Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 14, 2012
August 13, 2012
August 15, 2012
Transcript:
Bamboo trees are actually grasses that can grow up to 100 feet tall! Girl boys In the Afghan tradition of Bacha Posh, parents disguise their daughter as a boy and raise her as a son until she comes of age! Brothers Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping of Beijing, China, make musical instruments out of vegetables!
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Veridian over 12 years ago
Imagine what they could do with String Beans….
roscoedog55 over 12 years ago
Why everything Asia?We have to have unusual things here in the states.
upanddown17 over 12 years ago
Hmmm. Instruments made from vegetables. Reminds me of a radio ad in the 1980’s to encourage people to advertise on radio. A squash sounded like a saxophone, and celery sounded like a guitar. And someone said, “And now we’ll play our theme song, ‘Yes, We Have No Bananas,’ and then we’ll eat our instruments.”
alan.gurka over 12 years ago
So does “rape” and “pedophilia.” Maybe it’s a way of protecting the girls while they’re very young.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Would you ‘carrot’ all for making those musical instruments if you didn’t earn a ‘celery’ doing it?
tuslog64 about 12 years ago
Bamboo is grass? Find a mower that will take that on!
iced tea about 12 years ago
It’s nothing out of the ordinary if girls dress like boys and are tom-boys. But let a boy wear dresses and play with dolls and everyone automatically labels him “queer” “fairy” “sissy” and stuff like that.