Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 29, 2012
May 28, 2012
May 30, 2012
Transcript:
Rob Surette of Andover, Mass., Constructed a 5.5 foot tall portrait of Jesus from 24,790 carefully placed push pins! B1hutan generates more than 99% of its electricity through renewable hydropower- and has so much left over that most of the country's business is selling its access to India! For the past 62 years, Liberal, Kan., USA, has hosted an annual foot race on Mardi Gras, with women carrying a pancake in a pan for the duration of the race!
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upanddown17 over 12 years ago
I like that portrait of Jesus.
tadchem over 12 years ago
Push pins are tacky.
markhughw over 12 years ago
The pancake race is ready for early retirement
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Obviously, that race was not ‘a flash in the pan’! It endured the rigors of time!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Has that race ever been ‘panned’ by the critics?
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Some people probably thought the race wouldn’t pan out over the long run.
elysummers over 12 years ago
My thumb hurts.
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
Good for Bhutan! Too bad it’s not the great an option for most countries.
gocomicsmember over 12 years ago
What this Ripley’s strip does not mention is that Liberal does this in competition with Olney, England, who have been racing since the 15th century. See http://www.kansas.com/2011/03/08/1752936/liberal-beats-olney-england-in.html
loner34 over 12 years ago
And they have to flip the pancake once during the race.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
Amazing – since no one really knows what Jesus looked like.
iced tea over 12 years ago
That must have been a lot of work and patience to make that portrait of Jesus. I wish I could do that. Artists usually do portray Jesus with the look of a young man with Jewish characteristics.
Max Starman Jones over 12 years ago
We could learn a lot from Bhutan.
bean smatcher over 12 years ago
why does it have to be so small