Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 14, 2012
March 13, 2012
March 15, 2012
Transcript:
Two men from the Pacific island of Kiribati went missing at sea in October 2011, and were found alive 300 miles away in the Marshall Islands after 33 days adrift! Peter Fabrici of Western Australia, donned his scuba diving equipment and dived into a neighbor's pool to protect himself from a wildfire that approached his home in November 2011! Julius Caesar introduced a new calendar and 46 BC to incorporate leap days. As part of the reform, that year's calendar included 445 days making it known as The Year of Confusion!
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roscoedog55 almost 13 years ago
We don’t swim in your toilet, so don’t pee in our pool
Elderflower almost 13 years ago
In that case, they must be banning a lot of people these days…I wonder if they tell you you’ve been banned…maybe I’m banned…
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Peter pooled his resources!
jennifer almost 13 years ago
Assuming he had no alternative escape, that was a clever way to survive the wildfire. Not only did he avoid burning, but he also avoided the suffocation caused by a massive fire using up the oxygen from confined spaces.
jennifer almost 13 years ago
Re: Inconsistent Comment Count. That is one possible explanation. Being a programmer, I think they count comments from unique readers, not posts. Moreover, I have edited and deleted my own comments, and the total comments do not change.
upanddown17 almost 13 years ago
Today is March 1st on the Julian calendar.
Stagger Lee almost 13 years ago
After reading about Kiribati Island, I can see why they were trying to get away.
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 13 years ago
It is immensely unlikely that “ides” has anything to do with “id” or any other Arabic word, and it wasn’t particularly a festival. It simply meant the 15th (in March, May, July, or October) or the 13th (otherwise) day of the month.
Elderflower almost 13 years ago
ROFL
Stagger Lee almost 13 years ago
Number Six is very crafty. You require his “Special Glasses” to read that post.
KA7DRE Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I thought THIS was the year of confusion.
upanddown17 almost 13 years ago
Interesting. How do you calculate that?