Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 28, 2011
Transcript:
Stop thief! Crafty clams! Corbicula clams are all genetically male, and reproduce by cloning and stealing genes from other species of clams! On June 13, 2011, thieves stole a bone relic of St. Anthony of Padu- the patron saint of lost things, from St. Anthony Church in Long Beach, Calif., USA. Closed! Belgium has gone without an official government for more than a year since its June 13, 2010, General Assembly!
FatTonyBalducci about 13 years ago
Governments!……..who needs ’em??
zipperg about 13 years ago
I think the clam story is BS. According to the USGS website on Invasive Aquatic Species, the corbicula clam is self fertilization; i.e., it lays eggs and sperm.
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
Why can’t the U.S. do that?
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
I have a bone to pick with St. Anthony. Apparently, he needs to bone up on things. Maybe Anthony has lost his touch, or he has ’tomb’much to do. It’s a grave issue… monumental, even (Snagglepuss)Stealing the bone relic could be called a sacrilege; I hope the humor isn’t!
chicken 33 about 13 years ago
Hey. Don’t think we got one either. Just something going downhill to nowhere fast.
runar about 13 years ago
Catholic doctrine takes the view that the body must be buried intact in consecrated ground in order to be resurrected on the last day, which is why church policy forbade cremation until the 1960s (apparently, they felt that their omnipotent deity was incapable of re-animating a pile of ashes just as easily as a pile of bones*). So it seems kind of weird that they encourage having their saints’ remains busted up and scattered hither and yon as “relics”.*Which is why the punishment for heresy wa burning alive and the bodies of witches were routinely burned after execution (typically by hanging) – to prevent their resurrection. Ya gotta wonder though – now that they’ve backpedaled on cremation, does that mean that all those heretics and witches are going to get up?
corpcasselbury about 13 years ago
Oh, yeah, right, like the Democrats have just done so much to make the nation a better place. You need to ease up on the kool-aid.
Sodaburger about 13 years ago
…and how is that working out for Belgium?
chicken 33 about 13 years ago
I can’t figure out how bunldling toxic securities and selling them helps the buyer.
videomathtutor about 13 years ago
June 13th is the Feast Day of St. Anthony.
chicken 33 about 13 years ago
Dem clams are sneaky.