Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 13, 2011
August 12, 2011
August 14, 2011
Transcript:
In 2010- 5 year old Khalid of Homs, Syria, asked his 3 -year-old friend Hala to marry him and scheduled their wedding for 2020! During the 1915 World War I battle of Loos- members of the 1st London Irish Rifles Battalion kicked a soccer ball forward during a charge on German positions in an attempt to score on the enemy trench! Jim Eggers of St. Louis, MO, USA, has a parrot as a service animal that he carries around in a backpack cage Sadie the parrot's job is to calm Jim's anger fits!
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Richard Amidei Premium Member over 13 years ago
It was the luck of the Irish.
chunky77 over 13 years ago
I hope Khalid made her sign a prenup…most likely in crayon.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
yes, the tradition of carrying on a world war during a soccer match is born
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
Jim Eggers fits of anger stem from the burden of carrying a heavy backpack all day
bluegirl285 over 13 years ago
Well, on the bright side, Khalid and Hala have nine years to save their money and plan the wedding.
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
That should be a good show for 20/20. By 2020 he’ll be 15 and she’ll be 13. There’s no use rushing into anything.
dickn2000c over 13 years ago
I think Ripley’s has run out of interesting trivia to print. Of all the banal drivel.Who cares about a couple of kids that pledged to get married as adults? That would be a good name for the strip: Ripley’s Believe it or Who Cares?
hossblacksilver over 13 years ago
Did some research and the thing is, they took some enemy positions, the London Irish Rifles preserved the soccer ball to this day and the man Sgt. Frank Edwards survived the war and lived to 1964.
Dberrymanal1 over 13 years ago
It must be all this junk food they feed kids these days! Remember when little boys couldn’t stand little girls? They thought love and romance was “sissy stuff”.
Sodaburger over 13 years ago
13 and 15 is still too young to get married. They should postpone their wedding until 2030