad I moved away.
yohannbiimu over 12 years ago
You know, if WE could be BLESSED to be without a “government” (what we call that convoluted MESS in Washington, DC), we’d get this country off of its back, and we’d be moving like gang-busters. We do not NEED that bunch of corrupt gangsters ruling every aspect of our lives. They are simply in our way. We have our state, county, and local governments. We’d STILL have the constitution and the rule of law. If we could be without Washington, DC for 541 days, then people would FINALLY learn how to live freely without being beholden to the oligarchs.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
The birds go ‘batty’ trying to pollinate that cactus in the daytime!
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
So the murderer got to walk free for 19 years?
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
I went to Belgium last year and didn’t know there was no government until I’d left.
iced tea over 12 years ago
If Belgium could go without a government, so could the U.S.
hossblacksilver over 12 years ago
I would figure that the Statute of Limitations comes into effect when the person dies, though it might be contested by the year and a day rule.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_and_a_day_rule#United_States